Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2024-04-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Steer and heifer calves traded mostly steady on few comparable sales. Feeder steers sold 4.00 to 10.00 lower. Feeder heifers 3.00 to 7.00 higher with exception to 600-650 lbs trading 3.00 lower. Good demand on lighter calves headed to grass. Demand moderate on feeder steers. Fesh condition average to attractive. Offering consisted of smaller packages with a few bigger strings mixed in. Feeder and Live cattle futures closed up significantly today. Fat cattle trades ranging from 184.00-185.00 so far this week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $290.39/cwt on 157 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −157.13 against this barn's trailing median of $447.52.

Average price

$290.39

157 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,575

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+1.29

vs ND average

+20.20 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	290.39	1,575	157

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale157 hd

290.39

—

ND average3 barns · 334 hd

289.10

+1.29

National average178 barns · 11,596 hd

270.19

+20.20

This barn, trailing median16 sales

447.52

−157.13

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

34 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	700–750	744	261.50/cwt	261.50–261.50	1,946	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	684	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,915	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	704	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,647	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	288.36/cwt	283.50–292.00	1,635	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	786	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,918	10
Heifers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,114	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	2,050	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	512	274.50/cwt	274.50–274.50	1,405	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	272.35/cwt	268.00–281.00	1,983	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,060	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	314.46/cwt	293.00–323.50	1,972	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	293.99/cwt	290.00–311.00	1,576	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	841	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,976	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	802	236.89/cwt	234.00–238.00	1,900	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	850–900	879	224.98/cwt	220.00–226.00	1,978	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	272.59/cwt	267.50–276.50	1,701	180
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	491	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,468	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	333.85/cwt	322.00–350.00	1,916	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	395	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,363	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,530	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	459	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,313	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	291.00/cwt	286.00–292.00	1,985	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	256.62/cwt	253.50–268.00	1,871	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	501	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,791	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,070	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	671	281.59/cwt	280.00–287.00	1,889	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	491	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,606	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	755	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,842	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	866	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,888	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	273.47/cwt	262.50–280.00	1,865	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	811	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,833	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	573	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,028	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,759	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	305.46/cwt	305.00–305.50	1,317	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	356.77/cwt	350.00–370.50	1,680	51

How this sale compares

North Dakota weighted averages

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