Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2021-12-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, Feeder steers traded 8.00-10.00 higher. Feeder heifers traded 6.00-10.00 higher. Demand was very good on today's offering of feeder steers and heifers. Feeders where in light to moderate flesh with many drafts of weaned steers and heifers in the offering. Next sale is scheduled for December 9, 2021.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $185.19/cwt on 1,775 head.

Average price

$185.19

1,775 head · 588 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,089

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$171

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

$13.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.64

vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	591	185.90	1,098	1,679
Medium and Large 1-2	537	172.75	928	96

One grade step is worth $13.14/cwt here — about $171 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 sale1,775 hd

185.19

—

ND average3 barns · 9,649 hd

176.55

+8.64

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

28 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 1	—	611	173.38/cwt	167.75–179.50	1,059	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	822	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,323	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	488	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	898	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	148.86/cwt	143.00–153.50	939	119
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	659	143.38/cwt	141.00–146.50	945	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	169.63/cwt	164.50–171.00	706	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	734	140.00/cwt	136.00–142.25	1,028	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	802	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	1,167	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	387	176.91/cwt	164.00–182.50	685	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	173.41/cwt	168.00–183.00	1,158	179
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	766	162.35/cwt	154.00–169.00	1,244	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	203.46/cwt	191.00–209.75	960	276
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	189.98/cwt	182.00–196.00	798	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	211.48/cwt	203.00–220.00	905	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	179.43/cwt	169.50–187.00	1,034	286
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	880	158.35/cwt	156.00–159.10	1,393	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,002	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	1,588	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	932	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	166.66/cwt	157.00–170.00	787	153
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	161.71/cwt	155.50–168.00	851	189
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	193.95/cwt	182.00–203.50	1,009	246
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	322	218.69/cwt	216.00–230.00	704	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	153.39/cwt	144.00–159.00	876	208
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	542	175.84/cwt	175.00–177.00	953	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	155.38/cwt	154.00–156.50	1,046	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	986	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	709	169.73/cwt	162.00–173.00	1,203	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	224.83/cwt	222.00–226.00	843	65

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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