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Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2025-04-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-03

Feeder Cattle · Dickinson, North Dakota · Thu, Apr 3

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099

← Mar 20Apr 3Apr 24 →

Receipts

2,505 head

▼ 167 vs last sale 2,672▲ 2,505 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to 2 weeks ago: Steers 500 to 600 lbs. steady to 3.00 higher, Steers 600 to 700 steady to 5.00 higher, Steers 700 to 800 lbs. steady. Heifers 500 to 600 lbs. 5.00 to 10.00 lower, Heifers 600 to 700 lbs. steady to 5.00 higher, Heifers 700 to 800 lbs. steady to 5.00 higher. The demand was very good even with the CME cattle boards moving lower on tariff fears. The market was active from start to finish, had a few new buyers at the sale filling orders. The feeder cattle were carrying a bit more flesh then past sales, no cattle in a over fleshy condition. The sale had a large offering of heifer feeder cattle, a good number of replacement heifers in the offering. The eastern part of North Dakota received moisture this week. The Dickinson, ND area received just a trace. The extreme drought condition is getting serious the long term forecast is dry. Next week at Stockmen's will be a feeder cattle special along with bred cows.

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 $324.73/cwt on 136 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −112.13 against this barn's trailing median of $436.86.

Average price

$324.73

136 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,819

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+0.00

vs ND average

+3.35 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	324.73	1,819	136

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 sale136 hd

324.73

—

ND average1 barns · 136 hd

324.73

+0.00

National average178 barns · 12,751 hd

321.38

+3.35

This barn, trailing median13 sales

436.86

−112.13

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

29 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	444	446.00/cwt	446.00–446.00	1,980	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	460	423.68/cwt	390.00–425.00	1,949	405
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	519	394.41/cwt	383.00–410.00	2,047	52
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	604	368.68/cwt	349.00–371.50	2,227	82
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	686	336.67/cwt	329.00–338.50	2,310	61
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,311	19
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	820	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	2,321	6
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	858	284.50/cwt	284.50–284.50	2,441	64
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	935	256.01/cwt	251.00–258.00	2,394	35
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	986	259.54/cwt	259.50–259.75	2,559	72
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,069	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	2,662	14
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	343	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,423	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	385.09/cwt	375.00–401.00	1,617	21
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	462	371.74/cwt	350.00–378.00	1,717	41
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	348.58/cwt	341.00–365.00	1,823	33
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	317.09/cwt	300.00–347.00	1,814	103
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	325.35/cwt	308.00–328.00	2,017	86
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Replacement	630	330.50/cwt	330.50–330.50	2,082	51
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	676	301.85/cwt	286.00–318.00	2,041	119
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	684	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,990	56
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	726	289.39/cwt	279.00–308.00	2,101	158
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	731	319.69/cwt	315.00–321.00	2,337	119
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	771	277.11/cwt	262.00–287.00	2,137	62
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	792	275.50/cwt	275.50–275.50	2,182	95
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Replacement	818	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,593	38
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	820	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	2,066	8
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	860	263.85/cwt	257.50–267.00	2,269	103
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	945	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	2,287	24
Heifers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,054	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	2,414	7

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 Apr 3, 2025

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

Receipts 2,505Last week 2,672Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
56	650–700	684	291.00	291.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	343	415.00	415.00
21	400–450	420	375.00–401.00	385.09
41	450–500	462	350.00–378.00	371.74
33	500–550	523	341.00–365.00	348.58
103	550–600	572	300.00–347.00	317.09
86	600–650	620	308.00–328.00	325.35
119	650–700	676	286.00–318.00	301.85
158	700–750	726	279.00–308.00	289.39
62	750–800	771	262.00–287.00	277.11
8	800–850	820	252.00	252.00
103	850–900	860	257.50–267.00	263.85
24	900–950	945	242.00	242.00
7	1050–1100	1,054	229.00	229.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
51	600–650	630	330.50	330.50
119	700–750	731	315.00–321.00	319.69
95	750–800	792	275.50	275.50
38	800–850	818	317.00	317.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	444	446.00	446.00
405	450–500	460	390.00–425.00	423.68
52	500–550	519	383.00–410.00	394.41
82	600–650	604	349.00–371.50	368.68
61	650–700	686	329.00–338.50	336.67
19	700–750	728	317.50	317.50
6	800–850	820	283.00	283.00
64	850–900	858	284.50	284.50
35	900–950	935	251.00–258.00	256.01
72	950–1000	986	259.50–259.75	259.54
14	1050–1100	1,069	249.00	249.00

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.