Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2020-02-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers traded 2.00 to 6.00 lower. Feeder heifers 550-600 lbs 4.00 higher, 600-650 lbs 3.00 lower, 650- 850 lbs steady to 1.00 higher. Good to moderate demand seen on today's offering of feeder steers and heifers. Quality was attractive with many feeders in moderate plus flesh. Next sale is February 20, 2020.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $143.40/cwt on 993 head.

Average price

$143.40

993 head · 777 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,114

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$194

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

$2.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.48

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	636	145.76	926	29
Medium and Large 1	781	143.33	1,120	964

One grade step is worth $2.43/cwt here — about −$194 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 sale993 hd

143.40

—

ND average3 barns · 4,086 hd

146.88

−3.48

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 1	—	878	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,124	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	150.79/cwt	146.00–154.00	784	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	682	131.56/cwt	129.75–133.75	897	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	818	125.04/cwt	122.50–126.50	1,023	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	139.49/cwt	135.50–140.75	882	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	152.30/cwt	138.00–156.00	857	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	714	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	950	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	892	130.72/cwt	126.50–131.25	1,166	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	172.44/cwt	170.00–173.75	988	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	823	135.53/cwt	131.75–139.50	1,115	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	957	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,244	150
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	153.27/cwt	145.00–158.75	1,030	159
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	137.54/cwt	132.75–140.00	1,063	183
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	601	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	920	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	889	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	642	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	806	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	130.07/cwt	122.50–132.60	951	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	500	186.75/cwt	186.75–186.75	934	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	737	144.36/cwt	141.00–145.25	1,064	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	163.88/cwt	157.50–167.50	1,006	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	913	131.95/cwt	131.50–132.25	1,205	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	790	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	1,142	64

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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