Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2020-08-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

The last Feeder Cattle sale was months ago, therefor no market comparison can be made. Good demand for several long strings and many partial loads and packages of feeder steers and heifers and tested open replacement heifers which sold on a strong ,active market. Flesh condition varied from light to moderate. Next sale is scheduled for September 10, 2020.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $132.78/cwt on 792 head.

Average price

$132.78

792 head · 829 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,101

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$193

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$6.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	826	132.88	1,098	780
Large 1	1,023	126.14	1,290	12thin

One grade step is worth $6.74/cwt here — about −$193 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 sale792 hd

132.78

—

ND average1 barns · 792 hd

132.78

+0.00

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

24 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	—	873	129.93/cwt	128.25–132.00	1,134	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,033	6
Steers	Large 1	—	1,020	127.85/cwt	126.00–129.50	1,304	181
Steers	Large 1	—	1,084	122.74/cwt	119.50–123.50	1,331	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	690	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,001	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	738	140.52/cwt	138.50–144.50	1,037	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	367	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	565	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	135.63/cwt	133.50–138.50	1,050	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	145.22/cwt	143.50–145.75	908	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	456	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	652	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	786	148.60/cwt	146.50–151.75	1,168	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	826	142.90/cwt	135.50–146.75	1,180	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	743	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,096	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	829	132.50/cwt	128.50–137.75	1,098	219
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	928	127.42/cwt	125.00–130.25	1,182	180
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	985	124.84/cwt	123.75–127.25	1,230	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	943	138.58/cwt	131.50–139.25	1,307	158
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	982	131.11/cwt	126.00–135.50	1,288	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	139.32/cwt	133.50–144.00	1,212	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	834	8
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,023	126.14/cwt	121.50–129.50	1,290	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	456	160.19/cwt	151.50–162.00	730	37
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	539	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	841	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	350	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	581	8

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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