Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2023-11-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Steer calves under 500 lbs 10.00 to 20.00 lower, instances to 30.00 lower, over 500 lbs steady to 5.00 higher, except 550-600 lbs 2.00 to 5.00 lower, and steers over 700 lbs 10.00 lower. Heifer calves 3.00 to 8.00 higher. A very large offering of high quality, very attractive, light fleshed steers and heifers with many long strings and full loads as well as plenty of smaller packages to piece loads together. The market was pretty active, especially considering the belly flop the cattle futures complex has performed since the last sale two weeks ago. Most of the cattle were fully preconditioned, some weaned, those cattle without a fall shot didn't see much discount. Hide color shows the most discount as buyers want their cattle uniformly black hided. Demand is still the best for light weight cattle to make yearlings of, but those buyers have had to re-evaluate their approach to the market as the summer months of the Feeder Cattle futures contracts have changed so drastically. Improved demand for heifers this week. The market moved along at a good pace as auctioneers were able to find bids without having to back up and beg to get cattle started, as it seems cattle buyers kind of shrugged off the lower futures today.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $281.80/cwt on 2,249 head.

Average price

$281.80

2,249 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,588

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$240

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

$8.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.63

vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	566	282.10	1,597	2,168
Medium and Large 1-2	496	273.88	1,357	81

One grade step is worth $8.22/cwt here — about $240 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 sale2,249 hd

281.80

—

ND average3 barns · 7,699 hd

276.16

+5.63

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

42 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 1-2	—	870	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,375	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,431	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	314	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,036	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	409	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,207	14
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,066	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,897	15
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,128	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	2,002	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	269.56/cwt	254.00–276.00	1,569	583
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	350	355.57/cwt	343.00–365.00	1,244	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	298	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	983	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,244	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	321.90/cwt	320.00–322.50	1,214	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	479	319.12/cwt	318.00–320.00	1,529	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	331	352.66/cwt	347.00–355.00	1,167	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	259.22/cwt	242.00–264.00	1,745	301
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	262.72/cwt	257.00–265.00	1,647	314
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	330.46/cwt	307.00–340.00	1,381	174
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	487	305.30/cwt	283.00–315.00	1,487	233
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	296.80/cwt	283.25–306.00	1,552	425
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	459	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,519	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	540	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,501	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	766	233.09/cwt	222.00–238.00	1,785	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	240.11/cwt	233.00–244.00	1,750	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	245.38/cwt	243.00–248.00	1,374	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	266.09/cwt	255.00–274.00	1,402	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	264.28/cwt	260.50–267.50	1,142	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	619	245.50/cwt	245.50–245.50	1,520	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	554	262.25/cwt	262.25–262.25	1,453	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	468	284.44/cwt	284.00–284.50	1,331	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	502	271.50/cwt	271.50–271.50	1,363	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	391	301.92/cwt	300.00–302.25	1,181	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	326	300.91/cwt	299.00–302.50	981	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	964	189.08/cwt	186.00–191.00	1,823	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	391	274.81/cwt	267.50–286.00	1,075	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	233.86/cwt	229.00–236.00	1,490	103
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,281	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	746	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,380	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	271.96/cwt	256.00–279.50	1,281	275
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	251.17/cwt	239.00–256.50	1,409	284
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	299	850.00/head	850.00–850.00	850	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	213.30/cwt	208.00–226.00	1,442	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	271.21/cwt	258.00–283.00	1,188	129
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	259.20/cwt	249.50–268.50	1,363	163

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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