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Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2026-03-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-19

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

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099

← Mar 12Mar 19Apr 9 →

Receipts

3,665 head

▲ 2,297 vs last sale 1,368▲ 993 vs year ago 2,672 · +37.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers 20.00 to 30.00 higher. A much larger offering, of high quality, light to moderate fleshed, home raised steers and heifers. Many long strings offered in full loads and multiple load lots. Many consignments of replacement quality heifers in the offering. Demand was very good throughout the sale. Whether is was light fleshed cattle for grass, heavier cattle for feeding, or replacement heifers, the market was incredibly active. Cattle buyers were eager to buy these good cattle while they have the chance, and were ready to compete heavily to secure their cattle needs as these larger offerings become more limited. The cattle futures complex was under pressure again, with Feeder Cattle futures off 3.00 to 6.00, but that didn't affect the market at the auction. Cattle feeders are holding out for a higher fat cattle market this week, as packers have pushed boxed beef prices up to 400.00, which helped to add support to the feeder cattle market.

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 $494.01/cwt on 87 head, up $6.89 from the prior sale. That ranks 8 of 13 comparable sales and sits +6.89 against this barn's trailing median of $487.12.

Average price

$494.01

▲ 6.89 vs prior sale

87 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,702

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$80

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

$59.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.24

vs ND average

+21.89 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	533	510.43	2,718	63
Medium and Large 1-2	585	450.91	2,638	24

One grade step is worth $59.52/cwt here — about $80 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 sale87 hd

494.01

—

ND average2 barns · 414 hd

502.25

−8.24

National average160 barns · 7,757 hd

472.12

+21.89

This barn, trailing median13 sales

487.12

+6.89

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

29 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,166	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	488	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,391	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	515.24/cwt	485.00–525.00	2,705	52
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	487.69/cwt	475.00–499.00	2,770	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	585	450.91/cwt	440.00–456.00	2,638	24
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	462.38/cwt	426.00–473.25	2,871	245
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	659	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,834	9
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	438.01/cwt	423.00–455.50	2,935	275
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	737	405.01/cwt	390.50–413.50	2,985	266
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	770	386.56/cwt	374.00–400.00	2,977	298
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	824	370.86/cwt	349.00–381.75	3,056	546
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	887	355.74/cwt	355.00–356.50	3,155	130
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	941	320.50/cwt	320.50–320.50	3,016	55
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	975	322.85/cwt	315.75–330.00	3,148	129
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,066	303.50/cwt	303.50–303.50	3,235	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	443	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,683	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	476	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	2,178	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	496	486.74/cwt	485.00–488.00	2,414	19
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	461.91/cwt	455.00–472.50	2,471	44
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	447.69/cwt	422.00–458.00	2,570	134
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	416.43/cwt	406.00–431.00	2,615	138
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	661	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,591	41
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Replacement	672	401.18/cwt	382.00–427.50	2,696	438
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	723	383.70/cwt	372.00–400.00	2,774	210
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	738	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,716	77
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	772	343.40/cwt	343.00–344.00	2,651	13
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	779	384.18/cwt	357.00–402.00	2,993	108
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	913	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,748	6
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,036	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	2,932	7

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 19, 2026

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

Receipts 3,665Last week 1,368Year ago 2,672

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	1000–1050	1,036	283.00	283.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	443	380.00	380.00
5	450–500	476	457.50	457.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	450–500	496	485.00–488.00	486.74
44	500–550	535	455.00–472.50	461.91
134	550–600	574	422.00–458.00	447.69
138	600–650	628	406.00–431.00	416.43
41	650–700	661	392.00	392.00
77	700–750	738	368.00	368.00
13	750–800	772	343.00–344.00	343.40
6	900–950	913	301.00	301.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
438	650–700	672	382.00–427.50	401.18
210	700–750	723	372.00–400.00	383.70
108	750–800	779	357.00–402.00	384.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	429	505.00	505.00
3	450–500	488	490.00	490.00
52	500–550	525	485.00–525.00	515.24
11	550–600	568	475.00–499.00	487.69
245	600–650	621	426.00–473.25	462.38
275	650–700	670	423.00–455.50	438.01
266	700–750	737	390.50–413.50	405.01
298	750–800	770	374.00–400.00	386.56
546	800–850	824	349.00–381.75	370.86
130	850–900	887	355.00–356.50	355.74
55	900–950	941	320.50	320.50
129	950–1000	975	315.75–330.00	322.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	550–600	585	440.00–456.00	450.91
9	650–700	659	430.00	430.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	1050–1100	1,066	303.50	303.50

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.