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Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2025-12-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-04

Feeder Cattle · Dickinson, North Dakota · Thu, Dec 4

● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099

← Nov 20Dec 4Dec 11 →

Receipts

2,496 head

▼ 2,121 vs last sale 4,617▼ 1,162 vs year ago 3,658 · −31.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Steer calves under 550 lbs 15.00 to 30.00 higher, over 550 lbs steady to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs 10.00 to 30.00 higher, over 500 lbs steady to firm. Very good demand for this nice offering of high quality, light to moderate fleshed steer and heifer calves. The market was very active on those light weight, yearling making kind of steer and heifers, as well as for those bigger, replacement type heifers. The market was active on the heavier weights that will go into finishing yards, but with the more abundant supplies of those kinds buyers don't have to battle nearly as hard as those yearling operators have to in order to get cattle bought. The CME Feeder Cattle contracts have gained around 30.00 since the last sale which has helped greatly to give a little confidence to buyers. Next reported auction will be Dec. 11, 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 $441.36/cwt on 622 head. That ranks 2 of 13 comparable sales and sits −45.76 against this barn's trailing median of $487.12.

Average price

$441.36

622 head · 566 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,496

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−0.95

vs ND average

+12.21 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	566	441.36	2,496	622

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale622 hd

441.36

—

ND average3 barns · 1,836 hd

442.32

−0.95

National average190 barns · 23,426 hd

429.15

+12.21

This barn, trailing median13 sales

487.12

−45.76

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

27 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	300–350	Medium and Large 1	345	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	2,329	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	361	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,986	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	421	580.87/cwt	555.00–600.00	2,445	22
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	520.52/cwt	500.00–550.00	2,457	105
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	470.80/cwt	444.00–489.00	2,448	125
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	433.96/cwt	396.00–449.00	2,504	497
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	632	403.28/cwt	385.50–417.50	2,549	327
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	685	375.46/cwt	369.00–382.00	2,572	86
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	711	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,425	7
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	724	368.25/cwt	358.00–373.00	2,666	179
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	777	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,751	22
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	829	329.68/cwt	329.50–330.00	2,733	24
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	333	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,665	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	352	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,461	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	365	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,643	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	465.15/cwt	451.00–475.00	1,972	38
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	486	414.45/cwt	385.00–439.00	2,014	126
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	493	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,861	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	511	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,967	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	390.86/cwt	374.00–407.50	2,064	164
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	585	380.63/cwt	369.00–386.00	2,227	119
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	368.03/cwt	364.00–372.00	2,263	86
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	677	342.31/cwt	324.00–356.00	2,317	61
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Replacement	682	355.71/cwt	355.00–358.00	2,426	95
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	785	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,465	14
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,073	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	2,929	11
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	487	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,313	13

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 Dec 4, 2025

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

Receipts 2,496Last week 4,617Year ago 3,658

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	1050–1100	1,073	273.00	273.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	333	500.00	500.00
4	350–400	365	450.00	450.00
38	400–450	424	451.00–475.00	465.15
126	450–500	486	385.00–439.00	414.45
164	500–550	528	374.00–407.50	390.86
119	550–600	585	369.00–386.00	380.63
86	600–650	615	364.00–372.00	368.03
61	650–700	677	324.00–356.00	342.31
14	750–800	785	314.00	314.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	352	415.00	415.00
3	450–500	493	377.50	377.50
4	500–550	511	385.00	385.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
95	650–700	682	355.00–358.00	355.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	700–750	711	341.00	341.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	345	675.00	675.00
22	400–450	421	555.00–600.00	580.87
105	450–500	472	500.00–550.00	520.52
125	500–550	520	444.00–489.00	470.80
497	550–600	577	396.00–449.00	433.96
327	600–650	632	385.50–417.50	403.28
86	650–700	685	369.00–382.00	375.46
179	700–750	724	358.00–373.00	368.25
22	750–800	777	354.00	354.00
24	800–850	829	329.50–330.00	329.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	361	550.00	550.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	487	475.00	475.00

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.