Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2024-09-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Yearling feeder steers over 850 lbs steady to 2.00 higher, other weights not well compared to last sale's lighter offering. Yearling feeder heifers sold with lower undertones, too few offered two weeks ago to make a complete comparison. A very large offering of yearling steers and heifers, many long strings offered in full loads and multiple load lots, including one string of 1,500 head from one family outfit. Demand was good but cattle feeders are dealing with a Live Cattle futures complex with prices in the 170s, instead of the high 190s as they were all spring and summer long, and now cash fed cattle have dipped into the 180s. These facts are putting a drag on the feeder cattle market as breakevens are much higher than the futures contracts are currently at. Flesh condition was attractive, yet there were some cattle carrying a little more flesh and buyers are very critical of those kinds as they need cattle to gain as efficiently as possible to stand a chance at profitability. The market remains very active as these yearlings are always highly sought after, but buyers aren't able to chase the market like they did earlier in the summer, as cattle feeders are much more cautious now. Next special feeder cattle auction will be in two weeks, Sept. 26, 2024.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $275.00/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −219.40 against this barn's trailing median of $494.40.

Average price

$275.00

7 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,496

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+0.00

vs ND average

+6.80 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	544	275.00	1,496	7thin

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 sale7 hd

275.00

—

ND average1 barns · 7 hd

275.00

+0.00

National average178 barns · 13,815 hd

268.20

+6.80

This barn, trailing median16 sales

494.40

−219.40

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
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,074	202.03/cwt	198.00–207.00	2,170	9
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,031	226.02/cwt	222.50–229.85	2,330	132
Heifers	Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,037	208.25/cwt	208.25–208.25	2,160	6
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,025	206.51/cwt	205.00–207.50	2,117	10
Steers	Medium 1	750–800	788	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	1,808	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	701	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,591	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	727	248.50/cwt	248.50–248.50	1,807	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	644	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,681	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	544	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,496	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	671	251.92/cwt	247.00–260.00	1,690	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	873	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	2,117	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	650–700	652	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,695	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	644	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,565	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,767	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	788	263.50/cwt	263.50–263.50	2,076	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	700–750	738	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,867	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	750–800	776	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,870	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	918	219.70/cwt	215.50–224.00	2,017	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	850–900	852	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,806	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	728	228.52/cwt	228.00–232.50	1,664	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	278.46/cwt	277.75–279.25	2,036	175
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	918	237.75/cwt	227.00–244.25	2,183	278
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	872	247.80/cwt	242.50–252.50	2,161	299
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	274.50/cwt	274.50–274.50	1,455	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	974	214.64/cwt	210.00–216.00	2,091	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	239.21/cwt	231.25–248.00	1,844	500
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	256.02/cwt	245.00–261.00	2,099	310
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	850–900	872	235.19/cwt	235.00–235.50	2,051	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	285.91/cwt	283.00–288.00	1,755	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	270.93/cwt	260.00–280.50	1,802	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	256.81/cwt	253.50–262.00	1,959	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	266.60/cwt	266.60–266.60	1,744	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	250.18/cwt	235.00–256.50	1,799	155
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	881	222.85/cwt	215.50–226.00	1,963	230
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	252.48/cwt	251.00–262.50	1,623	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	970	232.55/cwt	224.50–236.00	2,256	430
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	832	220.50/cwt	220.50–220.50	1,835	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	779	228.25/cwt	228.25–228.25	1,778	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	784	240.50/cwt	240.50–240.50	1,886	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	800–850	831	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	2,011	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	958	223.12/cwt	221.00–231.50	2,137	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	819	231.12/cwt	222.00–238.00	1,893	387

How this sale compares

North Dakota weighted averages

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