Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2024-11-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: 400-450 lbs. steers steady, 500-600 lbs. steers steady to 5.00 lower, 600-650 lbs. steers 5 higher. The heifers at 400-450 lbs. steady, heifers 450-500 lbs. 10.00 higher, 500-600 lbs. heifers steady to 4.00 higher. Not enough yearlings for a test the few yearling heifers were top quality and carrying flesh. The lightweight cattle sold with drastic ups and downs. Plenty of buyers on the seats created a very active market. Improved demand for heifers this week. The quality of cattle was improved from last week moving the market higher. Next week is another feeder special November 14.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $304.74/cwt on 764 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −189.66 against this barn's trailing median of $494.40.

Average price

$304.74

764 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,708

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$65

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

$14.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.59

vs ND average

+2.89 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	305.55	1,712	722
Medium and Large 1-2	566	290.80	1,646	42

One grade step is worth $14.75/cwt here — about $65 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

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 sale764 hd

304.74

—

ND average3 barns · 2,566 hd

316.33

−11.59

National average187 barns · 26,509 hd

301.85

+2.89

This barn, trailing median16 sales

494.40

−189.66

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

36 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	950–1000	999	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	2,208	4
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,021	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	2,205	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	564	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,568	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	619	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,665	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	587	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,597	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	708	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,947	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	270.50/cwt	270.50–270.50	1,826	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	513	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,549	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	494	319.50/cwt	319.50–319.50	1,578	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	398	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,294	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	307.26/cwt	298.00–320.00	1,469	127
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	270.73/cwt	264.00–279.00	1,546	149
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	1,000.00/head	1,000.00–1,000.00	1,000	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	293	1,000.00/head	1,000.00–1,000.00	1,000	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	1,218.00/head	1,218.00–1,218.00	1,218	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	285.78/cwt	272.00–288.50	1,686	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	312.42/cwt	291.00–325.00	1,656	259
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	302.03/cwt	285.00–319.00	1,743	458
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	782	259.50/cwt	259.50–259.50	2,029	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	246.50/cwt	242.50–249.00	1,679	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	390.78/cwt	360.00–410.00	1,250	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	260.25/cwt	260.00–260.50	1,629	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	948	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,133	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	960	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	2,170	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	344	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,410	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	396.67/cwt	372.00–410.00	1,476	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	281.50/cwt	279.00–282.75	1,894	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	246.50/cwt	246.50–246.50	1,910	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	284.65/cwt	276.00–296.00	1,517	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	341.71/cwt	324.00–364.00	1,322	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	407	320.63/cwt	320.00–321.00	1,305	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,411	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	355.55/cwt	349.00–378.00	1,540	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	336.84/cwt	322.50–357.50	1,627	198
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	287.47/cwt	271.00–299.50	1,805	239
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	322.47/cwt	308.00–340.00	1,409	97

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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