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North Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

North Dakota · Weekly summary · Mon, May 4

● As filed39 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2100

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

North Dakota reported 39 priced lines covering 4,809 head across feeder cattle. USDA puts receipts at 6,171 head.

North Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon May 4, 2026

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

Receipts 6,171Last week 1,212Year ago 507

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold with higher undertones. Very good demand for all weights and classes of steers and heifers. The market was very active as cash fed cattle reached 260.00 this week, creating even more optimism in the marketplace.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	492	525.00	525.00
36	600–650	636	445.00	445.00
5	650–700	680	325.00	325.00
10	750–800	772	320.00	320.00
5	800–850	813	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	450–500	479	545.00–550.00	547.28
118	500–550	538	435.00–510.00	491.53
83	550–600	569	435.00–476.00	457.09
321	600–650	624	402.00–450.00	419.69
241	650–700	666	382.50–422.50	396.72
241	700–750	735	354.00–381.00	369.37
352	750–800	763	347.00–371.00	362.78
4	800–850	824	340.00	340.00
12	850–900	852	336.00	336.00
20	900–950	933	322.00–330.00	324.38
6	950–1000	963	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
50	750–800	769	397.00	397.00
68	800–850	827	357.00–409.00	378.45
51	900–950	924	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	432	460.00	460.00
25	500–550	537	425.00–455.00	438.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	500–550	526	489.00–495.00	492.84
6	550–600	598	471.00	471.00
10	600–650	648	441.00	441.00
26	650–700	690	406.00	406.00
40	700–750	733	388.00–396.00	391.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	422	585.00	585.00
22	450–500	471	560.00	560.00
92	500–550	525	502.50–555.00	537.12
93	550–600	584	480.00–502.00	494.99
207	600–650	608	455.00–500.00	494.62
411	650–700	672	420.00–472.50	450.85
448	700–750	736	394.00–444.00	431.75
453	750–800	774	382.50–419.00	407.03
232	800–850	816	370.00–400.00	391.12
654	850–900	865	349.00–380.50	373.13
318	900–950	920	345.50–370.00	353.54
71	950–1000	967	335.00–343.75	342.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	800–850	835	260.00	260.00

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.

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.