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Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2025-05-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-29

Feeder Cattle · Dickinson, North Dakota · Thu, May 29

● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099

← May 8May 29Sep 11 →

Receipts

2,174 head

▲ 1,667 vs last sale 507▲ 2,174 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons to make: The undertones compared to 3 weeks ago were steers higher and heifers steady. The buyer demand continues to be very good. The market was active from start to finish. The feeder cattle were carrying a moderate flesh condition. A few of the local producers who usually go to grass with their feeder cattle are marketing this spring. The Dickinson, ND area received a major rain event last week with reports of up to 6 inches, KFYR TV at Bismarck, ND is forecasting another rain event for early next week. Drought conditions are still in play and local producers need continued rain to make up for the dry months. This is the last scheduled feeder cattle sale at Stockmen's until next fall.

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 $375.91/cwt on 334 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −60.95 against this barn's trailing median of $436.86.

Average price

$375.91

334 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,079

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$114

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

$38.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.22

vs ND average

+43.22 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	376.72	2,081	327
Medium and Large 1-2	582	338.00	1,967	7thin

One grade step is worth $38.72/cwt here — about $114 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale334 hd

375.91

—

ND average2 barns · 378 hd

371.69

+4.22

National average127 barns · 6,029 hd

332.69

+43.22

This barn, trailing median13 sales

436.86

−60.95

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

40 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	356	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	1,682	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	431.00/cwt	431.00–431.00	1,840	14
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	458	405.43/cwt	397.00–415.00	1,857	28
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	464	445.80/cwt	430.00–457.00	2,069	47
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	427.05/cwt	414.00–440.00	2,221	33
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	524	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,926	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	559	416.74/cwt	401.00–423.50	2,330	80
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	572	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,059	45
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	612	393.05/cwt	384.50–402.00	2,405	76
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	630	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,318	45
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	631	291.89/cwt	291.00–292.50	1,842	12
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	358.12/cwt	340.00–363.00	2,396	42
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	733	335.95/cwt	332.00–340.00	2,463	10
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	742	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,189	13
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	776	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,561	14
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	823	313.55/cwt	306.00–316.00	2,581	75
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	889	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,600	41
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	906	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,655	60
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,007	277.75/cwt	277.75–277.75	2,797	58
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	322	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,513	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	398	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,672	20
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	426	395.61/cwt	385.00–406.00	1,685	12
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	449	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	1,792	54
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	401.51/cwt	399.00–404.00	1,879	25
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	511	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,891	27
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	544	375.61/cwt	373.00–385.00	2,043	133
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	563	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,089	44
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	381.44/cwt	370.00–385.50	2,163	123
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	582	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,967	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	614	345.73/cwt	333.00–351.00	2,123	137
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	632	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,940	17
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	332.28/cwt	319.00–340.00	2,233	35
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	302.46/cwt	298.00–320.00	2,193	24
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	728	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,344	5
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	762	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	2,035	16
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	788	279.50/cwt	279.50–279.50	2,202	34
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Replacement	837	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	2,327	47
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	867	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,350	10
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Replacement	902	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,345	13
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Replacement	971	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	2,563	38

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 May 29, 2025

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

Receipts 2,174Last week 507Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
28	450–500	458	397.00–415.00	405.43
6	500–550	524	367.50	367.50
45	550–600	572	360.00	360.00
45	600–650	630	368.00	368.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	600–650	631	291.00–292.50	291.89
13	700–750	742	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
58	1000–1050	1,007	277.75	277.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	356	472.50	472.50
14	400–450	427	431.00	431.00
47	450–500	464	430.00–457.00	445.80
33	500–550	520	414.00–440.00	427.05
80	550–600	559	401.00–423.50	416.74
76	600–650	612	384.50–402.00	393.05
42	650–700	669	340.00–363.00	358.12
10	700–750	733	332.00–340.00	335.95
14	750–800	776	330.00	330.00
75	800–850	823	306.00–316.00	313.55
41	850–900	889	292.50	292.50
60	900–950	906	293.00	293.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	582	338.00	338.00
17	600–650	632	307.00	307.00
16	750–800	762	267.00	267.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	322	470.00	470.00
20	350–400	398	420.00	420.00
54	400–450	449	399.00	399.00
25	450–500	468	399.00–404.00	401.51
133	500–550	544	373.00–385.00	375.61
123	550–600	567	370.00–385.50	381.44
137	600–650	614	333.00–351.00	345.73
35	650–700	672	319.00–340.00	332.28
24	700–750	725	298.00–320.00	302.46
34	750–800	788	279.50	279.50
10	850–900	867	271.00	271.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	728	322.00	322.00
47	800–850	837	278.00	278.00
13	900–950	902	260.00	260.00
38	950–1000	971	264.00	264.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	426	385.00–406.00	395.61
27	500–550	511	370.00	370.00
44	550–600	563	371.00	371.00

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.