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Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2025-11-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-20

Feeder Cattle · Dickinson, North Dakota · Thu, Nov 20

● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099

← Nov 13Nov 20Dec 4 →

Receipts

4,617 head

▼ 411 vs last sale 5,028▲ 467 vs year ago 4,150 · +11.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer calves steady to 5.00 lower, except 5.00 to 10.00 lower on 500-550 lbs. Heifer calves under 450 lbs 20.00 to 30.00 lower, over 450 lbs steady to 5.00 lower. Very good demand for this large offering of high quality steers and heifers. Many long strings of these good calves, including full load lots, along with numerous small packages, that sold on an pretty active market. The quality was attractive, several sets of replacement quality heifers in the offering that were met by eager bidders. The cattle futures contracts were lower again, and put some additional pressure on the market but there were still plenty of buyers on the seats ready to buy cattle. Cattle feeders are struggling to sell fat cattle as packers work to buy cattle lower, sales of 212.00 in Iowa today. Next reported auction will be Dec. 4, 2025

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 $432.04/cwt on 849 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −55.08 against this barn's trailing median of $487.12.

Average price

$432.04

849 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,400

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$216

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

$34.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.20

vs ND average

+21.96 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	435.41	2,421	767
Medium and Large 1-2	551	400.59	2,205	82

One grade step is worth $34.82/cwt here — about $216 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale849 hd

432.04

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ND average3 barns · 2,790 hd

425.85

+6.20

National average185 barns · 23,076 hd

410.08

+21.96

This barn, trailing median13 sales

487.12

−55.08

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

32 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	345	592.11/cwt	560.00–600.00	2,043	15
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	377	566.76/cwt	540.00–597.50	2,137	23
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	393	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,965	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	524.77/cwt	488.00–570.00	2,251	64
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	461	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,936	38
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	489.72/cwt	470.00–514.00	2,336	272
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	446.69/cwt	422.00–476.00	2,350	254
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	542	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,209	68
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	429.82/cwt	405.00–450.00	2,454	513
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	592	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,173	14
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	627	399.87/cwt	375.50–415.00	2,507	701
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	659	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,419	13
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	660	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,393	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	667	382.67/cwt	357.00–387.50	2,552	228
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	713	367.47/cwt	344.00–377.50	2,620	133
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	755	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,620	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	326	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	4
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	331	490.00/cwt	450.00–500.00	1,622	20
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	362	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,520	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	378	448.06/cwt	430.00–490.00	1,694	66
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	423	394.04/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,667	17
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	434	438.13/cwt	427.00–447.50	1,901	116
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	418.54/cwt	407.50–428.00	1,996	225
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	499	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,846	19
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Replacement	519	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	2,216	65
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	399.99/cwt	374.00–422.00	2,080	259
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	521	360.98/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,881	37
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	366.58/cwt	347.00–384.00	2,115	251
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	352.01/cwt	345.00–362.00	2,204	208
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Replacement	643	407.31/cwt	365.00–415.00	2,619	71
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	657	336.60/cwt	331.00–345.00	2,211	20
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	682	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,196	16

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 20, 2025

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

Receipts 4,617Last week 5,028Year ago 4,150

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	345	560.00–600.00	592.11
23	350–400	377	540.00–597.50	566.76
64	400–450	429	488.00–570.00	524.77
272	450–500	477	470.00–514.00	489.72
254	500–550	526	422.00–476.00	446.69
513	550–600	571	405.00–450.00	429.82
701	600–650	627	375.50–415.00	399.87
228	650–700	667	357.00–387.50	382.67
133	700–750	713	344.00–377.50	367.47
7	750–800	755	347.00	347.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	660	362.50	362.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	393	500.00	500.00
38	450–500	461	420.00	420.00
68	500–550	542	407.50	407.50
14	550–600	592	367.00	367.00
13	650–700	659	367.00	367.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	650–700	682	322.00	322.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	300–350	331	450.00–500.00	490.00
4	300–350	326	1,650.00	1,650.00
66	350–400	378	430.00–490.00	448.06
116	400–450	434	427.00–447.50	438.13
225	450–500	477	407.50–428.00	418.54
259	500–550	520	374.00–422.00	399.99
251	550–600	577	347.00–384.00	366.58
208	600–650	626	345.00–362.00	352.01
20	650–700	657	331.00–345.00	336.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
65	500–550	519	427.00	427.00
71	600–650	643	365.00–415.00	407.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	362	420.00	420.00
17	400–450	423	390.00–400.00	394.04
19	450–500	499	370.00	370.00
37	500–550	521	350.00–375.00	360.98

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.