Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2024-11-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers 400-500 lbs. 10-15 higher, steers 500-600 lbs. 10-15 higher, steers 600-700 lbs. steady to 7 higher. Heifers 400-500 steady, heifers 500-600 4 to 10 higher, 600 lbs. heifers 5 higher. Feeder cattle under 400 lbs. higher. The quality of cattle at this sale was outstanding from start to finish. The calves are coming of good North Dakota summer grass and the flesh condition is excellent. The order buyers had strong orders also from start to finish, the local feeders were present and pushed hard on the lighter cattle. The area is experiencing a moderate drought. The next USDA reported sale at Stockmen's is November 21.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $320.58/cwt on 784 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −173.82 against this barn's trailing median of $494.40.

Average price

$320.58

784 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,784

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+3.28

vs ND average

+15.14 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	320.58	1,784	784

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 sale784 hd

320.58

—

ND average3 barns · 2,716 hd

317.30

+3.28

National average190 barns · 31,255 hd

305.44

+15.14

This barn, trailing median16 sales

494.40

−173.82

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

31 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	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	520	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,607	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	558	290.25/cwt	290.25–290.25	1,620	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	577	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,852	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	464	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,717	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	837	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,975	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	318.68/cwt	315.00–320.50	1,507	129
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	750–800	779	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,870	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	652	249.50/cwt	249.50–249.50	1,627	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	274.75/cwt	271.00–280.00	1,572	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	327.31/cwt	322.00–339.50	1,754	366
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	1,289.79/head	1,000.00–1,536.00	1,290	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	295.44/cwt	278.50–302.50	1,581	172
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	264	1,300.00/head	1,275.00–1,325.00	1,300	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	261.54/cwt	256.00–269.00	1,912	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	265	1,025.00/head	1,025.00–1,025.00	1,025	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,859	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	343.96/cwt	341.00–360.00	1,286	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	265.64/cwt	251.00–271.00	1,636	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	1,050.00/head	1,050.00–1,050.00	1,050	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	379.35/cwt	371.00–393.00	1,608	156
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	300	1,020.00/head	1,020.00–1,020.00	1,020	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,670	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	349.58/cwt	338.00–363.50	1,685	421
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	329	446.26/cwt	430.00–490.00	1,468	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	411.87/cwt	409.00–420.00	1,573	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	313.35/cwt	307.25–325.50	1,799	345
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	868	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,066	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	321.23/cwt	311.00–330.00	1,365	207
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	294.94/cwt	283.50–304.00	1,823	308
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,287	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	253.50/cwt	253.50–253.50	1,901	1

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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