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Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2025-12-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-11

Feeder Cattle · Dickinson, North Dakota · Thu, Dec 11

● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099

← Dec 4Dec 11Dec 18 →

Receipts

1,762 head

▼ 734 vs last sale 2,496▼ 1,648 vs year ago 3,410 · −48.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves under 500 lbs sharply lower on limited comparable weight tests. Steer calves 550-600 lbs 7.00 to 8.00 higher. Over 600 lbs 15.00 to 20.00 higher in spots. Heifer calves 500-600 lbs 1.00 to 6.00 higher. Over 600 lbs 7.00 to 8.00 higher. Good demand on this selection of high quality and uniform offering of mostly weaned calves. Very good demand on those with both rounds of vaccinations. Flesh considerably lighter with some moderate lots thrown in. Quite a few options for backgrounding buyers wanting to make a solid yearling. CME feeder cattle complex achieved substantial gains today with more and more support coming in feeder demand throughout the week.

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 $439.84/cwt on 298 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −47.28 against this barn's trailing median of $487.12.

Average price

$439.84

298 head · 569 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,503

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$361

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

$27.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.09

vs ND average

+9.21 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	572	441.68	2,528	278
Medium and Large 1-2	523	414.29	2,167	20

One grade step is worth $27.39/cwt here — about $361 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale298 hd

439.84

—

ND average3 barns · 815 hd

445.93

−6.09

National average179 barns · 20,601 hd

430.63

+9.21

This barn, trailing median13 sales

487.12

−47.28

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

22 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	350–400	Medium and Large 1	395	544.48/cwt	505.00–560.00	2,151	14
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,145	13
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	491	472.00/cwt	472.00–472.00	2,318	70
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	493	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,219	12
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	523	414.29/cwt	400.00–424.00	2,167	20
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	538	445.28/cwt	431.00–456.00	2,396	39
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	441.09/cwt	410.00–456.00	2,550	239
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	629	402.93/cwt	381.00–428.00	2,534	77
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	666	395.58/cwt	386.00–402.00	2,635	83
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	723	380.02/cwt	353.00–390.75	2,748	214
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	756	359.50/cwt	359.50–359.50	2,718	20
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	492.46/cwt	491.00–495.00	1,871	16
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	384	400.34/cwt	390.00–410.00	1,537	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	433	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,754	14
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	437	438.47/cwt	430.00–470.00	1,916	30
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	403.25/cwt	377.00–415.00	1,956	39
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	509	396.97/cwt	391.00–401.00	2,021	73
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	519	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,972	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	381.39/cwt	364.00–399.00	2,182	184
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	371.47/cwt	348.00–380.00	2,325	44
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	366.36/cwt	331.00–375.00	2,473	154
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	949	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,648	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 Dec 11, 2025

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

Receipts 1,762Last week 2,496Year ago 3,410

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	380	491.00–495.00	492.46
30	400–450	437	430.00–470.00	438.47
39	450–500	485	377.00–415.00	403.25
73	500–550	509	391.00–401.00	396.97
184	550–600	572	364.00–399.00	381.39
44	600–650	626	348.00–380.00	371.47
154	650–700	675	331.00–375.00	366.36
5	900–950	949	279.00	279.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	384	390.00–410.00	400.34
14	400–450	433	405.00	405.00
5	500–550	519	380.00	380.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	395	505.00–560.00	544.48
13	400–450	429	500.00	500.00
70	450–500	491	472.00	472.00
39	500–550	538	431.00–456.00	445.28
239	550–600	578	410.00–456.00	441.09
77	600–650	629	381.00–428.00	402.93
83	650–700	666	386.00–402.00	395.58
214	700–750	723	353.00–390.75	380.02
20	750–800	756	359.50	359.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	493	450.00	450.00
20	500–550	523	400.00–424.00	414.29

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.