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Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2025-03-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-06

Feeder Cattle · Dickinson, North Dakota · Thu, Mar 6

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099

← Feb 27Mar 6Mar 13 →

Receipts

2,761 head

▲ 588 vs last sale 2,173▲ 66 vs year ago 2,695 · +2.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers 500 lbs. to 600 lbs. steady to 5.00 higher, Steers 600 lbs. to 700 lbs. steady to 3.00 higher, Steers 700 lbs. to 800 lbs. 3.00 to 7.00 higher, Steers over 800 lbs. not enough for a test. Heifers 500 lbs. to 600 lbs. steady to 5.00 lower, Heifers 600 lbs. to 700 lbs. 2.00 to 7.00 higher, Heifers over 700 lbs. steady. Feeder cattle under 500 lbs. steady. Not enough yearlings for a test. The buyer demand was very good especially on the grass cattle. The market continues to be active with a lot of bidding and online bidding. The feeder cattle were carrying a attractive flesh condition for the buyers. The CME feeder boards have been under downward pressure this is not showing up at Stockmen's as the cash price continues to be strong especially on the grass cattle. The Dickinson, ND area is experiencing a winter drought with areas north of Dickinson in the extreme drought condition category. The sale featured a replacement heifer special a lot of top quality heifers sold and are noted in the report. The next USDA reported sale at Stockmen's is March 13.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $325.28/cwt on 278 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −111.58 against this barn's trailing median of $436.86.

Average price

$325.28

278 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,834

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+0.72

vs ND average

+20.26 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	564	325.28	1,834	278

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

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale278 hd

325.28

—

ND average3 barns · 1,064 hd

324.55

+0.72

National average185 barns · 16,988 hd

305.02

+20.26

This barn, trailing median13 sales

436.86

−111.58

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

13 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $466.52, low $401.23, median $436.86 across 13 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

25 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	418	414.15/cwt	404.00–425.00	1,731	19
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	495	402.95/cwt	401.00–406.00	1,995	23
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	386.29/cwt	372.00–394.00	2,009	35
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	588	359.87/cwt	349.50–372.00	2,116	147
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	319.84/cwt	319.50–320.50	2,140	67
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	724	303.98/cwt	294.50–314.50	2,201	138
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	755	295.50/cwt	295.50–295.50	2,231	50
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	368.99/cwt	360.00–384.00	1,365	28
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	380.92/cwt	369.50–395.00	1,657	17
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	355.62/cwt	323.00–364.00	1,707	109
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	483	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,584	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	533	330.60/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,762	98
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Replacement	541	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	1,926	17
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	585	318.87/cwt	307.50–322.50	1,865	163
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Replacement	621	318.61/cwt	309.50–345.00	1,979	223
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	633	303.42/cwt	293.00–311.00	1,921	164
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	289.04/cwt	285.00–302.00	1,937	127
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Replacement	688	308.59/cwt	305.50–309.50	2,123	86
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	711	281.33/cwt	280.50–282.50	2,000	37
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	728	310.28/cwt	301.50–316.00	2,259	187
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	766	269.20/cwt	268.75–272.00	2,062	78
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	784	276.17/cwt	266.50–291.00	2,165	184
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	812	260.41/cwt	257.00–261.50	2,115	33
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Replacement	875	258.91/cwt	255.00–260.00	2,265	124
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	928	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	2,162	5

This sale against other markets

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.

North Dakota feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Stockmen's Livestock Exchange - Dickinson, ND

Thu Mar 6, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Bismarck, ND (LS-BM)

Receipts 2,761Last week 2,173Year ago 2,695

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	483	328.00	328.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	350–400	370	360.00–384.00	368.99
17	400–450	435	369.50–395.00	380.92
109	450–500	480	323.00–364.00	355.62
98	500–550	533	320.00–345.00	330.60
163	550–600	585	307.50–322.50	318.87
164	600–650	633	293.00–311.00	303.42
127	650–700	670	285.00–302.00	289.04
37	700–750	711	280.50–282.50	281.33
78	750–800	766	268.75–272.00	269.20
33	800–850	812	257.00–261.50	260.41
5	900–950	928	233.00	233.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
17	500–550	541	356.00	356.00
223	600–650	621	309.50–345.00	318.61
86	650–700	688	305.50–309.50	308.59
187	700–750	728	301.50–316.00	310.28
184	750–800	784	266.50–291.00	276.17
124	850–900	875	255.00–260.00	258.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	400–450	418	404.00–425.00	414.15
23	450–500	495	401.00–406.00	402.95
35	500–550	520	372.00–394.00	386.29
147	550–600	588	349.50–372.00	359.87
67	650–700	669	319.50–320.50	319.84
138	700–750	724	294.50–314.50	303.98
50	750–800	755	295.50	295.50

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.