Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2019-09-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago. Feeder steers traded 10.00 higher. Feeder heifers weighing 750-800 lbs 8.00 higher; 800-850 lbs 10.00 higher; 850-900 lbs 6.00 higher; 900-950 lbs 4.00 higher. Moderate to good demand for today's offering of yearling steers and heifers coming off of grass. Flesh condition varied from light to moderate. Next sale is schedule for October 3, 2019.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $138.99/cwt on 676 head.

Average price

$138.99

676 head · 897 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,246

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$157

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$9.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.55

vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	886	140.03	1,241	600
Large 1	1,021	130.75	1,335	60
Medium and Large 1-2	829	130.75	1,084	16thin

One grade step is worth $9.28/cwt here — about $157 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale676 hd

138.99

—

ND average2 barns · 1,181 hd

140.54

−1.55

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

22 lots · USDA AMS · Stockmen's Livestock Exchange - Dickinson, ND

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,058	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,312	31
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,031	123.87/cwt	119.00–124.25	1,277	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	987	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,258	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	846	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	704	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	738	138.16/cwt	138.00–139.00	1,020	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	913	129.54/cwt	128.50–130.00	1,183	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	831	135.50/cwt	131.25–136.50	1,126	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	135.21/cwt	131.75–140.25	1,048	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	887	131.83/cwt	129.25–134.75	1,169	74
Steers	Large 1	—	1,021	130.75/cwt	130.75–130.75	1,335	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	840	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	144.32/cwt	142.50–149.50	1,025	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	734	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	814	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,229	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	146.00/cwt	140.50–147.00	822	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	149.97/cwt	146.25–152.50	1,162	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	883	141.33/cwt	139.60–142.00	1,248	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	979	132.89/cwt	125.75–135.25	1,301	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	931	139.08/cwt	135.00–141.75	1,295	305
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	593	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	792	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	936	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	1,212	11

How this sale compares

North Dakota weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every North Dakota auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

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