Sale reports / North Dakota / Stockmen's Livestock Exchange / 2026-05-21

Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Dickinson, North Dakota · Thu, May 21
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099
May 7May 21latest
Receipts
1,787 head
1,901 vs last sale 3,688 1,787 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers unevenly steady, heifers sold with steady to higher undertones. Very good demand for this offering of attractive, light fleshed steers and heifers. The market was very active, most notably on the light cattle and heifers to make cows out of. As turnout time has arrived there were plenty of buyers still wanting light cattle to run on grass as yearlings. With cash fed cattle making new all-time highs at 265.00 last week, there is great competition to get feeder cattle bought. Sharp losses seen in the futures complex today creating concern amongst cattle feeders. This is the last reported feeder cattle sale until the late summer/early fall marketing season begins.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $460.01/cwt on 159 head, up $19.73 from the prior sale. That ranks 16 of 17 comparable sales and sits +12.97 against this barn's trailing median of $447.04.
Average price
$460.01
19.73 vs prior sale
159 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,522
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+0.00
vs ND average
+41.75 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1548460.012,522159
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

17 sales
481444408372median 447.0412/1101/2202/1903/1905/21
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $466.52, low $385.70, median $447.04 across 17 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 sale159 hd
460.01
ND average1 barns · 159 hd
460.01
+0.00
National average175 barns · 12,602 hd
418.26
+41.75
This barn, trailing median17 sales
447.04
+12.97
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

30 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersLarge 11000–10501,022325.00/cwt325.00–325.003,3226
SteersLarge 11050–11001,054317.00/cwt317.00–317.003,3415
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450420515.00/cwt515.00–515.002,1633
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400373537.50/cwt537.50–537.502,0056
HeifersMedium and Large 1950–1000986319.00/cwt319.00–319.003,1456
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900870320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,7849
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700665397.37/cwt382.00–402.002,64340
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550520467.33/cwt440.00–487.502,43069
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750718376.13/cwt367.00–379.002,70195
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650628422.68/cwt410.00–446.002,654131
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600556465.00/cwt465.00–465.002,5858
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700669434.00/cwt434.00–434.002,9034
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850822362.00/cwt362.00–362.002,9765
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400352592.83/cwt582.50–610.002,0878
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500472565.00/cwt565.00–565.002,6678
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800759380.76/cwt371.00–385.002,89010
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600570502.40/cwt481.00–517.502,86454
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550526523.44/cwt496.00–550.002,75379
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650620457.43/cwt434.00–475.002,83689
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750712417.25/cwt387.00–430.002,971129
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement650–700680423.99/cwt396.00–430.002,88346
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350345585.00/cwt585.00–585.002,0183
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement700–750728392.97/cwt372.00–400.002,86154
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement800–850812346.00/cwt346.00–346.002,8106
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600584430.74/cwt428.00–432.502,51624
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500473509.10/cwt491.00–520.002,40839
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement750–800797370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,94910
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed450–500453521.00/cwt521.00–521.002,36034
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed550–600565463.00/cwt463.00–463.002,61666
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450444565.62/cwt550.00–576.002,51124

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.