Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2019-11-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 350-450 lbs 15.00 lower; 450-750 lbs steady to 4.00 lower. Feeder heifers 450-500 lbs steady; 500-550 lbs 7.00 lower; 550-700 lbs 2.00 - 4.00 lower. Moderate to good demand for today's offering. Quality was mostly attractive with a few drafts of weaned calves, but mostly calves off the cow in light to moderate flesh. Most of the calves had full preconditioning shots. No feeder calf sale next week due to Thanksgiving, there will be a bred cattle sale on Friday, November 29. The next feeder cattle sale is scheduled for Thursday, December 5.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $154.20/cwt on 1,977 head.

Average price

$154.20

1,977 head · 618 lb average

Value per head Derived

$953

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$165

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

$0.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.13

vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	517	155.01	801	162
Medium and Large 1	627	154.12	966	1,815

One grade step is worth $0.89/cwt here — about −$165 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 sale1,977 hd

154.20

—

ND average4 barns · 7,030 hd

154.06

+0.13

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

25 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	—	703	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	893	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	169.96/cwt	163.00–172.00	631	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	682	131.51/cwt	126.25–133.50	897	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	784	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,004	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	149.69/cwt	146.00–155.00	645	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	149.03/cwt	144.25–155.50	717	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	135.10/cwt	131.50–137.75	773	154
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	139.67/cwt	135.25–146.00	736	173
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	136.98/cwt	129.50–143.50	852	365
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	653	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	548	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	699	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	751	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	1,048	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	179.57/cwt	172.00–183.00	679	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	170.68/cwt	166.00–179.00	727	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	955	142.60/cwt	142.60–142.60	1,362	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	175.64/cwt	172.00–183.50	833	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	143.56/cwt	134.50–145.10	1,192	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	147.01/cwt	140.75–149.75	1,058	183
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	170.61/cwt	158.50–177.25	879	234
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	146.81/cwt	140.00–151.25	987	256
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	149.89/cwt	147.25–153.00	929	392
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	154.64/cwt	146.00–161.75	898	416
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	679	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	486	161.72/cwt	160.00–162.00	786	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	153.29/cwt	144.00–157.25	809	127

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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