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North Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

North Dakota · Weekly summary · Mon, May 18

● As filed30 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2100

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

North Dakota reported 30 priced lines covering 1,070 head across feeder cattle. USDA puts receipts at 1,787 head.

North Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon May 18, 2026

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

Receipts 1,787Last week 6,171Year ago 0

Only 1 reported auction this week, no reported auctions a week ago to offer a comparison. Very good demand for all weights of steers and heifers, however the best demand remains centered on light cattle to go to grass, and for replacement quality heifers. Lower cash fed cattle market, 258.00-261.00, and a CME cattle futures complex falling sharply has cattle feeders feeling more apprehensive about the road ahead.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

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	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
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 — 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, 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.