Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2023-04-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-04-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent comparison available as its been 3 weeks. The feeder cattle have much higher undertones. The demand was very good, The flesh was very good for grass cattle. next sale is April 27th

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $225.46/cwt on 1,544 head.

Average price

$225.46

1,544 head · 634 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,429

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$334

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

$12.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.40

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	468	237.49	1,112	82
Medium and Large 1	643	224.78	1,446	1,462

One grade step is worth $12.71/cwt here — about −$334 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 sale1,544 hd

225.46

—

ND average3 barns · 3,262 hd

217.06

+8.40

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

44 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	—	726	224.49/cwt	212.00–230.00	1,630	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	253.07/cwt	240.00–259.00	1,458	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	630	273.25/cwt	273.25–273.25	1,721	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	561	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,661	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	737	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,798	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	663	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,803	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	470	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,246	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	671	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,302	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	237.64/cwt	230.00–253.00	1,602	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	255.18/cwt	246.50–264.00	1,608	233
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,201	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	755	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,057	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	435	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,022	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	576	215.61/cwt	205.00–223.00	1,242	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	844	191.75/cwt	179.00–195.50	1,618	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	248.89/cwt	237.50–255.50	1,329	181
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,099	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,758	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	869	200.27/cwt	199.00–201.75	1,740	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	819	206.36/cwt	205.00–212.50	1,690	170
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	926	191.35/cwt	184.50–194.25	1,772	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	439	269.79/cwt	265.00–271.00	1,184	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	638	225.29/cwt	221.00–228.00	1,437	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	285.38/cwt	277.00–288.00	1,495	138
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	645	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,484	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	739	226.58/cwt	218.00–229.00	1,674	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,298	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	350	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	796	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	489	255.67/cwt	247.00–260.00	1,250	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	215.89/cwt	205.00–225.00	1,652	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	289.29/cwt	285.00–294.00	1,256	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	869	187.35/cwt	186.50–187.50	1,628	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	761	203.28/cwt	201.50–207.00	1,547	162
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	214.53/cwt	209.00–228.00	1,553	165
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	448	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,124	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	752	236.23/cwt	215.00–238.50	1,776	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	563	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,295	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	1,292	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	743	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,337	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,246	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	348	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	853	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	227.05/cwt	208.00–242.00	1,430	227
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	220.33/cwt	213.00–230.00	1,472	252
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	382	266.35/cwt	265.00–267.50	1,017	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	234.59/cwt	223.00–244.00	1,349	229

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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