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Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2026-10-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-15

Feeder Cattle · Dickinson, North Dakota · Thu, Oct 15

● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099

← Oct 8Oct 15Oct 22 →

Receipts

3,862 head

▲ 1,148 vs last sale 2,714▲ 201 vs year ago 3,661 · +5.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer calves 10.00 to 20.00 higher, except 450-550 lbs unevenly steady. Heifer calves 10.00 to 15.00 higher, except 400-450 lbs steady. Very good demand for this offering of very attractive, ranch raised steer and heifer calves. Many long strings, including full loads, and plenty of smaller bunches that allowed buyers to make plenty of full loads of. The market was very active as more cattle feeders are ready to take calves, and yearling operators are wanting to get these good light calves bought while they are available. Flesh condition was light and attractive, especially so on cattle coming out of the worst of the drought areas. The CME Live and Feeder Cattle futures made good gains, while corn continues to cheapen, helping to add a little more support to the feeder cattle market this week.

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 $446.21/cwt on 1,076 head, down $5.69 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 14 comparable sales and sits −44.36 against this barn's trailing median of $490.57.

Average price

$446.21

▼ 5.69 vs prior sale

1,076 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,487

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+0.90

vs ND average

+13.92 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	446.21	2,487	1,076

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1,076 hd

446.21

—

ND average2 barns · 1,210 hd

445.31

+0.90

National average190 barns · 30,929 hd

432.29

+13.92

This barn, trailing median14 sales

490.57

−44.36

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

31 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	283	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,500	6
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	295	602.50/cwt	602.50–602.50	1,777	4
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	322	564.91/cwt	545.00–595.00	1,819	17
Steers	350–400	Medium 1-2	357	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,535	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	361	611.00/cwt	611.00–611.00	2,206	26
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	398	527.50/cwt	527.50–527.50	2,099	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	407	587.00/cwt	587.00–587.00	2,389	20
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	544.98/cwt	515.00–562.50	2,333	187
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	452	541.50/cwt	541.50–541.50	2,448	64
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	482	502.00/cwt	477.50–519.00	2,420	422
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	537	456.50/cwt	441.00–475.00	2,451	482
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	437.86/cwt	411.00–468.00	2,513	594
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	411.45/cwt	403.00–417.00	2,576	213
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	688	376.00/cwt	371.00–388.00	2,587	119
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	708	403.50/cwt	403.50–403.50	2,857	30
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	789	394.50/cwt	394.50–394.50	3,113	18
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	254	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,219	4
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	279	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,465	8
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	341	521.98/cwt	480.00–537.50	1,780	60
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	357	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,607	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	483.66/cwt	470.00–505.00	1,862	50
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	478.86/cwt	461.00–487.50	2,054	169
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	469	450.11/cwt	410.00–470.00	2,111	288
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	406.92/cwt	391.00–431.00	2,177	250
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	383.01/cwt	365.00–397.00	2,221	78
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	352.77/cwt	349.00–359.00	2,222	58
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,342	23
Heifers	750–800	Medium 1	790	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,429	11
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	946	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,772	8
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,025	270.14/cwt	267.00–275.00	2,769	19
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	322	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	1,964	10

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 15, 2026

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

Receipts 3,862Last week 2,714Year ago 3,661

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	283	530.00	530.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
26	350–400	361	611.00	611.00
20	400–450	407	587.00	587.00
64	450–500	452	541.50	541.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	295	602.50	602.50
17	300–350	322	545.00–595.00	564.91
4	350–400	398	527.50	527.50
187	400–450	428	515.00–562.50	544.98
422	450–500	482	477.50–519.00	502.00
482	500–550	537	441.00–475.00	456.50
594	550–600	574	411.00–468.00	437.86
213	600–650	626	403.00–417.00	411.45
119	650–700	688	371.00–388.00	376.00
30	700–750	708	403.50	403.50
18	750–800	789	394.50	394.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	357	430.00	430.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	279	525.00	525.00
60	300–350	341	480.00–537.50	521.98
50	350–400	385	470.00–505.00	483.66
169	400–450	429	461.00–487.50	478.86
288	450–500	469	410.00–470.00	450.11
250	500–550	535	391.00–431.00	406.92
78	550–600	580	365.00–397.00	383.01
58	600–650	630	349.00–359.00	352.77
23	650–700	669	350.00	350.00
8	900–950	946	293.00	293.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	254	480.00	480.00
8	350–400	357	450.00	450.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	750–800	790	307.50	307.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	1000–1050	1,025	267.00–275.00	270.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	322	610.00	610.00

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.