Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2021-02-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 650-700 & 750-800 lbs 3.00-4.00 lower; 700-750 & 800-850 lbs 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers 650-750 lbs 2.00 higher; 750-850 lbs 3.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good on today's offering of steers and heifers. Feeders where in moderate to light flesh. Next sale is scheduled for March 5, 2021.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $153.20/cwt on 837 head.

Average price

$153.20

837 head · 686 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,051

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$223

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

$16.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.33

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	499	168.21	839	52
Medium and Large 1	698	152.20	1,063	785

One grade step is worth $16.01/cwt here — about −$223 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 sale837 hd

153.20

—

ND average3 barns · 7,681 hd

149.87

+3.33

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

23 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 1Fleshy	—	799	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	963	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	936	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	1,072	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	168.78/cwt	160.00–174.00	967	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	124.79/cwt	124.00–125.00	958	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	537	162.22/cwt	161.75–163.00	871	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	142.41/cwt	139.00–146.25	907	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	682	149.01/cwt	144.50–151.25	1,016	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	159.81/cwt	150.00–163.00	1,000	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	145.09/cwt	140.50–148.00	1,048	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	183.89/cwt	179.00–185.00	951	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	870	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	878	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,098	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	812	136.41/cwt	126.75–138.00	1,108	137
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	819	121.88/cwt	115.00–123.50	998	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	900	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,170	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	881	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	776	138.09/cwt	137.00–138.75	1,072	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	396	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	733	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	151.81/cwt	146.00–152.75	887	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	848	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	1,047	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	131.99/cwt	128.00–135.75	958	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	554	176.17/cwt	162.50–177.50	976	125
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	134.06/cwt	127.75–138.75	901	77

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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