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Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2023-02-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-16

Feeder Cattle · Dickinson, North Dakota · Thu, Feb 16

● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099

← Feb 9Feb 16Mar 2 →

Receipts

2,710 head

▲ 560 vs last sale 2,150▼ 1,209 vs year ago 3,919 · −30.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 800lbs are 5.00 to 10.00 higher, over 800lbs are mostly steady. Feeder heifers are 5.00 to 10.00 higher. The demand was good this week. The flesh was moderate. Lots of great replacement heifers. lots of buyers in the house today. Next sale is February 23rd.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $194.78/cwt on 1,597 head.

Average price

$194.78

1,597 head · 767 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,495

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$389

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

$0.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.08

vs ND average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	568	195.00	1,108	6thin
Medium and Large 1	768	194.78	1,496	1,591

One grade step is worth $0.22/cwt here — about −$389 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1,597 hd

194.78

—

ND average3 barns · 6,191 hd

202.86

−8.08

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

28 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	411	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,089	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	490	250.00/cwt	247.00–257.00	1,225	35
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	501	232.24/cwt	226.50–246.00	1,164	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	568	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,108	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	584	225.60/cwt	220.00–232.00	1,318	138
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	619	220.16/cwt	207.00–227.00	1,363	154
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	656	212.25/cwt	210.75–213.50	1,392	142
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	712	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,324	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	732	199.51/cwt	185.50–207.00	1,460	200
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	768	190.91/cwt	181.25–196.50	1,466	175
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	820	182.83/cwt	180.75–184.50	1,499	129
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	875	175.08/cwt	172.50–177.75	1,532	308
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	926	173.51/cwt	171.25–175.25	1,607	217
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	996	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	1,678	65
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	490	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	946	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	527	212.02/cwt	210.00–216.00	1,117	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	575	194.66/cwt	192.00–197.00	1,119	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	624	193.83/cwt	181.50–202.00	1,209	130
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	629	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	912	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	675	183.78/cwt	182.25–185.75	1,241	55
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	678	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,166	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	684	190.54/cwt	187.75–192.00	1,303	101
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	722	184.28/cwt	175.00–186.00	1,331	123
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	723	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,428	37
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	772	197.16/cwt	189.00–209.00	1,522	200
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	774	175.36/cwt	170.00–181.00	1,357	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	831	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,413	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	849	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,503	82

This sale against other markets

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.

North Dakota feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Stockmen's Livestock Exchange - Dickinson, ND

Thu Feb 16, 2023

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Bismarck, ND (LS-BM)

Receipts 2,710Last week 2,150Year ago 3,919

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	996	168.50	168.50
35	—	490	247.00–257.00	250.00
217	—	926	171.25–175.25	173.51
17	—	501	226.50–246.00	232.24
7	—	411	265.00	265.00
308	—	875	172.50–177.75	175.08
138	—	584	220.00–232.00	225.60
175	—	768	181.25–196.50	190.91
200	—	732	185.50–207.00	199.51
129	—	820	180.75–184.50	182.83
142	—	656	210.75–213.50	212.25
154	—	619	207.00–227.00	220.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	568	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	712	186.00	186.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	678	172.00	172.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	490	193.00	193.00
4	—	831	170.00	170.00
18	—	774	170.00–181.00	175.36
23	—	527	210.00–216.00	212.02
130	—	624	181.50–202.00	193.83
55	—	675	182.25–185.75	183.78
24	—	575	192.00–197.00	194.66
123	—	722	175.00–186.00	184.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
101	—	684	187.75–192.00	190.54
37	—	723	197.50	197.50
200	—	772	189.00–209.00	197.16
82	—	849	177.00	177.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	629	145.00	145.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.