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Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2026-02-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-26

Feeder Cattle · Dickinson, North Dakota · Thu, Feb 26

● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099

← Feb 19Feb 26Mar 5 →

Receipts

2,215 head

▲ 1,325 vs last sale 890▲ 42 vs year ago 2,173 · +1.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: A much larger offering than last week, mostly steady undertones. Very good demand remains for all weights of steers and heifers. The cattle futures complex had some losses today but that did not seem to carryover into the market at the auction. The market remains very active, especially on those light cattle to grow into yearlings and for replacement quality heifers, of which there were many. Several long strings of steers and heifers, offered in full loads, along with numerous smaller lots offered in packages and ring fulls. Flesh condition light to moderate. Next feeder cattle auction will be Mar. 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 $504.03/cwt on 144 head. That ranks 11 of 13 comparable sales and sits +16.91 against this barn's trailing median of $487.12.

Average price

$504.03

144 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,781

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−11.35

vs ND average

+17.01 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	504.03	2,781	144

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 sale144 hd

504.03

—

ND average3 barns · 617 hd

515.38

−11.35

National average172 barns · 11,832 hd

487.02

+17.01

This barn, trailing median13 sales

487.12

+16.91

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

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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	379	587.50/cwt	587.50–587.50	2,227	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	443	552.50/cwt	552.50–552.50	2,448	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	458	557.50/cwt	557.50–557.50	2,553	33
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	512.56/cwt	497.00–534.00	2,717	57
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	566	498.44/cwt	488.00–506.00	2,821	87
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	632	447.31/cwt	437.00–459.00	2,827	204
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	428.55/cwt	408.00–432.50	2,871	96
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	693	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	2,800	8
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	399.50/cwt	386.00–409.00	2,916	150
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	778	381.99/cwt	373.00–395.00	2,972	114
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	818	378.45/cwt	363.00–385.50	3,096	156
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	875	349.55/cwt	339.50–352.50	3,059	104
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	922	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	3,098	12
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,037	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	3,163	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	333	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,998	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,943	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	405	569.24/cwt	517.50–581.00	2,305	34
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	506.18/cwt	495.00–545.00	2,425	55
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	493	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,342	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	472.10/cwt	470.00–473.00	2,493	23
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	439.75/cwt	414.00–451.00	2,515	122
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Replacement	609	441.00/cwt	441.00–441.00	2,686	25
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	412.16/cwt	405.00–418.00	2,564	58
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	637	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,344	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Replacement	665	405.96/cwt	386.00–411.50	2,700	66
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	681	394.63/cwt	389.50–401.00	2,687	62
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	699	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,502	22
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	705	393.01/cwt	385.00–397.00	2,771	60
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	717	379.40/cwt	356.00–388.50	2,720	53
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	772	355.16/cwt	349.00–361.00	2,742	58
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	797	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,821	28
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Replacement	829	356.84/cwt	350.00–365.00	2,958	84
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	905	298.50/cwt	298.50–298.50	2,701	13

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 26, 2026

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

Receipts 2,215Last week 890Year ago 2,173

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
25	600–650	609	441.00	441.00
66	650–700	665	386.00–411.50	405.96
60	700–750	705	385.00–397.00	393.01
28	750–800	797	354.00	354.00
84	800–850	829	350.00–365.00	356.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	333	600.00	600.00
4	350–400	370	525.00	525.00
34	400–450	405	517.50–581.00	569.24
55	450–500	479	495.00–545.00	506.18
23	500–550	528	470.00–473.00	472.10
122	550–600	572	414.00–451.00	439.75
58	600–650	622	405.00–418.00	412.16
62	650–700	681	389.50–401.00	394.63
53	700–750	717	356.00–388.50	379.40
58	750–800	772	349.00–361.00	355.16
13	900–950	905	298.50	298.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	493	475.00	475.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	637	368.00	368.00
22	650–700	699	358.00	358.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	379	587.50	587.50
3	400–450	443	552.50	552.50
33	450–500	458	557.50	557.50
57	500–550	530	497.00–534.00	512.56
87	550–600	566	488.00–506.00	498.44
204	600–650	632	437.00–459.00	447.31
96	650–700	670	408.00–432.50	428.55
150	700–750	730	386.00–409.00	399.50
114	750–800	778	373.00–395.00	381.99
156	800–850	818	363.00–385.50	378.45
104	850–900	875	339.50–352.50	349.55
12	900–950	922	336.00	336.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	650–700	693	404.00	404.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	1000–1050	1,037	305.00	305.00

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.