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Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2025-10-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-16

Feeder Cattle · Dickinson, North Dakota · Thu, Oct 16

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099

← Sep 25Oct 16Oct 23 →

Receipts

3,661 head

▲ 2,061 vs last sale 1,600▲ 1,108 vs year ago 2,553 · +43.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Market not reported in recent weeks, much higher undertones for this large offering of spring born calves. Demand was red hot for all weights of these good, high quality, ranch raised steer and heifer calves. The market was extremely active as the CME Live and Feeder Cattle contracts have climbed to new record high levels. Record high prices were reached at the auction, as there is a great amount of optimism running rampant amongst cattle producers. Flesh condition was light and attractive and most consignments were carrying two rounds of shots. Cash fed cattle at 240.00, so far this week, with Live Cattle futures higher yet. Next reported sale will be Oct. 23, 2025 with 4,500 feeder cattle consigned.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $494.36/cwt on 1,099 head. That ranks 9 of 13 comparable sales and sits +7.24 against this barn's trailing median of $487.12.

Average price

$494.36

1,099 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,734

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$192

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

$21.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.20

vs ND average

+25.32 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	494.69	2,737	1,082
Medium and Large 1-2	538	472.97	2,545	17thin

One grade step is worth $21.72/cwt here — about $192 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale1,099 hd

494.36

—

ND average2 barns · 1,186 hd

491.15

+3.20

National average176 barns · 29,227 hd

469.04

+25.32

This barn, trailing median13 sales

487.12

+7.24

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

Steers 500–600 lb: high $518.31, low $440.24, median $487.12 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	253	740.00/cwt	740.00–740.00	1,872	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	378	641.17/cwt	600.00–660.00	2,424	33
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	436	561.01/cwt	530.00–589.00	2,446	73
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	549.76/cwt	514.00–569.00	2,639	243
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	487	479.08/cwt	475.00–490.00	2,333	25
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	529	509.36/cwt	494.00–540.00	2,695	411
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	538	472.97/cwt	465.00–479.00	2,545	17
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	485.71/cwt	462.50–499.00	2,759	671
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	467.78/cwt	448.50–488.75	2,924	594
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	679	447.39/cwt	442.00–465.00	3,038	130
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	783	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,936	21
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	273	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	1,515	4
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	332	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,826	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	376	525.01/cwt	502.50–545.00	1,974	54
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	399	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,815	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	517.25/cwt	487.50–535.00	2,203	105
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	477.54/cwt	464.00–507.50	2,254	163
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	492	416.80/cwt	410.00–425.00	2,051	13
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	531	428.62/cwt	420.00–435.00	2,276	41
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	537	446.92/cwt	431.00–467.00	2,400	241
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	584	431.23/cwt	423.00–467.00	2,518	60
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	400.32/cwt	400.00–401.00	2,522	85
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	834	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,877	5
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	893	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	3,027	6
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,087	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	3,381	6

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 Oct 16, 2025

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

Receipts 3,661Last week 1,600Year ago 2,553

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	1050–1100	1,087	311.00	311.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	273	555.00	555.00
3	300–350	332	550.00	550.00
54	350–400	376	502.50–545.00	525.01
105	400–450	426	487.50–535.00	517.25
163	450–500	472	464.00–507.50	477.54
241	500–550	537	431.00–467.00	446.92
60	550–600	584	423.00–467.00	431.23
85	600–650	630	400.00–401.00	400.32
5	800–850	834	345.00	345.00
6	850–900	893	339.00	339.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	399	455.00	455.00
13	450–500	492	410.00–425.00	416.80
41	500–550	531	420.00–435.00	428.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	253	740.00	740.00
33	350–400	378	600.00–660.00	641.17
73	400–450	436	530.00–589.00	561.01
243	450–500	480	514.00–569.00	549.76
411	500–550	529	494.00–540.00	509.36
671	550–600	568	462.50–499.00	485.71
594	600–650	625	448.50–488.75	467.78
130	650–700	679	442.00–465.00	447.39
21	750–800	783	375.00	375.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	450–500	487	475.00–490.00	479.08
17	500–550	538	465.00–479.00	472.97

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.