Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2019-10-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week. Feeder steers weighing 450-500 lbs steady; 500-550 lbs 4.00 higher; 550-600 lbs 6.00 higher; 600-650 lbs 5.00 higher; 650-700 lbs 4.00 lower. Feeder heifers weighing 450-550 lbs 3.00 higher; 550-650 lbs steady. Moderate to good demand seen on today's offering of spring calves with the many having fall preconditioning shots. Flesh condition was light to moderate. Next sale is scheduled for October 31,2019 expecting 4000 hd.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $154.59/cwt on 2,205 head.

Average price

$154.59

2,205 head · 594 lb average

Value per head Derived

$919

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$105

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

$15.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.13

vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	594	154.84	921	2,170
Medium and Large 1-2	586	139.02	815	35

One grade step is worth $15.83/cwt here — about $105 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 sale2,205 hd

154.59

—

ND average4 barns · 4,068 hd

151.46

+3.13

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	573	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	739	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	391	137.27/cwt	134.50–143.00	537	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	799	138.25/cwt	138.25–138.25	1,105	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	853	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,152	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	439	145.19/cwt	136.00–147.25	637	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	141.68/cwt	136.50–147.25	667	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	132.60/cwt	131.00–133.25	892	149
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	136.24/cwt	132.50–141.25	718	161
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	136.08/cwt	133.00–139.75	845	218
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	135.78/cwt	130.00–137.75	779	434
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	128.75/cwt	128.75–128.75	690	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	634	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	138.64/cwt	134.50–148.00	1,080	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	164.20/cwt	160.00–170.00	704	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	146.97/cwt	143.50–153.25	1,063	222
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	160.92/cwt	156.00–166.00	780	233
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	152.12/cwt	145.50–155.75	1,022	260
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	159.11/cwt	154.50–164.00	840	341
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	153.97/cwt	146.50–155.75	964	493
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	154.87/cwt	148.25–158.75	883	569
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	414	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	654	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	135.09/cwt	134.00–137.50	840	29

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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