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North Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

North Dakota · Weekly summary · Mon, Oct 5

● As filed33 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2100

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

North Dakota reported 33 priced lines covering 2,076 head across feeder cattle. USDA puts receipts at 2,714 head.

North Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon Oct 5, 2026

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

Receipts 2,714Last week 6,330Year ago 2,053

Compared to last week: Only 1 reported auction this week as feeder cattle offerings in central North Dakota were limited as cattle producers are busy in the field with fall harvest. Very good demand for spring born calves as more farmer feeders in cattle feeding country are ready to take on a bawling calf. The dry weather has allowed cattle feeders to get pens scraped down and ready to receive cattle. Soybean harvest well underway and corn harvest is beginning.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
33	1000–1050	1,036	266.00–281.00	275.95
8	1100–1150	1,145	258.50	258.50
6	1150–1200	1,153	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	400–450	436	430.00–442.00	432.65
28	450–500	486	405.00–412.00	410.11
6	500–550	532	378.00	378.00
11	900–950	929	279.00–280.00	279.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	300–350	340	499.00–530.00	508.14
13	350–400	377	497.00	497.00
192	400–450	430	461.00–490.00	477.12
81	450–500	470	431.00–455.00	441.57
192	500–550	520	397.00–415.00	411.45
39	550–600	573	382.00–383.00	382.77
11	700–750	740	337.50	337.50
8	800–850	809	316.00	316.00
37	850–900	878	293.00–304.00	297.85
17	900–950	934	287.00–291.00	288.88
57	950–1000	986	283.00–286.00	283.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
52	900–950	939	299.50	299.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
70	350–400	370	535.00–603.50	596.53
75	400–450	422	495.00–545.00	515.36
155	450–500	472	481.00–518.00	489.85
375	500–550	522	448.00–480.00	469.86
154	550–600	577	407.00–447.00	422.39
20	600–650	611	403.50	403.50
15	650–700	657	385.50	385.50
5	700–750	731	370.00	370.00
65	750–800	776	352.00–366.00	364.70
201	850–900	887	343.00–349.00	345.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
45	1000–1050	1,024	313.00	313.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	382	500.00	500.00
19	500–550	515	419.00–425.00	421.19
28	550–600	592	393.00–399.00	394.46

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.