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Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2026-01-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-29

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

● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099

← Jan 22Jan 29Feb 5 →

Receipts

2,371 head

▲ 265 vs last sale 2,106▼ 679 vs year ago 3,050 · −22.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers 15.00 to 30.00 higher. Very good demand for all weights of steers and heifers. As the arctic plunge last week that saw below zero daytime highs has moved on, cattle feeders were more ready to receive incoming cattle than they were last week. The market was very active across all classes. Long strings and some full loads, along with ample smaller packages to make full loads of. Quality was very attractive and flesh condition light to moderate plus. Next feeder cattle auction will be Feb. 5, 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 $494.78/cwt on 404 head. That ranks 9 of 13 comparable sales and sits +7.66 against this barn's trailing median of $487.12.

Average price

$494.78

404 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,756

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$370

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

$85.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.91

vs ND average

+10.68 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	496.26	2,762	397
Medium and Large 1-2	582	411.00	2,392	7thin

One grade step is worth $85.26/cwt here — about $370 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale404 hd

494.78

—

ND average3 barns · 655 hd

489.87

+4.91

National average63 barns · 7,974 hd

484.10

+10.68

This barn, trailing median13 sales

487.12

+7.66

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

28 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	347	645.00/cwt	645.00–645.00	2,238	9
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	381	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	2,324	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	577.87/cwt	535.00–590.00	2,485	42
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	530.87/cwt	517.00–545.00	2,484	40
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	522.32/cwt	487.00–550.00	2,706	137
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	482.53/cwt	468.50–505.00	2,784	260
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	582	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	2,392	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	629	450.29/cwt	429.00–465.00	2,832	207
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	662	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,483	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	666	430.33/cwt	401.00–444.00	2,866	182
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	722	398.69/cwt	392.00–406.50	2,879	144
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	766	384.43/cwt	377.00–390.25	2,945	160
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	804	374.26/cwt	373.00–376.00	3,009	24
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	944	338.50/cwt	338.50–338.50	3,195	64
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	305	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	1,754	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	366	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	2,105	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	415	540.80/cwt	510.00–562.00	2,244	31
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	472	442.53/cwt	425.00–450.00	2,089	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	501.40/cwt	480.00–525.00	2,372	136
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	462.99/cwt	441.00–488.00	2,435	211
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	562	437.07/cwt	420.00–447.00	2,456	118
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	633	404.44/cwt	386.00–418.00	2,560	79
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Replacement	649	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,726	36
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Replacement	658	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	2,658	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	684	381.33/cwt	372.00–386.00	2,608	39
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	712	381.50/cwt	366.50–389.50	2,716	82
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	755	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,635	10
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Replacement	831	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,842	8

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 29, 2026

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

Receipts 2,371Last week 2,106Year ago 3,050

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	305	575.00	575.00
5	350–400	366	575.00	575.00
31	400–450	415	510.00–562.00	540.80
136	450–500	473	480.00–525.00	501.40
211	500–550	526	441.00–488.00	462.99
118	550–600	562	420.00–447.00	437.07
79	600–650	633	386.00–418.00	404.44
39	650–700	684	372.00–386.00	381.33
82	700–750	712	366.50–389.50	381.50
10	750–800	755	349.00	349.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
36	600–650	649	420.00	420.00
6	650–700	658	404.00	404.00
8	800–850	831	342.00	342.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	472	425.00–450.00	442.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	347	645.00	645.00
4	350–400	381	610.00	610.00
42	400–450	430	535.00–590.00	577.87
40	450–500	468	517.00–545.00	530.87
137	500–550	518	487.00–550.00	522.32
260	550–600	577	468.50–505.00	482.53
207	600–650	629	429.00–465.00	450.29
182	650–700	666	401.00–444.00	430.33
144	700–750	722	392.00–406.50	398.69
160	750–800	766	377.00–390.25	384.43
24	800–850	804	373.00–376.00	374.26
64	900–950	944	338.50	338.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	582	411.00	411.00
5	650–700	662	375.00	375.00

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.