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Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2026-11-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-11-05

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

● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099

← Oct 29Nov 5latest

Receipts

4,818 head

▼ 387 vs last sale 5,205▲ 401 vs year ago 4,417 · +9.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer calves sold mostly 20.00 to 25.00 lower. Yearling steers 15.00 to 20.00 lower. Heifer calves and yearlings 20.00 to 25.00 lower with instances up to 50.00 lower. Demand moderate on all offerings even more so on heifer calves which showed sales of up to $60-$70/cwt back of the steers on occasion. Not the most solid week to week comparison due to plainer quality this week and cattle not as clean with reports of some consignors not bringing their stock due to muddy conditions. Not as many trailer and pot loads this week which made it take longer for a buyer to get multiple loads procured. Smaller strings of mixed cattle showed up throughout the sale. CME feeder cattle futures hammered again today continuing a much weaker trend this week for the entire cattle complex.

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 $428.47/cwt on 1,111 head, down $23.71 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −41.18 against this barn's trailing median of $469.65.

Average price

$428.47

▼ 23.71 vs prior sale

1,111 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,386

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$177

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

$41.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.48

vs ND average

+14.17 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	430.19	2,393	1,065
Medium and Large 1-2	570	388.45	2,216	46

One grade step is worth $41.74/cwt here — about $177 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale1,111 hd

428.47

—

ND average3 barns · 2,007 hd

421.99

+6.48

National average135 barns · 15,890 hd

414.30

+14.17

This barn, trailing median14 sales

469.65

−41.18

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

14 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $518.31, low $428.47, median $469.65 across 14 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

31 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	342	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	2,155	14
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	378	514.43/cwt	510.00–530.00	1,945	35
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	387	572.44/cwt	560.00–597.50	2,215	15
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	517.54/cwt	499.00–555.00	2,215	198
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	447	475.60/cwt	460.00–486.00	2,126	15
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	480.48/cwt	458.00–492.00	2,292	396
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	486	443.18/cwt	420.00–458.00	2,154	124
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	442.67/cwt	419.00–461.00	2,311	378
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	526	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,157	13
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	423.33/cwt	393.00–444.50	2,434	687
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	588	379.96/cwt	379.00–381.00	2,234	33
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	617	395.87/cwt	375.00–408.00	2,443	461
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	681	365.28/cwt	363.00–383.00	2,488	59
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	706	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,520	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	329	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,513	5
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	332	532.57/cwt	513.00–547.50	1,768	19
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	491.89/cwt	450.00–511.00	1,835	77
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	388	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,688	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	432	439.75/cwt	423.00–454.50	1,900	152
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	440	411.15/cwt	409.50–415.00	1,809	27
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	481	403.19/cwt	399.00–416.00	1,939	251
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	487	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	1,860	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	532	377.25/cwt	365.00–391.00	2,007	307
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	537	359.16/cwt	359.00–360.00	1,929	47
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	545	354.54/cwt	354.00–356.00	1,932	40
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	562	359.39/cwt	346.00–375.00	2,020	180
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	341.84/cwt	331.00–349.00	2,102	101
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	946	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	2,630	7
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,039	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,805	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	601	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,073	6
Bulls	1000–1050	Large 1	1,044	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	2,474	8

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 Nov 5, 2026

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

Receipts 4,818Last week 5,205Year ago 4,417

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	300–350	332	513.00–547.50	532.57
77	350–400	373	450.00–511.00	491.89
152	400–450	432	423.00–454.50	439.75
251	450–500	481	399.00–416.00	403.19
307	500–550	532	365.00–391.00	377.25
180	550–600	562	346.00–375.00	359.39
101	600–650	615	331.00–349.00	341.84
7	900–950	946	278.00	278.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	329	460.00	460.00
11	350–400	388	435.00	435.00
27	400–450	440	409.50–415.00	411.15
6	450–500	487	382.00	382.00
47	500–550	537	359.00–360.00	359.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
40	500–550	545	354.00–356.00	354.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1000–1050	1,039	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	342	630.00	630.00
15	350–400	387	560.00–597.50	572.44
198	400–450	428	499.00–555.00	517.54
396	450–500	477	458.00–492.00	480.48
378	500–550	522	419.00–461.00	442.67
687	550–600	575	393.00–444.50	423.33
461	600–650	617	375.00–408.00	395.87
59	650–700	681	363.00–383.00	365.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
35	350–400	378	510.00–530.00	514.43
15	400–450	447	460.00–486.00	475.60
124	450–500	486	420.00–458.00	443.18
13	500–550	526	410.00	410.00
33	550–600	588	379.00–381.00	379.96
6	700–750	706	357.00	357.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	601	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	1000–1050	1,044	237.00	237.00

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.