Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2025-11-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer calves 15.00 to 30.00 lower, except 600-650 lbs 30.00 to 40.00 lower. Heifer calves under 500 lbs 5.00 to 10.00 lower, 500-600 lbs 30.00 to 40.00 lower, over 600 lbs steady to 5.00 lower. Moderate to good demand for this large offering of ranch raised, very attractive, light fleshed steer and heifer calves. The market was under great pressure again this week as the cattle futures contracts continue their rapid descent. The market was lower but it was still very active. The cattle in light enough weight to make yearlings out of continue to be the easiest to sell, compared to the 600 lbs steers where auctioneers had to take .25 and .50 bids at times. Cattle feeders are bidding very cautiously as their confidence in the market has been shaken. Cash fed cattle at 225.00-230.00 this week, but the winter months of the CME Live Cattle under 220.00 has cattle feeders looking at a loss on the yearlings they placed on feed and are struggling to buy cattle cheap enough to stay inline with a falling futures contract. Next reported sale will be Nov. 13, 2025 with 4,500 feeder cattle expected.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $424.18/cwt on 725 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −70.22 against this barn's trailing median of $494.40.

Average price

$424.18

725 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,345

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$108

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$27.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.04

vs ND average

+5.08 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	424.56	2,346	715
Medium and Large 1-2	564	396.83	2,238	10thin

One grade step is worth $27.73/cwt here — about $108 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

16 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $518.31, low $463.97, median $494.40 across 16 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale725 hd

424.18

—

ND average3 barns · 2,370 hd

424.14

+0.04

National average195 barns · 36,957 hd

419.10

+5.08

This barn, trailing median16 sales

494.40

−70.22

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

26 lots · USDA AMS · Stockmen's Livestock Exchange - Dickinson, ND

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	536	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,257	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,480	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	416.11/cwt	388.00–434.00	2,380	433
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	378.44/cwt	366.00–392.50	2,551	258
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	470.94/cwt	455.00–502.50	2,293	317
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	388	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,901	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	363.67/cwt	353.00–379.00	2,091	240
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	398.23/cwt	369.00–420.00	2,489	713
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	449.89/cwt	420.00–475.00	1,944	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	441.59/cwt	405.00–471.00	1,705	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	367.94/cwt	362.00–371.00	2,634	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	457.01/cwt	455.00–460.00	1,462	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	437.54/cwt	400.00–470.00	2,288	282
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	421.38/cwt	404.00–446.00	2,010	247
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	384.96/cwt	368.00–405.00	2,013	279
Steers	Medium 1	400–450	420	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,016	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	340.40/cwt	333.00–343.00	2,240	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	566.58/cwt	535.00–580.00	2,198	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	345.02/cwt	343.00–347.00	2,025	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	564	396.83/cwt	383.00–411.00	2,238	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	517.41/cwt	500.00–535.00	2,178	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,725	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	367.50/cwt	340.00–385.00	2,301	197
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	404	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,980	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,445	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,019	9

How this sale compares

North Dakota weighted averages

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