Sale reports / North Dakota / Stockmen's Livestock Exchange / 2026-01-29

Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Dickinson, North Dakota · Thu, Jan 29
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099
Receipts
2,371 head
265 vs last sale 2,106 679 vs year ago 3,050 · 22.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers 15.00 to 30.00 higher. Very good demand for all weights of steers and heifers. As the arctic plunge last week that saw below zero daytime highs has moved on, cattle feeders were more ready to receive incoming cattle than they were last week. The market was very active across all classes. Long strings and some full loads, along with ample smaller packages to make full loads of. Quality was very attractive and flesh condition light to moderate plus. Next feeder cattle auction will be Feb. 5, 2026.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $494.78/cwt on 404 head, up $21.48 from the prior sale. That ranks 9 of 16 comparable sales and sits +0.39 against this barn's trailing median of $494.40.
Average price
$494.78
21.48 vs prior sale
404 head · 557 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,756
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$370
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$85.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.91
vs ND average
+10.68 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1557496.262,762397
Medium and Large 1-2582411.002,3927thin
One grade step is worth $85.26/cwt here — about $370 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

16 sales
532505477450median 494.4012/1801/2902/2604/0905/21
Steers 500–600 lb: high $518.31, low $463.97, median $494.40 across 16 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale404 hd
494.78
ND average3 barns · 655 hd
489.87
+4.91
National average63 barns · 7,974 hd
484.10
+10.68
This barn, trailing median16 sales
494.40
+0.39
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

28 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450415540.80/cwt510.00–562.002,24431
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700684381.33/cwt372.00–386.002,60839
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650633404.44/cwt386.00–418.002,56079
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750722398.69/cwt392.00–406.502,879144
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400381610.00/cwt610.00–610.002,3244
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600582411.00/cwt411.00–411.002,3927
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350305575.00/cwt575.00–575.001,7544
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400366575.00/cwt575.00–575.002,1055
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800755349.00/cwt349.00–349.002,63510
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650629450.29/cwt429.00–465.002,832207
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950944338.50/cwt338.50–338.503,19564
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550518522.32/cwt487.00–550.002,706137
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement800–850831342.00/cwt342.00–342.002,8428
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement600–650649420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,72636
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700662375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,4835
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850804374.26/cwt373.00–376.003,00924
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700666430.33/cwt401.00–444.002,866182
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800766384.43/cwt377.00–390.252,945160
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500472442.53/cwt425.00–450.002,08910
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750712381.50/cwt366.50–389.502,71682
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350347645.00/cwt645.00–645.002,2389
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450430577.87/cwt535.00–590.002,48542
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600562437.07/cwt420.00–447.002,456118
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500473501.40/cwt480.00–525.002,372136
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550526462.99/cwt441.00–488.002,435211
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement650–700658404.00/cwt404.00–404.002,6586
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600577482.53/cwt468.50–505.002,784260
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500468530.87/cwt517.00–545.002,48440

How this sale compares

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.