Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2024-08-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale of the late summer marketing period, no recent price comparison available. Very good demand for this nice offering of yearling steers and heifers, off grass, and a couple of consignments of spring born calves. There were plenty of buyers on the seats actively bidding, as there were some long strings of yearlings offered, in full loads and multiple load lots. The market was active in spite of the downward trending CME Live and Feeder Cattle futures. The feeder cattle market is lower than it was throughout the summer, as the futures contracts have pulled the cash fed cattle and feeder cattle market down to it's levels. Flesh condition was light to moderate, grass was pretty powerful this summer, and it showed, as some cattle carried a little more flesh, while others were in that highly desirable light flesh condition. Next feeder sale will be in two weeks, Sept. 12, 2024 for the customer appreciation special yearling sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $293.50/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −200.90 against this barn's trailing median of $494.40.

Average price

$293.50

12 head · 507 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,488

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+0.00

vs ND average

+24.95 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	507	293.50	1,488	12thin

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

Steers 500–600 lb: high $518.31, low $463.97, median $494.40 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 sale12 hd

293.50

—

ND average1 barns · 12 hd

293.50

+0.00

National average155 barns · 6,455 hd

268.55

+24.95

This barn, trailing median16 sales

494.40

−200.90

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

35 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
Dairy Steers	Large 3	900–950	909	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,500	5
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,059	221.50/cwt	221.50–221.50	2,346	11
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,020	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	2,326	58
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,009	205.36/cwt	205.00–206.00	2,072	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	972	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	2,119	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	885	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	2,009	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	312	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,005	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	781	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,960	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	507	293.50/cwt	293.50–293.50	1,488	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,311	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	650–700	676	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,649	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	704	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,844	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	280.50/cwt	280.50–280.50	1,762	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	848	223.07/cwt	222.00–225.00	1,892	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	269.50/cwt	269.50–269.50	1,496	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	962	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	2,126	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	865	241.40/cwt	240.50–242.00	2,088	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,804	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,217	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	311.81/cwt	292.00–318.00	1,434	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	961	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	2,282	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	931	235.89/cwt	231.25–239.00	2,196	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	462	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,201	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	869	230.15/cwt	225.00–233.25	2,000	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	831	230.64/cwt	227.00–234.50	1,917	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	550–600	562	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,456	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	258.82/cwt	257.00–260.00	1,744	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	267.25/cwt	267.25–267.25	2,058	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	238.00/cwt	229.00–241.50	1,854	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	741	236.50/cwt	236.50–236.50	1,752	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	700–750	741	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,749	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	700–750	725	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,856	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	306	330.18/cwt	327.00–337.00	1,010	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	868	246.18/cwt	242.50–248.50	2,137	271
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	708	255.66/cwt	250.00–257.50	1,810	31

How this sale compares

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