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Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2026-03-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-05

Feeder Cattle · Dickinson, North Dakota · Thu, Mar 5

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099

← Feb 26Mar 5Mar 12 →

Receipts

2,541 head

▲ 326 vs last sale 2,215▼ 220 vs year ago 2,761 · −8.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Best comparison on feeder steers was those 500-550 lbs and 600-650 lbs 10.00 to 15.00 higher, other weights too narrowly compared. Feeder heifers mostly steady. Very good demand for steers and heifers this week. A nice selection of light fleshed cattle for grass, a very large offering of outstanding quality bangs vaccinated heifers, along with some heavier cattle suitable for finishing. As the cattle futures complex regained some ground that was lost last week, there was a little more enthusiasm in the market this week. Lots of demand for the replacement heifer offering as there were string, after string of the right kind of heifers. Demand remains red hot for grass cattle as spring is getting closer and turnout time isn't that far away. Cattle feeders are a little more apprehensive, than the backgrounding operators, as many of their cattle that will be coming to market have a breakeven price higher than where the futures are at currently. Next feeder cattle auction will be Mar. 12, 2026.

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 $456.09/cwt on 330 head. That ranks 11 of 13 comparable sales and sits +19.23 against this barn's trailing median of $436.86.

Average price

$456.09

330 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,506

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$67

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

$49.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.89

vs ND average

+35.13 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	457.29	2,507	322
Medium and Large 1-2	598	408.00	2,440	8thin

One grade step is worth $49.29/cwt here — about $67 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale330 hd

456.09

—

ND average3 barns · 1,030 hd

442.20

+13.89

National average181 barns · 13,944 hd

420.96

+35.13

This barn, trailing median13 sales

436.86

+19.23

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

30 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	417	586.01/cwt	550.00–602.50	2,444	10
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	583.94/cwt	555.00–587.50	2,785	57
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	519.99/cwt	490.00–548.00	2,735	45
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	557	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,395	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,784	31
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	614	465.13/cwt	436.00–476.50	2,856	108
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	692	417.09/cwt	415.00–420.00	2,886	24
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	391.15/cwt	389.00–404.00	2,848	40
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	769	388.82/cwt	384.50–390.00	2,990	56
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	800	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,752	11
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	855	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,993	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	288	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	1,699	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	521.74/cwt	520.00–535.00	1,983	18
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	566.51/cwt	563.00–574.00	2,425	42
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	515.49/cwt	490.00–540.00	2,433	50
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	513	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	2,578	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	471.57/cwt	452.00–477.00	2,462	167
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	438.60/cwt	417.00–453.00	2,544	147
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	598	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	2,440	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	609	386.39/cwt	385.00–388.00	2,353	13
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Replacement	610	423.67/cwt	404.00–433.00	2,584	133
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	411.24/cwt	400.00–423.00	2,558	129
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Replacement	670	403.93/cwt	396.00–409.00	2,706	171
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	688	389.60/cwt	372.50–393.00	2,680	31
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	730	408.58/cwt	359.50–444.00	2,983	422
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	733	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,551	9
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	734	362.16/cwt	360.00–367.00	2,658	41
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	767	353.35/cwt	342.50–356.00	2,710	31
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	771	390.44/cwt	352.50–405.00	3,010	127
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Replacement	831	365.99/cwt	350.00–397.50	3,041	136

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 Mar 5, 2026

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

Receipts 2,541Last week 2,215Year ago 2,761

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	513	502.50	502.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	288	590.00	590.00
18	350–400	380	520.00–535.00	521.74
42	400–450	428	563.00–574.00	566.51
50	450–500	472	490.00–540.00	515.49
167	500–550	522	452.00–477.00	471.57
147	550–600	580	417.00–453.00	438.60
129	600–650	622	400.00–423.00	411.24
31	650–700	688	372.50–393.00	389.60
41	700–750	734	360.00–367.00	362.16
31	750–800	767	342.50–356.00	353.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	598	408.00	408.00
13	600–650	609	385.00–388.00	386.39
9	700–750	733	348.00	348.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
133	600–650	610	404.00–433.00	423.67
171	650–700	670	396.00–409.00	403.93
422	700–750	730	359.50–444.00	408.58
127	750–800	771	352.50–405.00	390.44
136	800–850	831	350.00–397.50	365.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	417	550.00–602.50	586.01
57	450–500	477	555.00–587.50	583.94
45	500–550	526	490.00–548.00	519.99
31	550–600	580	480.00	480.00
108	600–650	614	436.00–476.50	465.13
24	650–700	692	415.00–420.00	417.09
40	700–750	728	389.00–404.00	391.15
56	750–800	769	384.50–390.00	388.82
5	850–900	855	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	557	430.00	430.00
11	800–850	800	344.00	344.00

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.