Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2026-05-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers too lightly tested last sale for a comparison but a sharply higher undertone seen throughout the sale with instances of 15.00 to 20.00 higher in spots. Feeder heifers sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher with exception of 600-650 lb. heifers bringing 6.00 lower. Sale demand was very solid on mostly all classes especially so on replacement quality heifers. The active bidding didn't take any breaks on the continuous offering of attractive to very attractive strings and loads of cattle that entered the ring. The active market was even more so impressive as the CME feeder cattle futures dipped over $6.00 at the close. Cash trade saw $258-$260 in the north adding to the optimism. Next special feeder cattle sale will be May 21st.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $497.32/cwt on 135 head, down $11.66 from the prior sale. That ranks 11 of 16 comparable sales and sits +2.93 against this barn's trailing median of $494.40.

Average price

$497.32

▼ 11.66 vs prior sale

135 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,799

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$197

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

$11.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.90

vs ND average

+9.77 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	568	499.72	2,840	107
Medium and Large 1-2	541	488.16	2,643	28

One grade step is worth $11.56/cwt here — about $197 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale135 hd

497.32

—

ND average2 barns · 213 hd

512.22

−14.90

National average180 barns · 14,267 hd

487.55

+9.77

This barn, trailing median16 sales

494.40

+2.93

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	509.76/cwt	502.50–540.00	2,635	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	496.66/cwt	480.00–502.00	2,900	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	3,060	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,802	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,278	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,987	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	812	394.08/cwt	370.00–400.00	3,200	196
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	434.93/cwt	394.00–444.00	3,175	126
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	403.98/cwt	400.00–409.00	3,127	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	369.37/cwt	354.00–381.00	2,715	241
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	418.05/cwt	402.00–427.50	2,604	291
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	357.92/cwt	347.00–364.50	2,742	174
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	492.84/cwt	489.00–495.00	2,592	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	648	441.00/cwt	441.00–441.00	2,858	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	598	471.00/cwt	471.00–471.00	2,817	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	827	378.45/cwt	357.00–409.00	3,130	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	900–950	924	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	3,419	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	769	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	3,053	50
Dairy Steers	Large 3	800–850	835	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,171	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	690	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	2,801	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	747	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,898	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	451.21/cwt	420.00–472.50	3,032	404
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	376.50/cwt	367.50–380.00	3,238	236
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	922	345.50/cwt	345.50–345.50	3,186	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,638	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	962	343.75/cwt	343.75–343.75	3,307	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	2,469	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	389.38/cwt	382.50–410.00	2,621	138
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	447.49/cwt	435.00–460.00	2,372	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	442.82/cwt	435.00–450.00	2,462	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	936	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	3,014	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,470	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,210	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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