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North Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

North Dakota · Weekly summary · Mon, Oct 12

● As filed42 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2100

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

North Dakota reported 42 priced lines covering 4,432 head across feeder cattle. USDA puts receipts at 5,644 head.

North Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon Oct 12, 2026

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

Receipts 5,644Last week 2,714Year ago 4,372

Steer calves 10.00 to 20.00 higher, except 450-550 lbs unevenly steady. Heifer calves 10.00 to 15.00 higher, except 400-450 lbs steady. Very good demand for this offering of very attractive, ranch raised steer and heifer calves. Many long strings, including full loads, and plenty of smaller bunches that allowed buyers to make plenty of full loads of. The market was very active as more cattle feeders are ready to take calves, and yearling operators are wanting to get these good light calves bought while they are available. Flesh condition was light and attractive, especially so on cattle coming out of the worst of the drought areas. The CME Live and Feeder Cattle futures made good gains, while corn continues to cheapen, helping to add a little more support to the feeder cattle market this week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	322	610.00	610.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
53	1000–1050	1,024	267.00–283.50	277.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	750–800	790	307.50	307.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	279	525.00	525.00
60	300–350	341	480.00–537.50	521.98
70	350–400	384	405.00–505.00	465.17
204	400–450	427	410.00–487.50	468.12
307	450–500	469	410.00–470.00	447.67
311	500–550	532	362.00–431.00	400.50
113	550–600	581	357.00–397.00	375.26
58	600–650	630	349.00–359.00	352.77
56	650–700	658	350.00–357.50	354.37
6	750–800	784	327.00	327.00
47	800–850	822	317.00–332.00	326.79
32	900–950	935	293.00–301.00	298.85
14	950–1000	994	270.00–286.00	280.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	254	480.00	480.00
8	350–400	357	450.00	450.00
5	400–450	446	340.00	340.00
13	500–550	505	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	295	602.50	602.50
17	300–350	322	545.00–595.00	564.91
4	350–400	398	527.50	527.50
225	400–450	429	515.00–562.50	545.28
442	450–500	481	477.50–519.00	502.14
505	500–550	536	441.00–487.50	456.54
705	550–600	573	411.00–468.00	437.28
269	600–650	626	401.00–417.00	409.73
170	650–700	684	371.00–401.00	380.69
121	700–750	713	391.00–403.50	394.08
30	750–800	785	357.00–394.50	379.60
9	800–850	808	360.00	360.00
147	850–900	868	332.50–353.00	352.18
26	900–950	926	322.50–331.00	325.13
228	950–1000	965	329.50	329.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
26	350–400	361	611.00	611.00
20	400–450	407	587.00	587.00
64	450–500	452	541.50	541.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	357	430.00	430.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	283	530.00	530.00
13	450–500	478	450.00–455.00	452.79
6	850–900	892	322.00	322.00

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.