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Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2026-10-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-22

Feeder Cattle · Dickinson, North Dakota · Thu, Oct 22

● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099

← Oct 15Oct 22Oct 29 →

Receipts

4,447 head

▲ 585 vs last sale 3,862▼ 348 vs year ago 4,795 · −7.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer calves 400-550 lbs 5.00 to 15.00 higher, 550-650 lbs unevenly steady, 650-700 lbs 20.00 higher. Heifer calves 400-500 lbs 5.00 to 10.00 lower, 500-550 lbs steady to firm, over 550 lbs 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Very good demand for this large offering of very high quality, eye appealing, light fleshed steer and heifer calves. The market was very active as there were plenty of long strings of these good calves offered, and the cattle futures complex continues to make gains. Ample smaller packages to get loads put together and filled out as well. Yearling operators are competing heavily to get these good, light fleshed, light weight calves bought while they are available. Cattle feeders are willing to battle it out as well as the outlook has brightened from where it was just a few weeks ago.

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 $446.69/cwt on 1,084 head, up $0.48 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 14 comparable sales and sits −43.87 against this barn's trailing median of $490.57.

Average price

$446.69

▲ 0.48 vs prior sale

1,084 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,489

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$117

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

$6.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.08

vs ND average

+7.42 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	446.81	2,492	1,063
Medium and Large 1-2	539	440.63	2,375	21

One grade step is worth $6.18/cwt here — about $117 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 sale1,084 hd

446.69

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ND average3 barns · 1,613 hd

442.61

+4.08

National average183 barns · 33,329 hd

439.27

+7.42

This barn, trailing median14 sales

490.57

−43.87

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

37 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	333	626.68/cwt	612.50–650.00	2,087	28
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	344	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	2,030	9
Steers	350–400	Medium 1-2	356	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,655	12
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	375	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,044	8
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	390	574.28/cwt	552.50–610.00	2,240	66
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	407	586.00/cwt	586.00–586.00	2,385	23
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	415	561.62/cwt	530.00–576.50	2,331	127
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	430	521.56/cwt	505.00–529.00	2,243	26
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	464	473.26/cwt	458.00–481.00	2,196	31
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	482	486.19/cwt	460.00–524.00	2,343	387
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	470.07/cwt	446.00–493.50	2,449	328
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	539	440.63/cwt	439.00–441.00	2,375	21
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	436.43/cwt	401.00–458.00	2,505	735
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	627	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,383	14
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	634	410.74/cwt	389.00–427.00	2,604	188
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	671	402.88/cwt	396.00–411.00	2,703	305
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	751	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,636	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	293	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,450	12
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	330	549.55/cwt	545.00–555.00	1,814	14
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	374	497.28/cwt	465.00–520.00	1,860	58
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	388	470.24/cwt	465.00–475.00	1,825	21
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	461.22/cwt	437.00–483.00	1,997	134
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	447	439.54/cwt	430.00–441.00	1,965	30
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	452	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	1,907	19
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	437.70/cwt	421.00–452.50	2,092	212
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	408.99/cwt	395.50–434.00	2,147	359
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	390.32/cwt	377.00–411.00	2,217	176
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	366.24/cwt	364.00–373.00	2,274	146
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Replacement	667	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,455	44
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	692	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,422	6
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	783	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,662	7
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	819	337.41/cwt	329.00–342.00	2,763	29
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	866	323.09/cwt	314.00–326.00	2,798	38
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	939	302.59/cwt	299.00–309.00	2,841	22
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	983	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	2,890	5
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,026	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	2,904	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,173	4

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 22, 2026

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

Receipts 4,447Last week 3,862Year ago 4,795

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	1000–1050	1,026	283.00	283.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	330	545.00–555.00	549.55
58	350–400	374	465.00–520.00	497.28
134	400–450	433	437.00–483.00	461.22
212	450–500	478	421.00–452.50	437.70
359	500–550	525	395.50–434.00	408.99
176	550–600	568	377.00–411.00	390.32
146	600–650	621	364.00–373.00	366.24
6	650–700	692	350.00	350.00
7	750–800	783	340.00	340.00
29	800–850	819	329.00–342.00	337.41
38	850–900	866	314.00–326.00	323.09
22	900–950	939	299.00–309.00	302.59
5	950–1000	983	294.00	294.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
44	650–700	667	368.00	368.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	250–300	293	495.00	495.00
21	350–400	388	465.00–475.00	470.24
30	400–450	447	430.00–441.00	439.54
19	450–500	452	422.00	422.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	356	465.00	465.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	300–350	333	612.50–650.00	626.68
66	350–400	390	552.50–610.00	574.28
127	400–450	415	530.00–576.50	561.62
387	450–500	482	460.00–524.00	486.19
328	500–550	521	446.00–493.50	470.07
735	550–600	574	401.00–458.00	436.43
188	600–650	634	389.00–427.00	410.74
305	650–700	671	396.00–411.00	402.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	344	590.00	590.00
8	350–400	375	545.00	545.00
26	400–450	430	505.00–529.00	521.56
31	450–500	464	458.00–481.00	473.26
21	500–550	539	439.00–441.00	440.63
14	600–650	627	380.00	380.00
7	750–800	751	351.00	351.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
23	400–450	407	586.00	586.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	426	510.00	510.00

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.