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Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2026-04-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-23

Feeder Cattle · Dickinson, North Dakota · Thu, Apr 23

● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099

← Apr 9Apr 23May 7 →

Receipts

2,429 head

▼ 2,171 vs last sale 4,600▼ 3,278 vs year ago 5,707 · −57.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: A lighter offering compared to the very large sale two weeks ago, feeder steers and heifers sold with steady to lower undertones. The market was still pretty active, especially on a heifer to go back to the country with. The market on the light cattle was not as sparky as last sale as the quality was not near as attractive. There were more small consignments of the tail end of last year's spring calves that have just been hay fed and been through some weather. The cash fat cattle market as slipped back to 244.00-246.00, from it's spike to 250.00 last week, and has moved under the spot month of the Live Cattle futures, which sure stopped the advance of the feeder market. Next feeder cattle special sale will be May 7, 2026.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $447.04/cwt on 284 head, down $19.49 from the prior sale. That ranks 10 of 14 comparable sales and sits +8.46 against this barn's trailing median of $438.57.

Average price

$447.04

▼ 19.49 vs prior sale

284 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,436

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$186

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

$22.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.21

vs ND average

+24.87 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	447.35	2,439	280
Medium and Large 1-2	530	425.00	2,253	4thin

One grade step is worth $22.35/cwt here — about $186 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale284 hd

447.04

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ND average2 barns · 325 hd

450.25

−3.21

National average167 barns · 11,519 hd

422.17

+24.87

This barn, trailing median14 sales

438.57

+8.46

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

14 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $466.52, low $401.23, median $438.57 across 14 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot, as filed

34 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	596.29/cwt	593.00–600.00	2,564	13
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	555.21/cwt	530.00–580.00	2,615	51
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	526.82/cwt	510.00–540.00	2,776	41
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	583	486.83/cwt	475.00–515.00	2,838	33
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	601	459.00/cwt	459.00–459.00	2,759	19
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	627	431.90/cwt	415.00–455.00	2,708	20
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	655	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,636	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	426.17/cwt	412.00–463.00	2,834	35
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	717	411.71/cwt	402.00–423.00	2,952	28
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	763	390.39/cwt	387.00–391.50	2,979	41
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	822	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	3,017	25
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	920	324.50/cwt	324.50–324.50	2,985	32
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	989	313.50/cwt	313.50–313.50	3,101	8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	344	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	2,012	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	366	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,867	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,098	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	401	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,045	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	534.31/cwt	513.50–545.00	2,324	21
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	478.15/cwt	442.50–490.00	2,319	88
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	487	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,265	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	457.35/cwt	430.00–474.00	2,406	168
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	530	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,253	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	432.35/cwt	421.00–440.00	2,482	112
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	631	424.75/cwt	401.00–439.00	2,680	138
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	683	374.72/cwt	363.00–402.00	2,559	133
Heifers	650–700	Medium 1	697	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,440	10
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	710	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,911	10
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	716	361.15/cwt	352.00–376.00	2,586	40
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	769	351.55/cwt	341.50–360.00	2,703	97
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	778	366.48/cwt	358.00–378.00	2,851	132
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	813	341.36/cwt	336.00–341.75	2,775	120
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Replacement	831	336.58/cwt	330.00–346.00	2,797	92
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	875	313.91/cwt	309.00–317.00	2,747	13
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Replacement	904	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	3,001	60

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.

North Dakota feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Stockmen's Livestock Exchange - Dickinson, ND

Thu Apr 23, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Bismarck, ND (LS-BM)

Receipts 2,429Last week 4,600Year ago 5,707

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	650–700	697	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	344	585.00	585.00
3	350–400	385	545.00	545.00
21	400–450	435	513.50–545.00	534.31
88	450–500	485	442.50–490.00	478.15
168	500–550	526	430.00–474.00	457.35
112	550–600	574	421.00–440.00	432.35
138	600–650	631	401.00–439.00	424.75
133	650–700	683	363.00–402.00	374.72
40	700–750	716	352.00–376.00	361.15
97	750–800	769	341.50–360.00	351.55
120	800–850	813	336.00–341.75	341.36
13	850–900	875	309.00–317.00	313.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	366	510.00	510.00
5	450–500	487	465.00	465.00
4	500–550	530	425.00	425.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
10	700–750	710	410.00	410.00
132	750–800	778	358.00–378.00	366.48
92	800–850	831	330.00–346.00	336.58
60	900–950	904	332.00	332.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	401	510.00	510.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	430	593.00–600.00	596.29
51	450–500	471	530.00–580.00	555.21
41	500–550	527	510.00–540.00	526.82
33	550–600	583	475.00–515.00	486.83
19	600–650	601	459.00	459.00
35	650–700	665	412.00–463.00	426.17
28	700–750	717	402.00–423.00	411.71
41	750–800	763	387.00–391.50	390.39
25	800–850	822	367.00	367.00
32	900–950	920	324.50	324.50
8	950–1000	989	313.50	313.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	600–650	627	415.00–455.00	431.90
3	650–700	655	402.50	402.50

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.