Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2025-11-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer calves steady to 5.00 lower, except 5.00 to 10.00 lower on 500-550 lbs. Heifer calves under 450 lbs 20.00 to 30.00 lower, over 450 lbs steady to 5.00 lower. Very good demand for this large offering of high quality steers and heifers. Many long strings of these good calves, including full load lots, along with numerous small packages, that sold on an pretty active market. The quality was attractive, several sets of replacement quality heifers in the offering that were met by eager bidders. The cattle futures contracts were lower again, and put some additional pressure on the market but there were still plenty of buyers on the seats ready to buy cattle. Cattle feeders are struggling to sell fat cattle as packers work to buy cattle lower, sales of 212.00 in Iowa today. Next reported auction will be Dec. 4, 2025

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $432.04/cwt on 849 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −62.35 against this barn's trailing median of $494.40.

Average price

$432.04

849 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,400

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$216

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

$34.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.20

vs ND average

+21.96 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	435.41	2,421	767
Medium and Large 1-2	551	400.59	2,205	82

One grade step is worth $34.82/cwt here — about $216 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 sale849 hd

432.04

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ND average3 barns · 2,790 hd

425.85

+6.20

National average185 barns · 23,076 hd

410.08

+21.96

This barn, trailing median16 sales

494.40

−62.35

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

32 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 1	600–650	627	399.87/cwt	375.50–415.00	2,507	701
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,620	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	446.69/cwt	422.00–476.00	2,350	254
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	682	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,196	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	660	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,393	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	331	490.00/cwt	450.00–500.00	1,622	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	336.60/cwt	331.00–345.00	2,211	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	448.06/cwt	430.00–490.00	1,694	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	429.82/cwt	405.00–450.00	2,454	513
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	366.58/cwt	347.00–384.00	2,115	251
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	326	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	643	407.31/cwt	365.00–415.00	2,619	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	438.13/cwt	427.00–447.50	1,901	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	382.67/cwt	357.00–387.50	2,552	228
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	367.47/cwt	344.00–377.50	2,620	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	592.11/cwt	560.00–600.00	2,043	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	489.72/cwt	470.00–514.00	2,336	272
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	352.01/cwt	345.00–362.00	2,204	208
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	500–550	519	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	2,216	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	362	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,520	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	592	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,173	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	499	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,846	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	399.99/cwt	374.00–422.00	2,080	259
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	524.77/cwt	488.00–570.00	2,251	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	394.04/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,667	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	393	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,965	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	542	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,209	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	659	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,419	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	566.76/cwt	540.00–597.50	2,137	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	418.54/cwt	407.50–428.00	1,996	225
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	461	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,936	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	360.98/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,881	37

How this sale compares

North Dakota weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every North Dakota auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

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