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Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2026-05-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-21

Feeder Cattle · Dickinson, North Dakota · Thu, May 21

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099

← May 7May 21Sep 10 →

Receipts

1,787 head

▼ 1,901 vs last sale 3,688▲ 1,787 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers unevenly steady, heifers sold with steady to higher undertones. Very good demand for this offering of attractive, light fleshed steers and heifers. The market was very active, most notably on the light cattle and heifers to make cows out of. As turnout time has arrived there were plenty of buyers still wanting light cattle to run on grass as yearlings. With cash fed cattle making new all-time highs at 265.00 last week, there is great competition to get feeder cattle bought. Sharp losses seen in the futures complex today creating concern amongst cattle feeders. This is the last reported feeder cattle sale until the late summer/early fall marketing season begins.

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 $460.01/cwt on 159 head, up $19.73 from the prior sale. That ranks 12 of 13 comparable sales and sits +23.15 against this barn's trailing median of $436.86.

Average price

$460.01

▲ 19.73 vs prior sale

159 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,522

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+0.00

vs ND average

+41.75 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	460.01	2,522	159

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 sale159 hd

460.01

—

ND average1 barns · 159 hd

460.01

+0.00

National average175 barns · 12,602 hd

418.26

+41.75

This barn, trailing median13 sales

436.86

+23.15

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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	345	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	2,018	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	352	592.83/cwt	582.50–610.00	2,087	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	444	565.62/cwt	550.00–576.00	2,511	24
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	2,667	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	523.44/cwt	496.00–550.00	2,753	79
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	556	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,585	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	502.40/cwt	481.00–517.50	2,864	54
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	457.43/cwt	434.00–475.00	2,836	89
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	434.00/cwt	434.00–434.00	2,903	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	712	417.25/cwt	387.00–430.00	2,971	129
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	759	380.76/cwt	371.00–385.00	2,890	10
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	822	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,976	5
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,022	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	3,322	6
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,054	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	3,341	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	537.50/cwt	537.50–537.50	2,005	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,163	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Spayed	453	521.00/cwt	521.00–521.00	2,360	34
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	509.10/cwt	491.00–520.00	2,408	39
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	467.33/cwt	440.00–487.50	2,430	69
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Spayed	565	463.00/cwt	463.00–463.00	2,616	66
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	584	430.74/cwt	428.00–432.50	2,516	24
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	422.68/cwt	410.00–446.00	2,654	131
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	397.37/cwt	382.00–402.00	2,643	40
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Replacement	680	423.99/cwt	396.00–430.00	2,883	46
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	718	376.13/cwt	367.00–379.00	2,701	95
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	728	392.97/cwt	372.00–400.00	2,861	54
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	797	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,949	10
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Replacement	812	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,810	6
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	870	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,784	9
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	986	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	3,145	6

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 May 21, 2026

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

Receipts 1,787Last week 3,688Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	1000–1050	1,022	325.00	325.00
5	1050–1100	1,054	317.00	317.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	556	465.00	465.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	345	585.00	585.00
8	350–400	352	582.50–610.00	592.83
24	400–450	444	550.00–576.00	565.62
8	450–500	472	565.00	565.00
79	500–550	526	496.00–550.00	523.44
54	550–600	570	481.00–517.50	502.40
89	600–650	620	434.00–475.00	457.43
4	650–700	669	434.00	434.00
129	700–750	712	387.00–430.00	417.25
10	750–800	759	371.00–385.00	380.76
5	800–850	822	362.00	362.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	373	537.50	537.50
3	400–450	420	515.00	515.00
39	450–500	473	491.00–520.00	509.10
69	500–550	520	440.00–487.50	467.33
24	550–600	584	428.00–432.50	430.74
131	600–650	628	410.00–446.00	422.68
40	650–700	665	382.00–402.00	397.37
95	700–750	718	367.00–379.00	376.13
9	850–900	870	320.00	320.00
6	950–1000	986	319.00	319.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
46	650–700	680	396.00–430.00	423.99
54	700–750	728	372.00–400.00	392.97
10	750–800	797	370.00	370.00
6	800–850	812	346.00	346.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
34	450–500	453	521.00	521.00
66	550–600	565	463.00	463.00

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.