Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2020-01-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers weighing 500-550 lbs & 700-800 lbs 4.00 lower; 600-700 lbs 1.00 to 2.00 lower; 550-600 lbs 11.00 lower: Feeder heifers 450-550 lbs 3.00-6.00 higher; 550-650 lbs & 700-850 lbs 2.00 4.00 lower; 650-700 lbs 11.00 lower. Good to moderate demand seen on today's offering of feeder steers and heifers. Quality was mostly attractive with feeders in light to moderate flesh. Next sale is scheduled for February 6, 2020.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $144.16/cwt on 1,062 head.

Average price

$144.16

1,062 head · 625 lb average

Value per head Derived

$901

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$104

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

$11.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.30

vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	625	144.28	902	1,050
Medium and Large 1-2	599	133.25	798	12thin

One grade step is worth $11.03/cwt here — about $104 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 sale1,062 hd

144.16

—

ND average4 barns · 3,760 hd

141.85

+2.30

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

26 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	—	445	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	739	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	869	124.50/cwt	124.25–125.25	1,082	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	126.87/cwt	118.00–129.75	1,034	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	799	129.25/cwt	129.25–129.25	1,033	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	143.52/cwt	140.00–149.75	890	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	131.08/cwt	129.00–132.00	944	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	164.30/cwt	155.00–171.00	938	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	899	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,196	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	539	176.08/cwt	176.00–177.00	949	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	151.66/cwt	147.75–156.00	1,018	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	159.82/cwt	154.00–162.75	1,004	181
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	784	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	190.56/cwt	183.25–194.50	892	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	140.18/cwt	131.00–144.50	1,081	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	144.47/cwt	135.00–148.75	1,049	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	190.97/cwt	187.00–195.00	821	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	137.75/cwt	137.75–137.75	1,123	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	503	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	760	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	148.63/cwt	146.50–149.50	913	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	133.74/cwt	126.00–137.00	884	143
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	149.51/cwt	142.50–154.00	872	302
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	649	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	850	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	549	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	744	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	160.43/cwt	153.00–163.75	773	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	539	157.60/cwt	150.00–159.50	849	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	773	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,020	31

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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