Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2021-01-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 600 lbs steady to 2.00 lower. 600-850 lbs. 5.00- 10.00 lower. Feeder heifers 500-650 lbs steady to 3.00 higher, 700-750 lbs 1.00 lower, 650-700 and 750-800 lbs 6.00 - 8.00 lower. Moderate demand seen on today's offering of steers, good demand seen todays on many good strings of F1 Bwf replacement heifers in the offering. Flesh varied from light to moderate. Next sale is scheduled for January 21,2021.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $145.19/cwt on 1,364 head.

Average price

$145.19

1,364 head · 682 lb average

Value per head Derived

$990

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$104

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

$14.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.84

vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	682	145.52	993	1,332
Medium and Large 1-2	676	131.50	889	32

One grade step is worth $14.02/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 sale1,364 hd

145.19

—

ND average3 barns · 6,592 hd

147.03

−1.84

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	662	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,013	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	648	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	859	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	996	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	117.75/cwt	117.75–117.75	954	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	143.29/cwt	140.00–149.00	682	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	763	120.73/cwt	120.50–121.00	921	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	146.93/cwt	136.75–153.50	930	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	765	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,125	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	660	139.10/cwt	134.00–140.50	918	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	630	142.07/cwt	139.00–142.50	895	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	734	144.47/cwt	138.50–155.00	1,060	119
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	132.35/cwt	126.00–138.00	815	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	125.90/cwt	121.00–132.00	910	126
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	734	137.20/cwt	126.00–140.00	1,007	278
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	488	176.82/cwt	171.00–179.50	863	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	172.68/cwt	166.75–176.00	908	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	130.32/cwt	120.50–132.50	1,069	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	127.59/cwt	125.00–130.00	861	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	142.38/cwt	134.00–146.75	817	245
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	162.49/cwt	159.00–170.00	938	189
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	777	133.34/cwt	131.75–135.50	1,036	234
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	142.04/cwt	135.00–148.50	967	272
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	147.82/cwt	145.25–149.00	778	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	889	32

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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