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Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2026-01-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-08

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

● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099

← Dec 18Jan 8Jan 15 →

Receipts

3,634 head

▲ 513 vs last sale 3,121▼ 698 vs year ago 4,332 · −16.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to three weeks ago: Feeder steers and heifers 20.00 to 40.00 higher. Very good demand for all weight of steers and heifers, a large offering of very attractive, home raised feeder cattle and replacement quality heifers. The market was extremely active on those cattle that can be grown into yearlings, and for those high quality, replacement type heifers. The market was active on the heavier cattle bound for feedyards, but the pace of the bidding is much slower as cattle feeders still feel the sting of having to sell cattle below breakeven prices and don't want to get caught in that trap again. CME Live and Feeder Cattle futures have made considerable gains since the last sale, cash fed cattle up to 232.00 this week, all helped to light a fire under the feeder cattle market and push prices back up to where they were before the collapse in late October. Next feeder cattle sale will be Jan. 15, 2026

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 $481.43/cwt on 447 head. That ranks 7 of 13 comparable sales and sits −5.69 against this barn's trailing median of $487.12.

Average price

$481.43

447 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,697

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$78

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

$24.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.34

vs ND average

+15.10 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	522	503.16	2,628	55
Medium and Large 1	565	478.38	2,705	392

One grade step is worth $24.79/cwt here — about −$78 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 sale447 hd

481.43

—

ND average3 barns · 1,366 hd

478.09

+3.34

National average195 barns · 28,890 hd

466.33

+15.10

This barn, trailing median13 sales

487.12

−5.69

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

13 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $518.31, low $440.24, median $487.12 across 13 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

44 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	330	665.00/cwt	665.00–665.00	2,195	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	440	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	2,486	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	466	588.51/cwt	584.00–630.00	2,742	61
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	481	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,405	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	509	506.64/cwt	500.00–514.00	2,579	46
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	521	506.00/cwt	506.00–506.00	2,636	49
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	532	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,554	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	474.62/cwt	450.00–510.00	2,720	346
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	615	454.93/cwt	438.00–457.50	2,798	118
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	632	441.01/cwt	427.50–460.00	2,787	122
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	634	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	2,511	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	667	422.26/cwt	416.00–440.00	2,816	182
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	681	399.13/cwt	396.00–400.00	2,718	32
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	401.58/cwt	385.00–424.00	2,891	233
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	729	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,632	23
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	751	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,553	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	776	373.72/cwt	368.75–391.00	2,900	160
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	829	359.30/cwt	350.50–369.50	2,979	248
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	877	344.93/cwt	342.00–361.00	3,025	132
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	949	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	3,141	60
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	309	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,854	4
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	319	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,547	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	408	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,999	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	510.44/cwt	497.50–560.00	2,174	48
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	479	459.28/cwt	450.00–460.00	2,200	40
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	483	479.08/cwt	472.50–500.00	2,314	18
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	514	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,979	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	533	434.30/cwt	420.00–453.00	2,315	73
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Replacement	564	542.50/cwt	542.50–542.50	3,060	44
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Replacement	568	451.36/cwt	444.00–467.50	2,564	62
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	417.82/cwt	389.00–451.00	2,373	61
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	568	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,278	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	569	403.26/cwt	401.00–405.00	2,295	20
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Replacement	602	421.17/cwt	417.50–422.50	2,535	15
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	631	397.97/cwt	392.00–410.00	2,511	110
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	657	386.49/cwt	382.00–389.00	2,539	64
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	679	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,539	11
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Replacement	686	395.26/cwt	363.00–407.00	2,711	61
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	704	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,816	26
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	710	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,237	14
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	345.03/cwt	338.00–349.00	2,484	51
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	777	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,960	63
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	805	318.50/cwt	318.50–318.50	2,564	26
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	893	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,491	6

This sale against other markets

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 Jan 8, 2026

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

Receipts 3,634Last week 3,121Year ago 4,332

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	850–900	893	279.00	279.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	309	600.00	600.00
48	400–450	426	497.50–560.00	510.44
18	450–500	483	472.50–500.00	479.08
73	500–550	533	420.00–453.00	434.30
61	550–600	568	389.00–451.00	417.82
110	600–650	631	392.00–410.00	397.97
64	650–700	657	382.00–389.00	386.49
51	700–750	720	338.00–349.00	345.03
26	800–850	805	318.50	318.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	319	485.00	485.00
40	450–500	479	450.00–460.00	459.28
4	500–550	514	385.00	385.00
8	550–600	568	401.00	401.00
14	700–750	710	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	408	490.00	490.00
20	550–600	569	401.00–405.00	403.26
11	650–700	679	374.00	374.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
44	550–600	564	542.50	542.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
62	550–600	568	444.00–467.50	451.36
15	600–650	602	417.50–422.50	421.17
61	650–700	686	363.00–407.00	395.26
26	700–750	704	400.00	400.00
63	750–800	777	381.00	381.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	330	665.00	665.00
7	400–450	440	565.00	565.00
61	450–500	466	584.00–630.00	588.51
46	500–550	509	500.00–514.00	506.64
346	550–600	573	450.00–510.00	474.62
122	600–650	632	427.50–460.00	441.01
182	650–700	667	416.00–440.00	422.26
233	700–750	720	385.00–424.00	401.58
160	750–800	776	368.75–391.00	373.72
248	800–850	829	350.50–369.50	359.30
132	850–900	877	342.00–361.00	344.93
60	900–950	949	331.00	331.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	481	500.00	500.00
6	500–550	532	480.00	480.00
23	700–750	729	361.00	361.00
5	750–800	751	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
49	500–550	521	506.00	506.00
118	600–650	615	438.00–457.50	454.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
32	650–700	681	396.00–400.00	399.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	634	396.00	396.00

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.