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North Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

North Dakota · Weekly summary · Mon, Oct 19

● As filed58 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2100

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

North Dakota reported 58 priced lines covering 6,271 head across feeder cattle. USDA puts receipts at 7,654 head.

North Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon Oct 19, 2026

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

Receipts 7,654Last week 5,644Year ago 8,428

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves 5.00 to 20.00 higher. Very good demand for spring born steer and heifer calves as the fall marketing season ramps up. Large auction receipts in western North Dakota as the drought has shortened feed supplies greatly. CME Live and Feeder Cattle futures continue to rise, giving cattle feeders the hope they need that the fat cattle market will return to profitable levels, as they continue to face losses on outgoing fed cattle.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	330	545.00–555.00	549.55
93	350–400	378	450.00–520.00	490.67
11	350–400	393	1,750.00	1,750.00
140	400–450	432	437.00–483.00	461.79
324	450–500	479	380.00–452.50	428.94
488	500–550	525	390.00–434.00	409.36
277	550–600	571	342.50–411.00	380.42
177	600–650	622	350.00–373.00	363.78
48	650–700	687	312.50–350.00	326.54
7	750–800	783	340.00	340.00
93	800–850	816	304.00–342.00	330.87
185	850–900	878	295.00–326.00	307.31
75	900–950	937	295.00–309.00	300.67
149	950–1000	987	283.00–298.00	290.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	250–300	293	495.00	495.00
21	350–400	388	465.00–475.00	470.24
42	400–450	439	430.00–455.00	442.96
24	450–500	452	370.00–422.00	411.15
13	500–550	542	325.00–345.00	337.23
5	750–800	757	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	387	515.00	515.00
11	450–500	479	470.00	470.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
24	500–550	525	430.00	430.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
74	1000–1050	1,007	275.00–283.00	275.55
10	1050–1100	1,078	271.00	271.00
9	1100–1150	1,102	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
44	650–700	667	368.00	368.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	300–350	333	612.50–650.00	626.68
66	350–400	390	552.50–610.00	574.28
8	350–400	350	1,900.00	1,900.00
235	400–450	425	475.00–576.50	544.09
497	450–500	480	460.00–525.00	489.59
531	500–550	526	427.50–493.50	461.12
1,033	550–600	570	390.00–458.00	435.08
300	600–650	630	385.00–427.00	405.78
305	650–700	671	396.00–411.00	402.88
34	700–750	718	350.00–385.00	371.71
14	750–800	755	366.00	366.00
144	800–850	835	329.00–364.50	353.34
98	850–900	869	322.00–356.50	346.79
32	900–950	906	319.00–340.00	325.69
129	950–1000	985	332.50	332.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	339	490.00–590.00	550.92
8	350–400	375	545.00	545.00
26	400–450	430	505.00–529.00	521.56
40	450–500	466	375.00–481.00	450.81
32	500–550	541	370.00–441.00	416.21
17	550–600	575	357.50–380.00	367.66
20	600–650	629	350.00–380.00	370.94
7	700–750	731	302.50	302.50
7	750–800	751	351.00	351.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	311	642.50	642.50
23	400–450	407	586.00	586.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	356	465.00	465.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
84	700–750	716	404.00	404.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
132	1050–1100	1,092	253.00–301.50	296.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	426	510.00	510.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	800–850	832	252.50	252.50

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.