Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2026-03-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers 20.00 to 30.00 higher. A much larger offering, of high quality, light to moderate fleshed, home raised steers and heifers. Many long strings offered in full loads and multiple load lots. Many consignments of replacement quality heifers in the offering. Demand was very good throughout the sale. Whether is was light fleshed cattle for grass, heavier cattle for feeding, or replacement heifers, the market was incredibly active. Cattle buyers were eager to buy these good cattle while they have the chance, and were ready to compete heavily to secure their cattle needs as these larger offerings become more limited. The cattle futures complex was under pressure again, with Feeder Cattle futures off 3.00 to 6.00, but that didn't affect the market at the auction. Cattle feeders are holding out for a higher fat cattle market this week, as packers have pushed boxed beef prices up to 400.00, which helped to add support to the feeder cattle market.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $494.01/cwt on 87 head, up $6.89 from the prior sale. That ranks 8 of 16 comparable sales and sits −0.39 against this barn's trailing median of $494.40.

Average price

$494.01

▲ 6.89 vs prior sale

87 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,702

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$80

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

$59.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.24

vs ND average

+21.89 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	533	510.43	2,718	63
Medium and Large 1-2	585	450.91	2,638	24

One grade step is worth $59.52/cwt here — about $80 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

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 sale87 hd

494.01

—

ND average2 barns · 414 hd

502.25

−8.24

National average160 barns · 7,757 hd

472.12

+21.89

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

29 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	Large 1	1000–1050	1,036	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	2,932	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	443	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,683	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	496	486.74/cwt	485.00–488.00	2,414	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	416.43/cwt	406.00–431.00	2,615	138
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	913	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,748	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	447.69/cwt	422.00–458.00	2,570	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	462.38/cwt	426.00–473.25	2,871	245
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	737	405.01/cwt	390.50–413.50	2,985	266
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,391	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	438.01/cwt	423.00–455.50	2,935	275
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	887	355.74/cwt	355.00–356.50	3,155	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	659	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,834	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	450.91/cwt	440.00–456.00	2,638	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,166	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	487.69/cwt	475.00–499.00	2,770	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	723	383.70/cwt	372.00–400.00	2,774	210
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	386.56/cwt	374.00–400.00	2,977	298
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,066	303.50/cwt	303.50–303.50	3,235	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	515.24/cwt	485.00–525.00	2,705	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	941	320.50/cwt	320.50–320.50	3,016	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	975	322.85/cwt	315.75–330.00	3,148	129
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,591	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	370.86/cwt	349.00–381.75	3,056	546
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	343.40/cwt	343.00–344.00	2,651	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	461.91/cwt	455.00–472.50	2,471	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,716	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	672	401.18/cwt	382.00–427.50	2,696	438
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	779	384.18/cwt	357.00–402.00	2,993	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	2,178	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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