Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2024-09-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Yearling feeder steers steady to 3.00 higher, yearling heifers steady to 4.00 higher. A lighter offering of yearlings, after the big BBQ sale two weeks ago, yet demand was very good and the market was active. Cash fed cattle have turned higher and cattle futures contracts have seemed to found support and have worked their way higher again. There were several long strings of yearlings, offered in full loads, along with numerous smaller consignments that allowed for buyers to make full loads. Flesh condition remains attractive, as these cattle are offered straight off grass, depending on the range conditions some are much greener than those coming off better grass. Next feeder cattle sale will be Oct 3, 2024.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $270.90/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −176.62 against this barn's trailing median of $447.52.

Average price

$270.90

30 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,514

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$88

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

$9.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.25

vs ND average

+30.81 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	530	276.00	1,463	13thin
Medium and Large 1-2	581	267.00	1,551	17thin

One grade step is worth $9.00/cwt here — about −$88 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 sale30 hd

270.90

—

ND average2 barns · 41 hd

268.65

+2.25

National average173 barns · 10,203 hd

240.09

+30.81

This barn, trailing median16 sales

447.52

−176.62

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

32 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 1Full	1000–1050	1,004	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,108	7
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,026	215.30/cwt	213.50–219.50	2,209	57
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,074	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	2,282	18
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,112	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	2,435	12
Steers	Medium 1Full	800–850	819	230.40/cwt	221.00–237.00	1,887	10
Steers	Medium 1	800–850	830	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	2,025	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	284.64/cwt	274.00–287.50	1,759	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	245.35/cwt	239.00–252.00	1,894	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	941	235.61/cwt	235.00–240.00	2,217	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	262.37/cwt	261.00–266.00	1,606	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	697	278.50/cwt	278.50–278.50	1,941	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	812	232.35/cwt	228.50–237.25	1,887	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	661	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,586	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	851	227.75/cwt	227.75–227.75	1,938	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	270.05/cwt	269.50–271.50	2,071	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	711	276.37/cwt	266.00–280.50	1,965	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	925	226.88/cwt	224.00–229.50	2,099	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	249.43/cwt	242.00–252.50	1,813	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	864	235.74/cwt	233.25–240.00	2,037	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	624	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,753	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,477	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	588	285.50/cwt	283.00–288.00	1,679	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	973	218.22/cwt	217.50–219.00	2,123	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	813	251.14/cwt	250.00–255.00	2,042	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	263.93/cwt	255.00–267.00	1,800	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	883	249.34/cwt	246.00–256.00	2,202	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	950–1000	988	226.50/cwt	226.50–226.50	2,238	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	850–900	890	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,056	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,463	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,551	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	800	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,872	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	959	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	2,225	5

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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