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Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2026-02-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-19

Feeder Cattle · Dickinson, North Dakota · Thu, Feb 19

● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099

← Feb 12Feb 19Feb 26 →

Receipts

890 head

▼ 2,239 vs last sale 3,129▲ 890 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: A light run of feeder cattle this week, after a winter storm moved across the state yesterday. Feeder steers and heifers mostly steady, except those steers under 550 lbs sold with higher undertones. The offerings were reduced, yet there were still some long strings, including a full load of 945 lbs steers. The market was extremely active on those light cattle to background as they are getting harder and harder to find. The market on the feeding type cattle was active again as cash fed cattle market was up to 246.00 last week in the north. With the cash fed market being so high there is great demand for all classes of cattle. Next feeder cattle auction will be Feb. 26, 2025.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $439.98/cwt on 165 head. That ranks 8 of 13 comparable sales and sits +3.12 against this barn's trailing median of $436.86.

Average price

$439.98

165 head · 568 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,497

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$276

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

$67.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.64

vs ND average

+10.81 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	565	444.92	2,516	153
Medium and Large 1-2	594	377.00	2,239	12thin

One grade step is worth $67.92/cwt here — about $276 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 sale165 hd

439.98

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ND average2 barns · 220 hd

434.33

+5.64

National average184 barns · 15,729 hd

429.17

+10.81

This barn, trailing median13 sales

436.86

+3.12

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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $466.52, low $401.23, median $436.86 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

23 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	350–400	Medium and Large 1	368	677.50/cwt	677.50–677.50	2,493	15
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	440	527.50/cwt	527.50–527.50	2,321	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	447	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	2,637	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	494	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,717	18
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	531	517.25/cwt	497.00–548.00	2,747	44
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	538	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	2,515	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	605	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,662	11
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	627	450.95/cwt	434.00–458.00	2,827	98
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	671	432.63/cwt	417.00–443.00	2,903	18
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	721	400.65/cwt	400.00–403.00	2,889	14
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	784	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	2,964	8
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	829	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	3,026	4
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	859	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	3,058	5
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	947	343.50/cwt	343.50–343.50	3,253	65
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	349	607.50/cwt	607.50–607.50	2,120	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,322	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	516	462.33/cwt	454.00–471.00	2,386	31
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	440.49/cwt	427.00–447.00	2,546	122
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	594	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,239	12
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	627	424.50/cwt	424.50–424.50	2,662	22
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	664	401.27/cwt	389.00–403.50	2,664	58
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Replacement	678	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	2,726	52
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	727	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,763	5

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 Feb 19, 2026

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

Receipts 890Last week 3,129Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	349	607.50	607.50
7	400–450	426	545.00	545.00
31	500–550	516	454.00–471.00	462.33
122	550–600	578	427.00–447.00	440.49
22	600–650	627	424.50	424.50
58	650–700	664	389.00–403.50	401.27
5	700–750	727	380.00	380.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	550–600	594	377.00	377.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
52	650–700	678	402.00	402.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	368	677.50	677.50
8	400–450	447	590.00	590.00
18	450–500	494	550.00	550.00
44	500–550	531	497.00–548.00	517.25
98	600–650	627	434.00–458.00	450.95
18	650–700	671	417.00–443.00	432.63
14	700–750	721	400.00–403.00	400.65
8	750–800	784	378.00	378.00
4	800–850	829	365.00	365.00
5	850–900	859	356.00	356.00
65	900–950	947	343.50	343.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	440	527.50	527.50
6	500–550	538	467.50	467.50
11	600–650	605	440.00	440.00

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.