Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2020-04-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent comparison last sale report was three weeks ago: Feeder steers and heifers traded on a higher undertone. Demand was good. A fair amount of load lots in today's offering with many quality replacement heifers also in the offering. Quality was mostly attractive with feeders in light to moderate flesh. Next sale is scheduled for April 23, 2020.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $131.39/cwt on 862 head.

Average price

$131.39

862 head · 824 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,083

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$149

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

$0.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.83

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	711	132.00	939	27
Medium and Large 1	828	131.37	1,088	835

One grade step is worth $0.63/cwt here — about −$149 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 sale862 hd

131.39

—

ND average2 barns · 1,316 hd

135.22

−3.83

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	—	404	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	606	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	862	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	1,039	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	126.40/cwt	123.00–129.50	915	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	828	120.00/cwt	112.50–124.00	994	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	589	144.40/cwt	141.00–152.00	851	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	539	152.25/cwt	149.50–156.00	821	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,014	110.33/cwt	108.75–112.00	1,119	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	787	136.21/cwt	129.00–138.75	1,072	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	886	122.91/cwt	115.50–128.25	1,089	147
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	542	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	883	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	1,029	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	153.80/cwt	153.00–155.00	880	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	711	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	939	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	902	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	1,087	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	145.51/cwt	140.00–148.75	1,037	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	687	133.19/cwt	127.00–136.25	915	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	141.15/cwt	132.00–145.50	893	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	122.92/cwt	122.00–127.00	948	134
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	798	114.75/cwt	114.75–114.75	916	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	159.76/cwt	159.25–160.75	1,003	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	812	133.73/cwt	122.75–136.75	1,086	261
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	777	135.38/cwt	128.50–138.00	1,052	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	944	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	1,090	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	816	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,085	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	875	122.18/cwt	115.00–125.75	1,069	80

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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