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Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2025-12-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-18

Feeder Cattle · Dickinson, North Dakota · Thu, Dec 18

● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099

← Dec 11Dec 18Jan 8 →

Receipts

3,121 head

▲ 1,359 vs last sale 1,762▲ 3,121 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer calves under 550 lbs 30.00 to 50.00 higher, over 550 lbs 5.00 to 15.00 higher. Heifer calves under 550 lbs 20.00 to 50.00 higher, 550-600 lbs 7.00 to 10.00 higher, over 600 lbs steady. Very good demand for light weight, yearling making steer and heifer calves. Good to very good demand for those weights that were bound for feedyards. Flesh condition was very light to moderate, winter storms have been frequent and have kept feeder cattle in a green condition overall. Optimism has returned amongst cattle producers as the futures contracts, and cash fat cattle market last week made up a lot of lost ground. Yearling operators are having to compete very heavily for the more limited numbers of light cattle, cattle feeders have a little more selection. The quality was really attractive, plenty of long strings including full loads of these high quality home-raised steers and heifers. Next feeder cattle sale will be Jan. 8, 2026.

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 $463.97/cwt on 507 head. That ranks 7 of 13 comparable sales and sits −23.15 against this barn's trailing median of $487.12.

Average price

$463.97

507 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,573

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+6.82

vs ND average

+19.87 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	463.97	2,573	507

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 sale507 hd

463.97

—

ND average3 barns · 1,969 hd

457.14

+6.82

National average163 barns · 16,063 hd

444.10

+19.87

This barn, trailing median13 sales

487.12

−23.15

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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	328	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,968	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	374	592.56/cwt	555.00–610.00	2,216	19
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	394	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,970	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	422	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,026	11
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	565.26/cwt	535.00–590.00	2,419	35
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	524.98/cwt	500.00–555.00	2,457	74
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	470	562.50/cwt	562.50–562.50	2,644	21
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	496	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,430	16
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	536	482.82/cwt	462.50–522.50	2,588	182
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	453.41/cwt	420.00–470.00	2,562	325
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	420.47/cwt	406.00–432.00	2,641	456
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	393.42/cwt	378.00–417.50	2,632	191
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	682	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,448	22
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	718	384.30/cwt	378.00–389.00	2,759	138
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	761	371.80/cwt	362.00–374.00	2,829	72
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	823	341.96/cwt	333.00–349.00	2,814	43
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	468.85/cwt	465.00–470.00	1,782	24
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	424	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,834	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	437	454.38/cwt	447.50–460.00	1,986	45
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	455.03/cwt	423.00–472.50	2,148	97
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	512	439.71/cwt	435.00–445.00	2,251	56
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	534	401.32/cwt	390.00–410.00	2,143	23
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	586	390.28/cwt	361.00–406.00	2,287	168
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	371.15/cwt	359.00–380.00	2,323	72
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	661	367.66/cwt	363.00–371.50	2,430	62
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	805	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,487	10
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,371	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	506	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,328	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	590	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	2,384	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	639	359.57/cwt	358.00–360.00	2,298	28
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	726	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,414	8

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 18, 2025

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

Receipts 3,121Last week 1,762Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	435	545.00	545.00
4	500–550	506	460.00	460.00
5	550–600	590	404.00	404.00
28	600–650	639	358.00–360.00	359.57
8	700–750	726	332.50	332.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	350–400	380	465.00–470.00	468.85
45	400–450	437	447.50–460.00	454.38
97	450–500	472	423.00–472.50	455.03
56	500–550	512	435.00–445.00	439.71
168	550–600	586	361.00–406.00	390.28
72	600–650	626	359.00–380.00	371.15
62	650–700	661	363.00–371.50	367.66
10	800–850	805	309.00	309.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	424	432.50	432.50
23	500–550	534	390.00–410.00	401.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	328	600.00	600.00
19	350–400	374	555.00–610.00	592.56
35	400–450	428	535.00–590.00	565.26
74	450–500	468	500.00–555.00	524.98
182	500–550	536	462.50–522.50	482.82
325	550–600	565	420.00–470.00	453.41
456	600–650	628	406.00–432.00	420.47
191	650–700	669	378.00–417.50	393.42
138	700–750	718	378.00–389.00	384.30
72	750–800	761	362.00–374.00	371.80
43	800–850	823	333.00–349.00	341.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	450–500	470	562.50	562.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	394	500.00	500.00
11	400–450	422	480.00	480.00
16	450–500	496	490.00	490.00
22	650–700	682	359.00	359.00

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.