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Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2026-03-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-12

Feeder Cattle · Dickinson, North Dakota · Thu, Mar 12

● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099

← Mar 5Mar 12Mar 19 →

Receipts

1,368 head

▼ 1,173 vs last sale 2,541▲ 233 vs year ago 1,135 · +20.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Lower undertones prevailed for feeder steers and heifers, numbers of comparable weights too narrowly compared with last week's much larger offering to make a good, fair comparison. Demand still good yet for light steers and heifers to background, moderate to good for those bound for feedyards, but buyers adjusted their sights lower this week as the futures complex has lost considerable ground over the past week. The market is still active, but starting bids are much lower as buyers are looking to buy cattle cheaper amidst all of the uncertainty that has entered the marketplace. There were some really high quality, light fleshed steers and heifers offered in ring fulls and load lots, and multiple load lots. Next feeder cattle sale will be Mar. 19, 2026 expecting 2,500-3,000 feeder cattle.

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 $436.86/cwt on 73 head, down $19.23 from the prior sale. That ranks 7 of 13 comparable sales and sits +0.00 against this barn's trailing median of $436.86.

Average price

$436.86

▼ 19.23 vs prior sale

73 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,440

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+2.40

vs ND average

+23.08 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	436.86	2,440	73

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 sale73 hd

436.86

—

ND average2 barns · 373 hd

434.46

+2.40

National average182 barns · 10,991 hd

413.78

+23.08

This barn, trailing median13 sales

436.86

+0.00

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

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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	365	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	2,099	14
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	474	544.00/cwt	544.00–544.00	2,579	13
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	484	495.09/cwt	493.00–497.50	2,396	13
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	503	513.37/cwt	475.00–517.00	2,582	35
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	579	468.37/cwt	468.00–470.00	2,712	49
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	619	440.09/cwt	428.00–450.00	2,724	30
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	413.22/cwt	398.00–424.00	2,764	85
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	740	379.39/cwt	374.00–380.75	2,807	48
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	772	367.47/cwt	358.00–371.75	2,837	34
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	821	359.67/cwt	355.75–362.00	2,953	185
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	891	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,918	32
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	275	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	1,678	4
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	325	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,853	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	414	526.91/cwt	520.00–540.00	2,181	42
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	440	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,936	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,376	17
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	531	465.02/cwt	464.00–470.00	2,469	17
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	428.31/cwt	416.00–450.00	2,429	56
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	611	408.76/cwt	400.00–412.00	2,498	22
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Replacement	631	428.50/cwt	428.50–428.50	2,704	51
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	362.56/cwt	354.00–365.00	2,447	36
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Replacement	694	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,589	144
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	707	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,588	74
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	737	345.77/cwt	331.00–362.00	2,548	136
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Replacement	805	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,608	4
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	827	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,555	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	369	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	2,085	6
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	684	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,394	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 Mar 12, 2026

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

Receipts 1,368Last week 2,541Year ago 1,135

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	369	565.00	565.00
5	650–700	684	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	275	610.00	610.00
3	300–350	325	570.00	570.00
42	400–450	414	520.00–540.00	526.91
17	450–500	480	495.00	495.00
17	500–550	531	464.00–470.00	465.02
56	550–600	567	416.00–450.00	428.31
22	600–650	611	400.00–412.00	408.76
36	650–700	675	354.00–365.00	362.56
136	700–750	737	331.00–362.00	345.77
5	800–850	827	309.00	309.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
51	600–650	631	428.50	428.50
144	650–700	694	373.00	373.00
74	700–750	707	366.00	366.00
4	800–850	805	324.00	324.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	440	440.00	440.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	474	544.00	544.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	365	575.00	575.00
13	450–500	484	493.00–497.50	495.09
35	500–550	503	475.00–517.00	513.37
49	550–600	579	468.00–470.00	468.37
30	600–650	619	428.00–450.00	440.09
85	650–700	669	398.00–424.00	413.22
48	700–750	740	374.00–380.75	379.39
34	750–800	772	358.00–371.75	367.47
185	800–850	821	355.75–362.00	359.67
32	850–900	891	327.50	327.50

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.