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Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2026-01-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-15

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

● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099

← Jan 8Jan 15Jan 22 →

Receipts

3,247 head

▼ 387 vs last sale 3,634▼ 656 vs year ago 3,903 · −16.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers unevenly steady. Very good demand for this large offering of high quality, home raised steers and replacement quality heifers. There were many strings of replacement type heifers that sold very easily, the market was extremely active as there were plenty of buyers wanting to get these heifers bought Fewer yearling making type steers and heifers, many more weighing 600 lbs plus that are suitable for feedyards. Flesh condition wasn't as light as it has been as cattle are weaned and on a growing ration and the weather has been extremely mild for January. Cattle futures continue to make good gains, helping to support the feeder cattle market. Next feeder cattle sale will be Jan 22, 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 $492.57/cwt on 304 head. That ranks 8 of 13 comparable sales and sits +5.45 against this barn's trailing median of $487.12.

Average price

$492.57

304 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,712

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+5.06

vs ND average

+20.59 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	492.57	2,712	304

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 sale304 hd

492.57

—

ND average3 barns · 1,335 hd

487.51

+5.06

National average187 barns · 29,067 hd

471.98

+20.59

This barn, trailing median13 sales

487.12

+5.45

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

34 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	439	569.59/cwt	550.00–605.00	2,501	39
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	532.73/cwt	500.00–555.00	2,541	35
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	542	499.99/cwt	482.50–525.00	2,710	215
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	543	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,579	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	474.61/cwt	456.00–481.00	2,729	79
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	441.69/cwt	421.00–450.00	2,774	154
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	671	416.17/cwt	404.00–437.50	2,793	311
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	392.52/cwt	366.00–408.00	2,858	192
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	778	378.81/cwt	364.00–401.00	2,947	346
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	781	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,694	11
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	811	370.50/cwt	370.50–370.50	3,005	63
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	924	333.50/cwt	333.50–333.50	3,082	31
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	323	534.28/cwt	520.00–550.00	1,726	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	369	561.44/cwt	550.00–585.00	2,072	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	417	553.87/cwt	525.00–570.00	2,310	15
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	467	500.44/cwt	470.00–525.00	2,337	81
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	517	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,120	15
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	464.55/cwt	435.00–487.00	2,416	46
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Replacement	554	452.00/cwt	452.00–452.00	2,504	57
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	417.27/cwt	390.00–430.00	2,383	160
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Replacement	611	425.16/cwt	420.00–429.00	2,598	116
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	405.22/cwt	380.00–414.00	2,516	101
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	374.73/cwt	374.00–375.00	2,507	26
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Replacement	692	422.58/cwt	379.00–445.00	2,924	104
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	715	383.46/cwt	360.00–413.00	2,742	102
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	721	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,516	19
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	729	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,355	5
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	772	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,648	9
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	783	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,603	7
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Replacement	828	341.83/cwt	340.00–344.00	2,830	113
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	845	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,797	14
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	883	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,667	9
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,300	5
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	768	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,550	9

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 15, 2026

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

Receipts 3,247Last week 3,634Year ago 3,903

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	575	400.00	400.00
9	750–800	768	332.00	332.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	500–550	517	410.00	410.00
5	700–750	729	323.00	323.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	323	520.00–550.00	534.28
9	350–400	369	550.00–585.00	561.44
15	400–450	417	525.00–570.00	553.87
81	450–500	467	470.00–525.00	500.44
46	500–550	520	435.00–487.00	464.55
160	550–600	571	390.00–430.00	417.27
101	600–650	621	380.00–414.00	405.22
26	650–700	669	374.00–375.00	374.73
19	700–750	721	349.00	349.00
7	750–800	783	332.50	332.50
14	800–850	845	331.00	331.00
9	850–900	883	302.00	302.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
57	550–600	554	452.00	452.00
116	600–650	611	420.00–429.00	425.16
104	650–700	692	379.00–445.00	422.58
102	700–750	715	360.00–413.00	383.46
9	750–800	772	343.00	343.00
113	800–850	828	340.00–344.00	341.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
39	400–450	439	550.00–605.00	569.59
35	450–500	477	500.00–555.00	532.73
215	500–550	542	482.50–525.00	499.99
79	550–600	575	456.00–481.00	474.61
154	600–650	628	421.00–450.00	441.69
311	650–700	671	404.00–437.50	416.17
192	700–750	728	366.00–408.00	392.52
346	750–800	778	364.00–401.00	378.81
63	800–850	811	370.50	370.50
31	900–950	924	333.50	333.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	543	475.00	475.00
11	750–800	781	345.00	345.00

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.