Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2024-03-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 700 lbs 10.00 to 15.00 higher, instances to 20.00 higher on 500-550 lbs, over 700 lbs 5.00 to 7.00 higher, except 700-750 lbs steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 750 lbs 5.00 to 10.00 higher, instances to 12.00 higher on 600-650 lbs, over 750 lbs steady in a very narrow comparison. Very good demand for this large offering of high quality, very attractive, light to moderate fleshed steers and heifers. A few consignments in a moderate plus amount of flesh, but buyers were just as wiling to chase these types higher as well. Many long strings, including full load lots and multiple load lots. The market was extremely fast paced as buyers were anxiously bidding, determined to own cattle. Live Cattle futures lost nearly 3.00 and Feeder Cattle futures lost 2.00-4.00 but this had no effect on the market at the auction. Grass cattle buyers realize there won't be many more opportunities to buy these light cattle and they were willing to chase the market sharply higher in order to get their cattle secured. Cash fed cattle in Iowa up to 190.00, which is 3.00 premium to the front futures contract, helped to add support to the feeder market.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $300.50/cwt on 531 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −147.02 against this barn's trailing median of $447.52.

Average price

$300.50

531 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,670

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$98

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

$18.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.78

vs ND average

+24.33 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	300.71	1,672	525
Medium and Large 1-2	558	282.00	1,574	6thin

One grade step is worth $18.71/cwt here — about $98 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

16 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $466.52, low $402.51, median $447.52 across 16 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale531 hd

300.50

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ND average3 barns · 1,355 hd

295.72

+4.78

National average176 barns · 16,729 hd

276.17

+24.33

This barn, trailing median16 sales

447.52

−147.02

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

41 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	720	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,872	219
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	649	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,882	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	548	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,786	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	844	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,958	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	848	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,925	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	398	337.92/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,345	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	341.72/cwt	318.00–349.50	1,801	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	699	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,936	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	359.36/cwt	355.00–365.00	1,542	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	397	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	1,505	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	344.37/cwt	344.00–345.00	1,532	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	690	259.25/cwt	259.25–259.25	1,789	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	558	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,574	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	774	257.25/cwt	257.25–257.25	1,991	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	591	312.68/cwt	300.00–316.00	1,848	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,734	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	636	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,692	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	253.43/cwt	242.00–258.00	1,835	279
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	284.25/cwt	265.00–294.50	1,768	309
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	939	241.25/cwt	241.25–241.25	2,265	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	314.43/cwt	297.00–320.00	1,946	277
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	371.85/cwt	365.00–385.00	1,744	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	626	325.50/cwt	325.50–325.50	2,038	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	303.16/cwt	287.00–305.50	2,019	317
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	700–750	715	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,016	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	786	262.35/cwt	256.75–268.75	2,062	249
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	328.65/cwt	315.00–345.50	1,883	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	504	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,593	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	302.88/cwt	288.00–311.50	1,596	167
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	708	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,855	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	1,662	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	737	276.39/cwt	261.00–280.00	2,037	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	320.49/cwt	298.00–334.00	1,526	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	364	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	1,471	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	299.28/cwt	279.00–308.50	1,709	349
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	355.42/cwt	345.00–372.50	1,877	276
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	265.03/cwt	254.00–273.00	1,800	286
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	260.29/cwt	254.75–265.75	2,124	184
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	389	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,303	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	822	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,899	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	878	223.75/cwt	223.75–223.75	1,965	21

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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