Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2026-02-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 8.00 to 13.00 higher, feeder heifers 6.00 to 11.00 higher. Very good demand on all offerings. A majority of the heifer offering were replacement quality which saw excellent demand with very active bidding. A good majority of the offering consisted of uniform loads and lots of fully fed cattle with all the shots and boosters in peak condition ready to gain some more. The replacement quality heifers were very docile and quiet in the ring which added to the demand to take them home to breed.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $458.97/cwt on 189 head, up $8.67 from the prior sale. That ranks 14 of 16 comparable sales and sits +11.44 against this barn's trailing median of $447.52.

Average price

$458.97

▲ 8.67 vs prior sale

189 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,505

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$170

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

$24.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.66

vs ND average

+35.02 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	459.75	2,511	183
Medium and Large 1-2	538	435.00	2,340	6thin

One grade step is worth $24.75/cwt here — about $170 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

16 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $466.52, low $402.51, median $447.52 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 sale189 hd

458.97

—

ND average3 barns · 1,144 hd

448.31

+10.66

National average187 barns · 18,214 hd

423.95

+35.02

This barn, trailing median16 sales

447.52

+11.44

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

37 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,429	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	454	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,452	4
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,054	300.50/cwt	300.50–300.50	3,167	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,340	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	651	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,363	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	456.45/cwt	421.00–463.00	2,570	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	406.30/cwt	389.00–418.00	2,942	264
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	379.15/cwt	368.00–388.50	2,957	234
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	684	436.55/cwt	409.00–444.00	2,986	153
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	908	349.44/cwt	341.00–350.00	3,173	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	961	349.17/cwt	346.75–352.00	3,356	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	646	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,713	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	553.32/cwt	540.00–560.00	2,562	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	832	371.67/cwt	369.00–372.50	3,092	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,606	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	462.99/cwt	432.00–474.00	2,815	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	365.18/cwt	363.00–366.50	3,009	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	481.66/cwt	471.00–495.00	2,808	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	866	358.10/cwt	354.00–364.00	3,101	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	814	337.78/cwt	334.00–347.00	2,750	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	510.35/cwt	497.00–527.50	2,690	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	767	397.26/cwt	364.00–415.00	3,047	184
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	618	429.84/cwt	418.00–438.00	2,656	154
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	717	408.54/cwt	383.00–429.00	2,929	278
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	550–600	569	451.12/cwt	441.00–464.00	2,567	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	968	317.85/cwt	305.00–320.00	3,077	21
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,034	328.50/cwt	328.50–328.50	3,397	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	679	417.45/cwt	409.00–439.00	2,834	166
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	426.84/cwt	399.00–440.00	2,646	248
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	522.46/cwt	518.00–525.00	2,456	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	369.93/cwt	366.50–379.50	2,719	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	404.38/cwt	383.00–410.00	2,681	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	500–550	533	452.28/cwt	447.00–467.50	2,411	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	757	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	2,899	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	465.31/cwt	449.00–485.00	2,485	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,145	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,200	4

How this sale compares

North Dakota weighted averages

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