Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2025-11-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer calves under 600 lbs 15.00 to 30.00 higher, over 600 lbs mostly steady. Heifer calves 10.00 to 20.00 higher. Good demand for this large offering of high quality, light to moderate fleshed steer and heifer calves. Many long strings, including full loads of these good western calves. The market was fairly active, in spite of the CME Live Cattle down 6.00 and Feeder Cattle contracts locked down the 9.25 daily limit. Cash fed cattle lower as well, 222.00 to 225.00. There was a lot of pressure on the market, yet buyers were still willing to give more money for these good light cattle this week. Next reported sale will be Nov. 20, 2025 expecting 4,500 feeder cattle.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $440.37/cwt on 1,383 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −54.02 against this barn's trailing median of $494.40.

Average price

$440.37

1,383 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,458

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$204

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

$18.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.97

vs ND average

+15.50 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	440.96	2,465	1,338
Medium and Large 1-2	535	422.92	2,261	45

One grade step is worth $18.03/cwt here — about $204 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale1,383 hd

440.37

—

ND average3 barns · 3,391 hd

448.34

−7.97

National average177 barns · 31,012 hd

424.87

+15.50

This barn, trailing median16 sales

494.40

−54.02

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

38 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	489	456.00/cwt	456.00–456.00	2,230	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	638	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,405	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	347.48/cwt	345.00–350.00	2,300	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	490.02/cwt	465.00–512.50	1,833	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	836	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,658	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	380.59/cwt	346.00–391.00	2,185	243
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	467.35/cwt	450.00–490.00	1,963	172
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	423.36/cwt	405.00–448.00	2,045	353
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	406.06/cwt	379.00–419.00	2,534	615
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	433.59/cwt	414.00–456.50	2,489	913
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	570.35/cwt	539.00–590.00	2,082	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	369.23/cwt	364.00–374.00	2,681	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	298	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	1,758	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	491.76/cwt	461.00–517.50	2,346	280
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	527.26/cwt	492.50–555.00	2,304	167
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	550–600	568	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	2,255	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	405.49/cwt	380.00–421.00	2,109	386
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	386.77/cwt	377.00–391.50	2,564	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	732	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,599	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	385.09/cwt	378.00–390.00	2,391	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	426.26/cwt	414.00–440.00	2,234	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	453.75/cwt	437.50–469.00	2,192	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	374.90/cwt	353.00–381.00	2,268	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	456.79/cwt	432.00–497.50	2,407	425
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	751	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,306	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	648	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,216	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	513	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,962	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	551	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	2,248	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	339	596.26/cwt	595.00–600.00	2,021	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	437	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,076	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,380	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	323	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,340	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	374	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,964	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	337	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,769	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	293	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,582	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,772	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	366	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,629	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	391.05/cwt	350.00–429.00	1,857	26

How this sale compares

North Dakota weighted averages

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