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North Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

North Dakota · Weekly summary · Mon, Jan 5

● As filed68 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2100

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

North Dakota reported 68 priced lines covering 10,058 head across feeder cattle. USDA puts receipts at 12,448 head.

North Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon Jan 5, 2026

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

Receipts 12,448Last week 10,344Year ago 14,342

No recent price comparisons to be made since this is the first week that auction market locations have resumed their normal sale schedule. Very good demand for all weights and classes as the market outlook as improved from before the Christmas break. Backgrounders were ready to compete heavily and give more money for the light fleshed, yearling making, steers and heifers that they need. Supplies of those kinds are more limited than those weighing 600 lbs plus. Cattle feeders were ready to buy those big calves, but they still feel the sting of their outgoing fat cattle losing money. Large auction receipts expected next week again as cattle producers continue their winter marketing.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
62	550–600	568	444.00–467.50	451.36
15	600–650	602	417.50–422.50	421.17
144	650–700	689	358.00–407.00	379.93
26	700–750	704	400.00	400.00
63	750–800	777	381.00	381.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	408	490.00	490.00
20	550–600	569	401.00–405.00	403.26
11	650–700	679	374.00	374.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	1000–1050	1,007	282.50	282.50
11	1050–1100	1,087	277.50	277.50
8	1100–1150	1,103	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	850–900	893	279.00	279.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
148	600–650	608	420.00–425.00	420.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	300–350	330	530.00–600.00	560.88
10	350–400	393	515.00–535.00	516.86
68	400–450	422	497.50–560.00	514.61
225	450–500	475	455.00–500.00	478.28
456	500–550	531	410.00–462.50	441.14
467	550–600	580	382.50–451.00	418.42
471	600–650	630	370.00–410.00	396.65
216	650–700	669	357.50–390.00	378.45
144	700–750	718	333.00–368.00	353.32
62	750–800	762	317.50–335.00	333.04
26	800–850	805	318.50	318.50
29	900–950	940	297.50–317.50	309.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
44	550–600	564	542.50	542.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	319	485.00	485.00
49	450–500	478	450.00–460.00	457.59
43	500–550	531	380.00–417.50	404.39
17	550–600	558	400.00–401.00	400.48
14	700–750	710	315.00	315.00
14	850–900	881	275.00	275.00
8	900–950	943	267.50	267.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
33	450–500	472	500.00–525.00	510.92
24	500–550	531	440.00–480.00	463.50
33	550–600	561	437.50	437.50
6	600–650	620	401.00	401.00
103	650–700	683	384.00–390.00	387.45
58	700–750	733	361.00–365.00	362.21
5	750–800	751	340.00	340.00
19	900–950	943	245.00–300.00	285.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
183	1000–1050	1,022	319.00	319.00
23	1050–1100	1,071	300.00–301.00	300.57
17	1100–1150	1,113	281.00	281.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	338	630.00–665.00	637.88
16	350–400	382	545.00–567.50	558.84
27	400–450	425	565.00–600.00	586.17
181	450–500	465	500.00–630.00	576.09
242	500–550	525	475.00–535.00	508.70
998	550–600	580	412.00–510.00	470.51
865	600–650	624	407.50–466.00	440.41
1,089	650–700	675	392.50–444.00	424.05
1,004	700–750	727	376.00–424.00	404.01
578	750–800	774	350.00–405.00	380.66
479	800–850	829	327.50–369.50	353.69
470	850–900	875	342.00–365.50	352.51
152	900–950	938	330.00–339.50	333.18
24	950–1000	961	323.00–327.50	324.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	634	396.00	396.00
209	850–900	871	335.00–342.00	338.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
32	650–700	681	396.00–400.00	399.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
49	500–550	521	506.00	506.00
118	600–650	615	438.00–457.50	454.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	550–600	564	500.00	500.00
29	600–650	601	450.00	450.00
8	700–750	719	420.00	420.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	552	430.00	430.00
19	700–750	701	342.50	342.50

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.

Source: USDA AMS, as filed — nothing recomputed and nothing rounded. This summary aggregates the same sales the North Dakota barn reports cover, so it must never be added to a state total built from those barns.