Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2026-02-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: A light run of feeder cattle this week, after a winter storm moved across the state yesterday. Feeder steers and heifers mostly steady, except those steers under 550 lbs sold with higher undertones. The offerings were reduced, yet there were still some long strings, including a full load of 945 lbs steers. The market was extremely active on those light cattle to background as they are getting harder and harder to find. The market on the feeding type cattle was active again as cash fed cattle market was up to 246.00 last week in the north. With the cash fed market being so high there is great demand for all classes of cattle. Next feeder cattle auction will be Feb. 26, 2025.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $439.98/cwt on 165 head, down $18.99 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 16 comparable sales and sits −7.55 against this barn's trailing median of $447.52.

Average price

$439.98

▼ 18.99 vs prior sale

165 head · 568 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,497

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$276

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

$67.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.64

vs ND average

+10.81 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	565	444.92	2,516	153
Medium and Large 1-2	594	377.00	2,239	12thin

One grade step is worth $67.92/cwt here — about $276 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

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 sale165 hd

439.98

—

ND average2 barns · 220 hd

434.33

+5.64

National average184 barns · 15,729 hd

429.17

+10.81

This barn, trailing median16 sales

447.52

−7.55

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

23 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,763	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,322	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	349	607.50/cwt	607.50–607.50	2,120	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	424.50/cwt	424.50–424.50	2,662	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	462.33/cwt	454.00–471.00	2,386	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	401.27/cwt	389.00–403.50	2,664	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	677.50/cwt	677.50–677.50	2,493	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	432.63/cwt	417.00–443.00	2,903	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	517.25/cwt	497.00–548.00	2,747	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	947	343.50/cwt	343.50–343.50	3,253	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	527.50/cwt	527.50–527.50	2,321	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	605	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,662	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	829	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	3,026	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	859	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	3,058	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	447	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	2,637	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	440.49/cwt	427.00–447.00	2,546	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	450.95/cwt	434.00–458.00	2,827	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	594	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,239	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	678	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	2,726	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	784	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	2,964	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	494	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,717	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	400.65/cwt	400.00–403.00	2,889	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	2,515	6

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.

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