Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2025-12-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer calves under 550 lbs 30.00 to 50.00 higher, over 550 lbs 5.00 to 15.00 higher. Heifer calves under 550 lbs 20.00 to 50.00 higher, 550-600 lbs 7.00 to 10.00 higher, over 600 lbs steady. Very good demand for light weight, yearling making steer and heifer calves. Good to very good demand for those weights that were bound for feedyards. Flesh condition was very light to moderate, winter storms have been frequent and have kept feeder cattle in a green condition overall. Optimism has returned amongst cattle producers as the futures contracts, and cash fat cattle market last week made up a lot of lost ground. Yearling operators are having to compete very heavily for the more limited numbers of light cattle, cattle feeders have a little more selection. The quality was really attractive, plenty of long strings including full loads of these high quality home-raised steers and heifers. Next feeder cattle sale will be Jan. 8, 2026.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $463.97/cwt on 507 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −30.43 against this barn's trailing median of $494.40.

Average price

$463.97

507 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,573

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+6.82

vs ND average

+19.87 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	463.97	2,573	507

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale507 hd

463.97

—

ND average3 barns · 1,969 hd

457.14

+6.82

National average163 barns · 16,063 hd

444.10

+19.87

This barn, trailing median16 sales

494.40

−30.43

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

31 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	2,384	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,371	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,414	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	359.57/cwt	358.00–360.00	2,298	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	506	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,328	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	805	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,487	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	341.96/cwt	333.00–349.00	2,814	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	482.82/cwt	462.50–522.50	2,588	182
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	524.98/cwt	500.00–555.00	2,457	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	592.56/cwt	555.00–610.00	2,216	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	470	562.50/cwt	562.50–562.50	2,644	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,968	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	384.30/cwt	378.00–389.00	2,759	138
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	422	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,026	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	393.42/cwt	378.00–417.50	2,632	191
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	453.41/cwt	420.00–470.00	2,562	325
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,448	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	565.26/cwt	535.00–590.00	2,419	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	420.47/cwt	406.00–432.00	2,641	456
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	371.15/cwt	359.00–380.00	2,323	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	761	371.80/cwt	362.00–374.00	2,829	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	455.03/cwt	423.00–472.50	2,148	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	424	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,834	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	390.28/cwt	361.00–406.00	2,287	168
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	496	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,430	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	401.32/cwt	390.00–410.00	2,143	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	394	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,970	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	468.85/cwt	465.00–470.00	1,782	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	454.38/cwt	447.50–460.00	1,986	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	439.71/cwt	435.00–445.00	2,251	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	367.66/cwt	363.00–371.50	2,430	62

How this sale compares

North Dakota weighted averages

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