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Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

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

Feeder Cattle · Dickinson, North Dakota · Thu, Aug 31

● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099

← May 25Aug 31Sep 14 →

Receipts

974 head

▼ 528 vs last sale 1,502▼ 56 vs year ago 1,030 · −5.4%

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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 — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

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

Price by quality 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

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	415	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,183	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	472	287.65/cwt	280.00–293.00	1,358	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	550	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,361	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	605	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,640	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	638	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,544	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	744	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,972	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	771	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	2,020	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	836	254.31/cwt	250.00–258.50	2,126	78
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	888	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,776	7
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	949	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	2,002	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	980	245.75/cwt	245.75–245.75	2,408	58
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	234	450.00/head	450.00–450.00	450	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	379	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	966	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	425	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,080	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	464	248.44/cwt	246.00–250.00	1,153	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	519	253.21/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,314	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	584	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,337	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	675	254.42/cwt	254.00–257.00	1,717	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	735	246.25/cwt	240.00–249.00	1,810	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	783	246.23/cwt	242.50–251.00	1,928	59
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	814	240.69/cwt	239.50–243.50	1,959	41
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	879	235.50/cwt	235.50–235.50	2,070	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	925	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	2,123	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	986	212.14/cwt	209.75–213.00	2,092	38
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	349	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,061	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	423	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,206	6

This sale against other markets

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.

North Dakota feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Stockmen's Livestock Exchange - Dickinson, ND

Thu Aug 31, 2023

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Bismarck, ND (LS-BM)

Receipts 974Last week 1,502Year ago 1,030

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	423	285.00	285.00
9	—	349	304.00	304.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	379	255.00	255.00
8	—	464	246.00–250.00	248.44
13	—	925	229.50	229.50
14	—	675	254.00–257.00	254.42
5	—	425	254.00	254.00
38	—	986	209.75–213.00	212.14
16	—	735	240.00–249.00	246.25
17	—	519	250.00–255.00	253.21
41	—	814	239.50–243.50	240.69
4	—	234	450.00	450.00
20	—	879	235.50	235.50
59	—	783	242.50–251.00	246.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	584	229.00	229.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	892	242.00	242.00
66	—	910	236.50–241.50	236.81
6	—	605	271.00	271.00
5	—	415	285.00	285.00
14	—	771	262.00	262.00
10	—	472	280.00–293.00	287.65
58	—	980	245.75	245.75
5	—	744	265.00	265.00
78	—	836	250.00–258.50	254.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	638	242.00	242.00
10	—	550	247.50	247.50
7	—	888	200.00	200.00
6	—	949	211.00	211.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.