Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2021-08-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers 350-540 lbs traded steady; 450-500 lbs 10.00 lower; 800-850 lbs 6.00 higher. Feeder heifers traded 850-900 lbs 4.00 higher; 900-950lbs 1.00 higher. Good demand for this offering of new crop calves along with yearling steers, spayed heifers and pregnancy checked open heifers. Next sale is scheduled for Septermber 16, 2021.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $166.54/cwt on 661 head.

Average price

$166.54

661 head · 798 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,330

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$341

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

$4.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.42

vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	802	166.63	1,336	648
Medium and Large 1-2	614	162.25	996	13thin

One grade step is worth $4.37/cwt here — about $341 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 sale661 hd

166.54

—

ND average2 barns · 1,155 hd

172.96

−6.42

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	Large 1	—	1,003	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	1,389	6
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,063	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	1,419	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	756	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,202	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	459	164.67/cwt	162.50–167.50	756	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	180.53/cwt	178.00–182.00	670	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	160.39/cwt	157.75–162.25	1,095	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	205.47/cwt	194.00–213.50	865	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	943	150.16/cwt	149.00–152.50	1,416	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	868	162.30/cwt	154.50–164.85	1,409	381
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	367	178.88/cwt	174.50–183.00	656	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	753	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,299	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,016	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	1,356	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	969	141.42/cwt	139.50–143.50	1,370	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	156.47/cwt	153.00–157.00	1,139	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	210.61/cwt	209.50–218.50	765	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	953	151.25/cwt	151.25–151.25	1,441	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	907	146.69/cwt	140.25–150.50	1,330	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	867	149.72/cwt	145.75–151.00	1,298	129
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	835	151.64/cwt	150.75–154.25	1,266	208
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	816	164.58/cwt	152.50–169.75	1,343	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,221	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	184.58/cwt	172.00–194.00	860	33

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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