Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2019-12-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 450-500 lbs 12.00 higher; 500-550 lbs 2.00 lower; 550-750 lbs 1.00-4.00 higher. Feeder heifers traded steady to 4.00 higher. Good to moderate demand seen today's offering. Quality was mostly attractive with a many drafts of weaned calves in the offering in light to moderate flesh. Next feeder cattle sale is scheduled for January 2, 2020.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $156.96/cwt on 1,597 head.

Average price

$156.96

1,597 head · 620 lb average

Value per head Derived

$973

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$146

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

$1.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.76

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	524	158.00	828	6thin
Medium and Large 1	620	156.96	974	1,591

One grade step is worth $1.04/cwt here — about −$146 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 sale1,597 hd

156.96

—

ND average4 barns · 5,351 hd

154.20

+2.76

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	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	694	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	996	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	439	180.43/cwt	179.25–186.00	792	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	828	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	149.69/cwt	141.00–155.00	1,007	361
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	124.01/cwt	120.00–128.00	771	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	143.10/cwt	136.50–148.50	820	200
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	150.63/cwt	143.00–159.75	722	145
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	396	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	733	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	161.77/cwt	153.00–166.00	929	348
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	144.08/cwt	136.50–147.00	1,036	231
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	170.63/cwt	165.50–177.75	904	194
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	156.69/cwt	154.50–158.50	990	183
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	812	138.97/cwt	133.00–140.00	1,128	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	176.12/cwt	165.50–184.00	824	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	138.84/cwt	135.00–141.25	1,055	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	342	173.76/cwt	172.50–177.00	594	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	135.28/cwt	129.50–145.75	843	144
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	132.75/cwt	128.75–136.75	899	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	154.22/cwt	149.50–162.00	674	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	635	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	142.50/cwt	140.00–149.50	740	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	930	19

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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