Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2019-11-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 450-500 & 550-600 lbs 8.00 higher; 500-550 lbs 4.00 higher; 600-650 lbs 3.00 higher 650-700 lbs 6.00 higher; 700-750 lbs 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers 450-500 lbs 4.00 lower; 500-550 &600-650 lbs 6.00 higher; 500-550 lbs 1.00 higher; 650-700 lbs 4.00 higher. Good demand seen on today's offering of spring calves. Flesh condition was light to moderate. Next sale is scheduled for November 14, 2019 expecting 4000 head.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $155.30/cwt on 2,537 head.

Average price

$155.30

2,537 head · 614 lb average

Value per head Derived

$953

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$107

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

$4.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.01

vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	616	155.53	959	2,411
Medium and Large 1-2	564	150.90	851	126

One grade step is worth $4.63/cwt here — about $107 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 sale2,537 hd

155.30

—

ND average3 barns · 5,842 hd

152.28

+3.01

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

23 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	Medium and Large 1	—	340	144.75/cwt	142.50–147.00	492	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	132.84/cwt	129.50–134.50	950	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	157.54/cwt	153.00–163.00	676	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	136.47/cwt	134.50–143.50	913	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	144.67/cwt	137.00–151.00	684	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	137.30/cwt	133.00–140.25	787	294
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	137.13/cwt	132.00–141.50	856	317
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	143.09/cwt	138.00–153.50	756	353
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	505	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	879	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	171.50/cwt	165.00–175.00	652	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	789	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,085	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	171.54/cwt	169.00–173.00	739	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	489	172.68/cwt	163.50–176.00	844	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	147.24/cwt	142.50–151.25	1,063	170
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	159.49/cwt	151.50–168.00	847	260
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	151.90/cwt	143.00–159.00	936	368
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	157.65/cwt	153.50–169.25	918	644
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	152.95/cwt	144.50–159.60	1,029	802
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	693	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	784	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,012	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	153.17/cwt	150.00–156.00	812	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	869	53

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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