Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2024-01-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers steady to 5.00 higher, heifers 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Very good demand for this nice offering of weaned steer and heifers. The market was very active, increased activity on the heifers this week as there were many replacement quality heifers offered. The feeder cattle market continues to recover from the extreme downturn that happened after Thanksgiving.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $279.20/cwt on 955 head.

Average price

$279.20

955 head · 622 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,735

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$91

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

$32.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.81

vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	617	282.68	1,744	849
Medium 1	645	254.25	1,640	21
Medium and Large 1-2	660	250.60	1,654	85

One grade step is worth $32.08/cwt here — about $91 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 sale955 hd

279.20

—

ND average3 barns · 4,595 hd

276.40

+2.81

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

26 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 1Fleshy	—	742	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,684	8
Steers	Medium 1	—	645	254.25/cwt	254.25–254.25	1,640	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	226.34/cwt	215.00–236.00	1,664	185
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	779	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,706	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	276.59/cwt	272.00–289.00	1,709	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	340.73/cwt	324.50–347.00	1,428	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	271.28/cwt	267.00–276.00	1,427	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	666	246.25/cwt	246.25–246.25	1,640	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,619	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	868	199.50/cwt	199.50–199.50	1,732	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	300.59/cwt	300.00–301.00	1,314	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	307.35/cwt	294.00–319.00	1,168	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	255.31/cwt	246.50–265.00	1,598	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	213.22/cwt	210.00–215.00	1,610	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	249.47/cwt	242.00–254.50	1,834	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	521	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,584	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	295.29/cwt	278.00–304.00	1,695	276
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	325.84/cwt	318.00–342.50	1,564	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	848	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,772	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	696	235.50/cwt	235.50–235.50	1,639	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	265.10/cwt	245.00–272.00	1,752	222
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	251.09/cwt	241.50–256.00	1,908	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	269.82/cwt	255.00–283.00	1,535	201
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	295.76/cwt	288.00–304.00	1,414	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	893	214.50/cwt	214.50–214.50	1,915	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	258.41/cwt	253.00–265.50	1,602	46

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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