Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2024-10-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers not well compared, much lighter offering of yearling steers this week, yearling feeder heifers mostly steady. Moderate to good demand for this lighter offering of yearlings, moderate demand for the few strings and packages of spring born calves offered. A lighter buyer attendance as well, market not quite as active as last week with fewer cattle to attract the buyers. This was the first offering of spring calves, more expected in the coming weeks. Next feeder cattle sale will be Oct. 10, expecting 2,500 feeders.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $253.00/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −194.52 against this barn's trailing median of $447.52.

Average price

$253.00

14 head · 568 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,436

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$49

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

$2.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.71

vs ND average

+6.22 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	575	254.00	1,461	7thin
Medium and Large 1-2	560	252.00	1,411	7thin

One grade step is worth $2.00/cwt here — about $49 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale14 hd

253.00

—

ND average2 barns · 34 hd

257.71

−4.71

National average172 barns · 12,740 hd

246.78

+6.22

This barn, trailing median16 sales

447.52

−194.52

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

30 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	Large 1Fleshy	1000–1050	1,026	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	2,073	20
Heifers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,110	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	2,176	4
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,027	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	2,044	7
Heifers	Large 1	450–500	484	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,254	8
Heifers	Medium 1	700–750	738	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,638	16
Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	575	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,461	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,465	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	666	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,472	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,411	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	804	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,950	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	257.03/cwt	255.00–259.00	1,982	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,164	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	408	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,289	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	236.46/cwt	236.00–237.00	1,941	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	300.55/cwt	299.00–310.00	1,380	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	963	219.83/cwt	218.25–220.75	2,117	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	917	226.60/cwt	217.00–231.50	2,078	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	884	228.79/cwt	227.75–232.50	2,023	85
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,302	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	742	243.28/cwt	243.00–245.00	1,805	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	258.50/cwt	258.50–258.50	1,722	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	1,292	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	352.07/cwt	350.50–355.00	1,475	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	319.74/cwt	316.00–321.00	1,615	59
Steers	Medium 1	850–900	870	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,923	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	979	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	2,066	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	811	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,865	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	750–800	755	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,872	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,032	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	2,090	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	237.37/cwt	230.00–242.50	1,859	40

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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