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Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2025-11-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-06

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

● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099

← Oct 30Nov 6Nov 13 →

Receipts

4,417 head

▼ 530 vs last sale 4,947▲ 1,748 vs year ago 2,669 · +65.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer calves 15.00 to 30.00 lower, except 600-650 lbs 30.00 to 40.00 lower. Heifer calves under 500 lbs 5.00 to 10.00 lower, 500-600 lbs 30.00 to 40.00 lower, over 600 lbs steady to 5.00 lower. Moderate to good demand for this large offering of ranch raised, very attractive, light fleshed steer and heifer calves. The market was under great pressure again this week as the cattle futures contracts continue their rapid descent. The market was lower but it was still very active. The cattle in light enough weight to make yearlings out of continue to be the easiest to sell, compared to the 600 lbs steers where auctioneers had to take .25 and .50 bids at times. Cattle feeders are bidding very cautiously as their confidence in the market has been shaken. Cash fed cattle at 225.00-230.00 this week, but the winter months of the CME Live Cattle under 220.00 has cattle feeders looking at a loss on the yearlings they placed on feed and are struggling to buy cattle cheap enough to stay inline with a falling futures contract. Next reported sale will be Nov. 13, 2025 with 4,500 feeder cattle expected.

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 $424.18/cwt on 725 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −62.94 against this barn's trailing median of $487.12.

Average price

$424.18

725 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,345

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$108

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

$27.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.04

vs ND average

+5.08 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	424.56	2,346	715
Medium and Large 1-2	564	396.83	2,238	10thin

One grade step is worth $27.73/cwt here — about $108 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 sale725 hd

424.18

—

ND average3 barns · 2,370 hd

424.14

+0.04

National average195 barns · 36,957 hd

419.10

+5.08

This barn, trailing median13 sales

487.12

−62.94

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

26 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	388	566.58/cwt	535.00–580.00	2,198	62
Steers	400–450	Medium 1	420	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,016	12
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	421	517.41/cwt	500.00–535.00	2,178	42
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	475	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,019	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	487	470.94/cwt	455.00–502.50	2,293	317
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	437.54/cwt	400.00–470.00	2,288	282
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	564	396.83/cwt	383.00–411.00	2,238	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	416.11/cwt	388.00–434.00	2,380	433
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	398.23/cwt	369.00–420.00	2,489	713
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	635	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,445	11
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	674	378.44/cwt	366.00–392.50	2,551	258
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	716	367.94/cwt	362.00–371.00	2,634	82
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	320	457.01/cwt	455.00–460.00	1,462	12
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	386	441.59/cwt	405.00–471.00	1,705	74
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	388	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,901	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	404	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,980	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	426	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,725	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	432	449.89/cwt	420.00–475.00	1,944	60
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	421.38/cwt	404.00–446.00	2,010	247
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	384.96/cwt	368.00–405.00	2,013	279
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	536	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,257	60
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	363.67/cwt	353.00–379.00	2,091	240
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	587	345.02/cwt	343.00–347.00	2,025	28
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	367.50/cwt	340.00–385.00	2,301	197
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	658	340.40/cwt	333.00–343.00	2,240	31
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	721	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,480	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 Nov 6, 2025

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

Receipts 4,417Last week 4,947Year ago 2,669

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
60	500–550	536	421.00	421.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	320	455.00–460.00	457.01
74	350–400	386	405.00–471.00	441.59
60	400–450	432	420.00–475.00	449.89
247	450–500	477	404.00–446.00	421.38
279	500–550	523	368.00–405.00	384.96
240	550–600	575	353.00–379.00	363.67
197	600–650	626	340.00–385.00	367.50
31	650–700	658	333.00–343.00	340.40
6	700–750	721	344.00	344.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	388	490.00	490.00
4	400–450	404	490.00	490.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	426	405.00	405.00
28	550–600	587	343.00–347.00	345.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
62	350–400	388	535.00–580.00	566.58
42	400–450	421	500.00–535.00	517.41
317	450–500	487	455.00–502.50	470.94
282	500–550	523	400.00–470.00	437.54
433	550–600	572	388.00–434.00	416.11
713	600–650	625	369.00–420.00	398.23
258	650–700	674	366.00–392.50	378.44
82	700–750	716	362.00–371.00	367.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	420	480.00	480.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	475	425.00	425.00
10	550–600	564	383.00–411.00	396.83
11	600–650	635	385.00	385.00

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.