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Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2026-11-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-11-12

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

● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099

← Nov 5Nov 12latest

Receipts

4,793 head

▼ 25 vs last sale 4,818▼ 235 vs year ago 5,028 · −4.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves 10.00 to 30.00 higher, instances to 40.00 higher on 500 lbs heifers. No recent comparison for the yearling offering. Very good demand for all weights of steers and heifers. As the cattle futures complex stopped it's hemorrhaging at the first of the week and posted strong gains, cattle feeders and yearling operators got the dose of confidence they needed to step back up to the plate and take a swing on buying some calves. A nice offering of yearlings, for this late in the season, garnered plenty of attention. The market was very active on all classes. A very nice, large offering of really eye appealing calves, including some full loads, and plenty of smaller packages and ring fulls to let buyers make full loads of. The competition was rather fierce as it was common to see the bids rise 50.00 from where they began. Much demand exists for a replacement quality heifer. Much improved weather and feed yard conditions in feeding country helped to add support to the market as well. Cash fed cattle continue to disappoint, reported sales of 210.00 on 1700 lbs steers in Iowa.

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 $447.28/cwt on 956 head, up $18.82 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 14 comparable sales and sits −4.86 against this barn's trailing median of $452.15.

Average price

$447.28

▲ 18.82 vs prior sale

956 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,467

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$218

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

$63.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.47

vs ND average

+28.64 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	447.90	2,472	930
Medium 1	528	435.00	2,297	21
Medium and Large 1-2	587	384.00	2,254	5thin

One grade step is worth $63.90/cwt here — about $218 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale956 hd

447.28

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ND average3 barns · 2,132 hd

437.82

+9.47

National average131 barns · 16,955 hd

418.64

+28.64

This barn, trailing median14 sales

452.15

−4.86

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 $452.15 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

40 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	306	645.00/cwt	645.00–645.00	1,974	5
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	340	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,819	11
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	387	577.47/cwt	560.00–600.00	2,235	43
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	395	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	1,906	10
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	417	537.69/cwt	504.00–567.50	2,242	165
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	498.45/cwt	474.00–526.00	2,353	320
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	477	415.92/cwt	375.00–430.00	1,984	32
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	463.81/cwt	443.00–490.00	2,440	447
Steers	500–550	Medium 1	528	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,297	21
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	433.18/cwt	392.00–451.00	2,495	483
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	587	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	2,254	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	404.80/cwt	375.00–421.00	2,534	626
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	648	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,339	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	376.58/cwt	336.00–391.00	2,561	185
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	712	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,642	65
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	753	353.50/cwt	353.50–353.50	2,662	56
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	757	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,566	13
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	821	342.26/cwt	336.00–344.00	2,810	52
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	882	327.09/cwt	325.00–331.00	2,885	53
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	980	313.50/cwt	313.50–313.50	3,072	108
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,020	305.52/cwt	303.50–309.50	3,116	128
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	310	518.21/cwt	490.00–545.00	1,606	18
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	346	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,592	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	376	473.49/cwt	455.00–512.50	1,780	70
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	418	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,714	17
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	444.76/cwt	403.00–465.00	1,890	95
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	467	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,786	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	416.50/cwt	396.00–440.00	1,991	240
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	390.61/cwt	371.00–399.50	2,047	131
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Replacement	526	429.65/cwt	404.00–435.00	2,260	72
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	538	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,668	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Replacement	568	387.78/cwt	386.00–392.00	2,203	114
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	370.69/cwt	355.00–377.00	2,139	173
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Replacement	625	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,313	22
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	356.70/cwt	348.00–367.00	2,229	100
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	802	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,326	8
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	847	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,583	8
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	877	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,763	21
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,029	277.39/cwt	273.00–281.00	2,854	13
Heifers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,112	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,780	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 Nov 12, 2026

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

Receipts 4,793Last week 4,818Year ago 5,028

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	340	535.00	535.00
10	350–400	395	482.50	482.50
32	450–500	477	375.00–430.00	415.92
5	550–600	587	384.00	384.00
6	600–650	648	361.00	361.00
13	750–800	757	339.00	339.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	306	645.00	645.00
43	350–400	387	560.00–600.00	577.47
165	400–450	417	504.00–567.50	537.69
320	450–500	472	474.00–526.00	498.45
447	500–550	526	443.00–490.00	463.81
483	550–600	576	392.00–451.00	433.18
626	600–650	626	375.00–421.00	404.80
185	650–700	680	336.00–391.00	376.58
65	700–750	712	371.00	371.00
56	750–800	753	353.50	353.50
52	800–850	821	336.00–344.00	342.26
53	850–900	882	325.00–331.00	327.09
108	950–1000	980	313.50	313.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	500–550	528	435.00	435.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
128	1000–1050	1,020	303.50–309.50	305.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	300–350	310	490.00–545.00	518.21
70	350–400	376	455.00–512.50	473.49
95	400–450	425	403.00–465.00	444.76
240	450–500	478	396.00–440.00	416.50
131	500–550	524	371.00–399.50	390.61
173	550–600	577	355.00–377.00	370.69
100	600–650	625	348.00–367.00	356.70
8	800–850	847	305.00	305.00
21	850–900	877	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	346	460.00	460.00
17	400–450	418	410.00	410.00
5	450–500	467	382.50	382.50
7	500–550	538	310.00	310.00
8	800–850	802	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
72	500–550	526	404.00–435.00	429.65
114	550–600	568	386.00–392.00	387.78
22	600–650	625	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	1000–1050	1,029	273.00–281.00	277.39
6	1100–1150	1,112	250.00	250.00

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.