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Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2023-03-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-16

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

● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099

← Mar 2Mar 16Mar 23 →

Receipts

3,748 head

▲ 1,675 vs last sale 2,073▲ 1,327 vs year ago 2,421 · +54.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to 2 weeks ago: Feeder steers are steady to firm with higher under tones. The feeder heifers under 550lbs steady with lower under tones, and over 550lbs steady to 4.00 higher with instances of 6.00 higher. Winter storms were in the area affecting the travel. The next sale is March 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 $208.85/cwt on 2,343 head.

Average price

$208.85

2,343 head · 701 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,464

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$527

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$49.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.33

vs ND average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	707	209.56	1,481	2,204
Medium and Large 1-2	574	199.85	1,146	131
Large 1	1,255	160.00	2,008	8thin

One grade step is worth $49.56/cwt here — about −$527 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 sale2,343 hd

208.85

—

ND average3 barns · 4,555 hd

209.18

−0.33

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

Every lot

38 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	365	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	927	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	374	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	827	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	419	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	863	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	469	250.39/cwt	234.00–270.00	1,174	93
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	471	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,300	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	535	251.20/cwt	235.50–262.00	1,344	106
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	561	244.46/cwt	216.50–252.00	1,371	307
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	578	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,277	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	635	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,321	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	643	217.64/cwt	201.00–231.00	1,399	158
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	646	190.67/cwt	179.00–196.00	1,232	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	656	235.50/cwt	235.50–235.50	1,545	46
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	684	212.18/cwt	191.50–230.00	1,451	351
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	717	206.99/cwt	193.00–215.00	1,484	276
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	732	181.63/cwt	180.50–187.00	1,330	47
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	765	188.73/cwt	177.50–195.00	1,444	79
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	825	184.00/cwt	180.25–185.75	1,518	621
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	863	178.28/cwt	177.50–180.00	1,539	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	906	177.36/cwt	176.00–178.75	1,607	127
Steers	—	Large 1	1,255	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	2,008	8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	337	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	553	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	395	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	837	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	413	231.31/cwt	231.00–232.00	955	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	468	206.63/cwt	198.00–212.50	967	87
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	488	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	947	47
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	521	217.03/cwt	209.00–221.00	1,131	86
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	526	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,094	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	549	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	922	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	562	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	950	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	594	210.78/cwt	208.00–212.00	1,252	101
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	615	201.93/cwt	192.00–208.25	1,242	241
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	630	187.19/cwt	185.00–190.00	1,179	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	655	175.99/cwt	165.00–178.50	1,153	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	675	194.21/cwt	184.00–204.00	1,311	218
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	782	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	1,318	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	802	174.50/cwt	174.50–174.50	1,399	48
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	856	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,455	7
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,083	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	1,587	8

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 Mar 16, 2023

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

Receipts 3,748Last week 2,073Year ago 2,421

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	562	169.00	169.00
47	—	488	194.00	194.00
15	—	526	208.00	208.00
16	—	337	164.00	164.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	549	168.00	168.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	413	231.00–232.00	231.31
218	—	675	184.00–204.00	194.21
241	—	615	192.00–208.25	201.93
7	—	856	170.00	170.00
14	—	782	168.50	168.50
101	—	594	208.00–212.00	210.78
86	—	521	209.00–221.00	217.03
87	—	468	198.00–212.50	206.63
48	—	802	174.50	174.50
26	—	395	212.00	212.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	630	185.00–190.00	187.19
33	—	655	165.00–178.50	175.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,083	146.50	146.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
127	—	906	176.00–178.75	177.36
93	—	469	234.00–270.00	250.39
276	—	717	193.00–215.00	206.99
5	—	365	254.00	254.00
19	—	863	177.50–180.00	178.28
79	—	765	177.50–195.00	188.73
621	—	825	180.25–185.75	184.00
158	—	643	201.00–231.00	217.64
307	—	561	216.50–252.00	244.46
351	—	684	191.50–230.00	212.18
106	—	535	235.50–262.00	251.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	578	221.00	221.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	471	276.00	276.00
46	—	656	235.50	235.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,255	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	419	206.00	206.00
16	—	646	179.00–196.00	190.67
47	—	732	180.50–187.00	181.63
21	—	374	221.00	221.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	635	208.00	208.00

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.