Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2021-10-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers 400-450 & 500-550 lbs 7.00 lower; 450-500 & 650-700 lbs steady - 1.00 higher; 550-600 lbs 3.00 higher; 600-650 lbs 6.00 higher. Feeder heifers 350-400, 450-500 & 600-650 lbs 1.00-3.00 higher; 400-450 lbs 9.00 higher; 500-600 lbs 1.00-2.00 lower. Good to moderate demand seen for today's offering. Feeders where in moderate flesh with many good strings of feeder steers and heifers . Next sale is scheduled for November 4, 2020.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $173.21/cwt on 1,863 head.

Average price

$173.21

1,863 head · 574 lb average

Value per head Derived

$995

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$22

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

$21.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.93

vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	570	174.76	995	1,732
Medium and Large 1-2	637	152.83	974	131

One grade step is worth $21.92/cwt here — about $22 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 sale1,863 hd

173.21

—

ND average3 barns · 5,002 hd

167.29

+5.93

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

26 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	—	984	138.56/cwt	138.00–139.00	1,363	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	890	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,282	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	141.65/cwt	139.50–144.00	932	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	832	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,269	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	168.92/cwt	158.00–172.00	723	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	163.27/cwt	155.00–170.00	619	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	150.75/cwt	150.75–150.75	1,174	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	188.41/cwt	178.50–199.00	899	279
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	198.20/cwt	180.00–204.75	856	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	719	144.44/cwt	142.00–145.00	1,039	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	167.18/cwt	162.00–169.50	963	186
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	566	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	847	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	177.11/cwt	166.00–183.25	937	407
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	584	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	917	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	147.37/cwt	142.00–153.75	920	362
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	369	219.50/cwt	219.50–219.50	810	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	167.52/cwt	160.50–177.00	1,044	408
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	171.15/cwt	170.00–172.50	796	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	167.63/cwt	162.00–171.00	1,202	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	158.64/cwt	151.00–165.00	750	496
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	155.95/cwt	155.50–156.50	962	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	664	164.02/cwt	153.00–171.25	1,089	210
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	651	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	986	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	151.09/cwt	145.50–157.50	802	280
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	147.72/cwt	141.50–149.00	830	159

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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