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Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2025-10-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-30

Feeder Cattle · Dickinson, North Dakota · Thu, Oct 30

● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099

← Oct 23Oct 30Nov 6 →

Receipts

4,947 head

▲ 152 vs last sale 4,795▲ 680 vs year ago 4,267 · +15.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer calves under 450 lbs 5.00 to 15.00 lower, 450-600 lbs 25.00 to 35.00 lower, instances of 45.00 to 50.00 lower, over 600 lbs 15.00 to 25.00 lower. Heifer calves under 400 lbs 60.00 to 80.00 lower, over 400 lbs 15.00 to 30.00 lower. Another very large offering of high quality, spring born steer and heifer calves this week, but the market has been under extreme pressure across the nation due to the horrible losses seen in the cattle futures complex since last Friday. Cattle buyers were much more reserved in their approach to buying cattle, as those losses in the futures contracts shook cattle feeders confidence in the market. There is plenty of interest in buying these good calves, but buyers were determined to back them up as much as they could. Most times bids rolled along in 1.00 to 2.50 increments, compared to the usual 5.00, but the competition was strong and bids went along way from their starting points. The market got more active as the sale progressed and stayed that way til the end. CME Live and Feeder Cattle contracts closed pretty much unchanged, but Oct Live Cattle went off the board gaining 4.10, helping to support the cash fed cattle market this week that had yet to fully establish. Next reported sale will be Nov. 6, 2025 expecting 4,500 feeder cattle.

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 $455.01/cwt on 1,357 head. That ranks 7 of 13 comparable sales and sits −32.11 against this barn's trailing median of $487.12.

Average price

$455.01

1,357 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,479

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$255

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

$44.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.10

vs ND average

+25.29 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	458.42	2,498	1,254
Medium and Large 1-2	542	413.56	2,243	103

One grade step is worth $44.86/cwt here — about $255 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 sale1,357 hd

455.01

—

ND average2 barns · 2,009 hd

450.91

+4.10

National average179 barns · 33,800 hd

429.72

+25.29

This barn, trailing median13 sales

487.12

−32.11

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

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. 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	332	577.44/cwt	535.00–620.00	1,917	30
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	573.18/cwt	540.00–600.00	2,207	105
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	391	529.25/cwt	500.00–540.00	2,069	11
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	408	592.05/cwt	580.00–595.00	2,416	30
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	436	512.43/cwt	482.00–570.00	2,234	104
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	444	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,109	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	465	433.61/cwt	410.00–450.00	2,016	19
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	486.61/cwt	442.00–515.00	2,321	502
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	516	416.30/cwt	395.00–439.00	2,148	69
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	473.83/cwt	440.00–489.00	2,464	658
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	549	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	2,273	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	441.92/cwt	415.00–464.00	2,532	585
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	596	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	2,432	34
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	617	407.52/cwt	403.00–412.00	2,514	33
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	438.97/cwt	425.00–450.00	2,730	473
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	639	407.72/cwt	400.00–412.00	2,605	17
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	402.84/cwt	388.00–415.00	2,739	132
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	379.54/cwt	378.00–380.00	2,752	35
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	326	523.22/cwt	472.50–550.00	1,706	31
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	336	460.24/cwt	435.00–490.00	1,546	15
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	382	453.43/cwt	432.00–475.00	1,732	111
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	457.45/cwt	430.00–482.50	1,944	196
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	428	404.68/cwt	380.00–435.00	1,732	50
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	463	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,783	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	482	433.74/cwt	400.00–450.00	2,091	287
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	484	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,767	70
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	422.56/cwt	388.00–445.00	2,202	336
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	556	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	1,963	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	391.01/cwt	366.00–417.00	2,252	377
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	619	373.24/cwt	360.00–382.50	2,310	87
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	668	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,418	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 Oct 30, 2025

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

Receipts 4,947Last week 4,795Year ago 4,267

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	463	385.00	385.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	300–350	326	472.50–550.00	523.22
111	350–400	382	432.00–475.00	453.43
196	400–450	425	430.00–482.50	457.45
287	450–500	482	400.00–450.00	433.74
336	500–550	521	388.00–445.00	422.56
377	550–600	576	366.00–417.00	391.01
87	600–650	619	360.00–382.50	373.24
5	650–700	668	362.00	362.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	336	435.00–490.00	460.24
50	400–450	428	380.00–435.00	404.68
70	450–500	484	365.00	365.00
9	550–600	556	353.00	353.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	549	414.00	414.00
33	600–650	617	403.00–412.00	407.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	300–350	332	535.00–620.00	577.44
105	350–400	385	540.00–600.00	573.18
104	400–450	436	482.00–570.00	512.43
502	450–500	477	442.00–515.00	486.61
658	500–550	520	440.00–489.00	473.83
585	550–600	573	415.00–464.00	441.92
473	600–650	622	425.00–450.00	438.97
132	650–700	680	388.00–415.00	402.84
35	700–750	725	378.00–380.00	379.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
30	400–450	408	580.00–595.00	592.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	391	500.00–540.00	529.25
9	400–450	444	475.00	475.00
19	450–500	465	410.00–450.00	433.61
69	500–550	516	395.00–439.00	416.30
34	550–600	596	408.00	408.00
17	600–650	639	400.00–412.00	407.72

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.