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Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2026-10-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-29

Feeder Cattle · Dickinson, North Dakota · Thu, Oct 29

● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099

← Oct 22Oct 29latest

Receipts

5,205 head

▲ 758 vs last sale 4,447▲ 258 vs year ago 4,947 · +5.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers were mixed throughout the weight ranges with the best tests being on 500-550 lbs 8.00 lower and 550-650 lbs 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers mostly 4.00 to 9.00 higher with instances of 15.00 higher. Buyers had their pick of steers where the heifer supply was tighter. Demand good especially so on double vaccinated cattle with no implants which happened to be the bulk of the sale offering. Buyers actively pursued the string after string of stock with condition to burn and the right attributes to gaining alot of pounds quickly. The active bidding didn't let up as the consignors kept exhibiting uniform and attractive stock into the ring.

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 $452.18/cwt on 957 head, up $5.49 from the prior sale. That ranks 6 of 14 comparable sales and sits −38.39 against this barn's trailing median of $490.57.

Average price

$452.18

▲ 5.49 vs prior sale

957 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,485

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$228

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

$37.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.44

vs ND average

+17.03 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	452.37	2,486	952
Medium and Large 1-2	544	415.00	2,258	5thin

One grade step is worth $37.37/cwt here — about $228 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale957 hd

452.18

—

ND average3 barns · 2,013 hd

450.74

+1.44

National average163 barns · 26,594 hd

435.15

+17.03

This barn, trailing median14 sales

490.57

−38.39

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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	327	626.68/cwt	610.00–640.00	2,049	16
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	333	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,732	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	367	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,000	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	597.77/cwt	567.50–612.00	2,242	76
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	427	493.63/cwt	473.00–517.50	2,108	71
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	438	535.28/cwt	528.00–552.50	2,345	81
Steers	400–450	Medium 1-2	446	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,784	10
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	466	511.01/cwt	477.50–530.50	2,381	340
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	489	450.48/cwt	447.00–455.00	2,203	21
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	461.85/cwt	443.00–483.00	2,448	509
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	544	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,258	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	441.48/cwt	415.00–459.00	2,525	443
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	627	412.91/cwt	399.00–425.00	2,589	565
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	398.33/cwt	394.00–410.00	2,689	106
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	726	392.57/cwt	392.00–394.00	2,850	108
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	755	389.37/cwt	389.00–390.00	2,940	87
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	340	550.08/cwt	549.00–560.00	1,870	45
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	376	500.59/cwt	472.00–524.00	1,882	103
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	477.75/cwt	441.00–505.00	2,030	238
Heifers	450–500	Medium 1-2	469	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,698	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	442.10/cwt	425.00–472.50	2,091	291
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	489	413.23/cwt	406.00–421.00	2,021	39
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	418.89/cwt	403.00–449.00	2,182	294
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	543	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	2,161	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	393.25/cwt	368.00–409.00	2,242	325
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Replacement	581	451.50/cwt	451.50–451.50	2,623	88
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	591	364.38/cwt	361.00–370.00	2,153	21
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	610	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,031	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	629	361.54/cwt	353.00–378.00	2,274	114
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	686	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,394	37
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	709	349.19/cwt	349.00–349.50	2,476	52
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	923	302.01/cwt	299.00–306.00	2,788	32
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,050	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	3,014	43

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 29, 2026

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

Receipts 5,205Last week 4,447Year ago 4,947

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
43	1050–1100	1,050	287.00	287.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	469	362.00	362.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
45	300–350	340	549.00–560.00	550.08
103	350–400	376	472.00–524.00	500.59
238	400–450	425	441.00–505.00	477.75
291	450–500	473	425.00–472.50	442.10
294	500–550	521	403.00–449.00	418.89
325	550–600	570	368.00–409.00	393.25
114	600–650	629	353.00–378.00	361.54
37	650–700	686	349.00	349.00
52	700–750	709	349.00–349.50	349.19
32	900–950	923	299.00–306.00	302.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
39	450–500	489	406.00–421.00	413.23
9	500–550	543	398.00	398.00
21	550–600	591	361.00–370.00	364.38
5	600–650	610	333.00	333.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
88	550–600	581	451.50	451.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	446	400.00	400.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	333	520.00	520.00
6	350–400	367	545.00	545.00
71	400–450	427	473.00–517.50	493.63
21	450–500	489	447.00–455.00	450.48
5	500–550	544	415.00	415.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	327	610.00–640.00	626.68
76	350–400	375	567.50–612.00	597.77
81	400–450	438	528.00–552.50	535.28
340	450–500	466	477.50–530.50	511.01
509	500–550	530	443.00–483.00	461.85
443	550–600	572	415.00–459.00	441.48
565	600–650	627	399.00–425.00	412.91
106	650–700	675	394.00–410.00	398.33
108	700–750	726	392.00–394.00	392.57
87	750–800	755	389.00–390.00	389.37

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.