Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2026-02-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: A much larger offering than last week, mostly steady undertones. Very good demand remains for all weights of steers and heifers. The cattle futures complex had some losses today but that did not seem to carryover into the market at the auction. The market remains very active, especially on those light cattle to grow into yearlings and for replacement quality heifers, of which there were many. Several long strings of steers and heifers, offered in full loads, along with numerous smaller lots offered in packages and ring fulls. Flesh condition light to moderate. Next feeder cattle auction will be Mar. 5, 2026.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $504.03/cwt on 144 head, down $7.25 from the prior sale. That ranks 12 of 16 comparable sales and sits +9.63 against this barn's trailing median of $494.40.

Average price

$504.03

▼ 7.25 vs prior sale

144 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,781

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−11.35

vs ND average

+17.01 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	504.03	2,781	144

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

16 sales

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 sale144 hd

504.03

—

ND average3 barns · 617 hd

515.38

−11.35

National average172 barns · 11,832 hd

487.02

+17.01

This barn, trailing median16 sales

494.40

+9.63

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

33 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 1Replacement	800–850	829	356.84/cwt	350.00–365.00	2,958	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	665	405.96/cwt	386.00–411.50	2,700	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	609	441.00/cwt	441.00–441.00	2,686	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	797	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,821	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	379.40/cwt	356.00–388.50	2,720	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	394.63/cwt	389.50–401.00	2,687	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	428.55/cwt	408.00–432.50	2,871	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	498.44/cwt	488.00–506.00	2,821	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	512.56/cwt	497.00–534.00	2,717	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	439.75/cwt	414.00–451.00	2,515	122
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	569.24/cwt	517.50–581.00	2,305	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	355.16/cwt	349.00–361.00	2,742	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	381.99/cwt	373.00–395.00	2,972	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	399.50/cwt	386.00–409.00	2,916	150
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	818	378.45/cwt	363.00–385.50	3,096	156
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	412.16/cwt	405.00–418.00	2,564	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	506.18/cwt	495.00–545.00	2,425	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	705	393.01/cwt	385.00–397.00	2,771	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	349.55/cwt	339.50–352.50	3,059	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	693	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	2,800	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	922	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	3,098	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	447.31/cwt	437.00–459.00	2,827	204
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,037	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	3,163	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	493	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,342	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	587.50/cwt	587.50–587.50	2,227	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	557.50/cwt	557.50–557.50	2,553	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	443	552.50/cwt	552.50–552.50	2,448	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	472.10/cwt	470.00–473.00	2,493	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	905	298.50/cwt	298.50–298.50	2,701	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,998	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,943	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	699	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,502	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	637	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,344	5

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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