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Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2026-10-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-08

Feeder Cattle · Dickinson, North Dakota · Thu, Oct 8

● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099

← Oct 1Oct 8Oct 15 →

Receipts

2,714 head

▼ 352 vs last sale 3,066▲ 2,714 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Few comparable weight ranges on feeder steers with the best comparison being the 750-800 lb range bringing 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers 950-1050 lbs sold 2.00-4.00 lower with the majority of the heifer offering being lightweight calves. Steer calves 400-550 lbs 11.00-16.00 higher, gaining back what they lost last week. Heifer calves had limited volume from last week to compare to with a lower undertone noted. Good demand on the larger loads of yearlings coming off of grass and the lots and loads of spring calves with multiple rounds of shots. Bidding started off slow and trading to even money from last week to really picking up as the auction progressed.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $451.90/cwt on 576 head, down $0.22 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 14 comparable sales and sits −38.67 against this barn's trailing median of $490.57.

Average price

$451.90

▼ 0.22 vs prior sale

576 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,440

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$181

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

$50.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs ND average

+21.54 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	456.04	2,454	529
Medium and Large 1-2	561	405.27	2,273	47

One grade step is worth $50.78/cwt here — about $181 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 sale576 hd

451.90

—

ND average1 barns · 576 hd

451.90

+0.00

National average183 barns · 26,018 hd

430.36

+21.54

This barn, trailing median14 sales

490.57

−38.67

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

Steers 500–600 lb: high $518.31, low $440.24, median $490.57 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

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. 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	596.53/cwt	535.00–603.50	2,207	70
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	382	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,910	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	515.36/cwt	495.00–545.00	2,175	75
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	489.85/cwt	481.00–518.00	2,312	155
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	515	421.19/cwt	419.00–425.00	2,169	19
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	469.86/cwt	448.00–480.00	2,453	375
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	422.39/cwt	407.00–447.00	2,437	154
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	592	394.46/cwt	393.00–399.00	2,335	28
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	611	403.50/cwt	403.50–403.50	2,465	20
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	657	385.50/cwt	385.50–385.50	2,533	15
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	731	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,705	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	776	364.70/cwt	352.00–366.00	2,830	65
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	887	345.59/cwt	343.00–349.00	3,065	201
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,024	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	3,205	45
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	340	508.14/cwt	499.00–530.00	1,728	24
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	377	497.00/cwt	497.00–497.00	1,874	13
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	477.12/cwt	461.00–490.00	2,052	192
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	436	432.65/cwt	430.00–442.00	1,886	26
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	441.57/cwt	431.00–455.00	2,075	81
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	486	410.11/cwt	405.00–412.00	1,993	28
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	411.45/cwt	397.00–415.00	2,140	192
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	532	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	2,011	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	382.77/cwt	382.00–383.00	2,193	39
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	740	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,498	11
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	809	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,556	8
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	878	297.85/cwt	293.00–304.00	2,615	37
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	929	279.54/cwt	279.00–280.00	2,597	11
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	934	288.88/cwt	287.00–291.00	2,698	17
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Spayed	939	299.50/cwt	299.50–299.50	2,812	52
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	986	283.62/cwt	283.00–286.00	2,796	57
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,036	275.95/cwt	266.00–281.00	2,859	33
Heifers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,145	258.50/cwt	258.50–258.50	2,960	8
Heifers	1150–1200	Large 1	1,153	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	3,055	6

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 Oct 8, 2026

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

Receipts 2,714Last week 3,066Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
45	1000–1050	1,024	313.00	313.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
70	350–400	370	535.00–603.50	596.53
75	400–450	422	495.00–545.00	515.36
155	450–500	472	481.00–518.00	489.85
375	500–550	522	448.00–480.00	469.86
154	550–600	577	407.00–447.00	422.39
20	600–650	611	403.50	403.50
15	650–700	657	385.50	385.50
5	700–750	731	370.00	370.00
65	750–800	776	352.00–366.00	364.70
201	850–900	887	343.00–349.00	345.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	382	500.00	500.00
19	500–550	515	419.00–425.00	421.19
28	550–600	592	393.00–399.00	394.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
33	1000–1050	1,036	266.00–281.00	275.95
8	1100–1150	1,145	258.50	258.50
6	1150–1200	1,153	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	300–350	340	499.00–530.00	508.14
13	350–400	377	497.00	497.00
192	400–450	430	461.00–490.00	477.12
81	450–500	470	431.00–455.00	441.57
192	500–550	520	397.00–415.00	411.45
39	550–600	573	382.00–383.00	382.77
11	700–750	740	337.50	337.50
8	800–850	809	316.00	316.00
37	850–900	878	293.00–304.00	297.85
17	900–950	934	287.00–291.00	288.88
57	950–1000	986	283.00–286.00	283.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	400–450	436	430.00–442.00	432.65
28	450–500	486	405.00–412.00	410.11
6	500–550	532	378.00	378.00
11	900–950	929	279.00–280.00	279.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
52	900–950	939	299.50	299.50

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.