Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2023-08-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First report of the fall season. Sale had fair to moderate offering. The cattle coming off summer pasture have flesh light to moderate. the market was moderate to active. No comparison yet. Next sale is Sept. 7th

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $248.00/cwt on 275 head.

Average price

$248.00

275 head · 845 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,095

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$471

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

$24.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	856	250.37	2,144	248
Medium and Large 1-2	739	226.26	1,673	27

One grade step is worth $24.11/cwt here — about $471 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 sale275 hd

248.00

—

ND average1 barns · 275 hd

248.00

+0.00

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	423	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,206	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	966	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	248.44/cwt	246.00–250.00	1,153	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	925	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	2,123	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	254.42/cwt	254.00–257.00	1,717	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	892	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	2,159	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	910	236.81/cwt	236.50–241.50	2,155	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	638	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,544	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	605	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,640	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,183	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	2,020	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,080	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	986	212.14/cwt	209.75–213.00	2,092	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	287.65/cwt	280.00–293.00	1,358	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	980	245.75/cwt	245.75–245.75	2,408	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	550	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,361	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	888	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,776	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	246.25/cwt	240.00–249.00	1,810	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	253.21/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,314	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	949	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	2,002	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	744	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,972	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,337	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	814	240.69/cwt	239.50–243.50	1,959	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	234	450.00/head	450.00–450.00	450	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	879	235.50/cwt	235.50–235.50	2,070	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	783	246.23/cwt	242.50–251.00	1,928	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	836	254.31/cwt	250.00–258.50	2,126	78
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	349	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,061	9

How this sale compares

North Dakota weighted averages

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