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Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2023-10-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-19

Feeder Cattle · Dickinson, North Dakota · Thu, Oct 19

● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099

← Oct 12Oct 19Nov 2 →

Receipts

3,992 head

▲ 2,278 vs last sale 1,714▲ 419 vs year ago 3,573 · +11.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: A much larger offering this week as the fall marketing season is in full swing, steer calves under 500 lbs 10.00 to 15.00 lower, over 500 lbs sold with higher undertones compared to last week's limited test. Heifer calves under 400 lbs sold with lower undertones, over 400 lbs steady to firm. Moderate to good demand for this large offering of high quality spring born calves offered right off the cow. Many long strings of these attractive calves, including several full load lots. The market was fairly active, but there is some pressure on the market as the futures complex weakened from outside market uncertainty. Calves with two rounds of preconditioning shots are much easier to sell, and buyers are willing to compete to get those cattle, while those without sell towards the bottom of the market as the auctioneers have to start these cattle quite a ways back to find bids. Cash fed cattle market was higher, up to 187.00, but cattle feeders are getting more leery as the futures contracts don't follow along.

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 $299.05/cwt on 2,092 head.

Average price

$299.05

2,092 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,635

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$269

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

$9.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.62

vs ND average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	299.60	1,650	1,975
Medium and Large 1-2	477	289.76	1,381	117

One grade step is worth $9.84/cwt here — about $269 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 sale2,092 hd

299.05

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ND average3 barns · 4,267 hd

286.43

+12.62

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

Every lot

32 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	346	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,228	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	379	362.36/cwt	355.00–372.50	1,373	38
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	381	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,276	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	410	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,497	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	433	333.85/cwt	319.50–353.00	1,446	154
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	433	299.39/cwt	285.00–310.00	1,296	46
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	462	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,340	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	483	312.43/cwt	298.25–321.00	1,509	338
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	525	302.63/cwt	293.00–321.00	1,589	332
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	538	270.94/cwt	252.00–279.00	1,458	53
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	558	302.11/cwt	300.50–304.00	1,686	185
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	579	283.41/cwt	274.00–289.00	1,641	258
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	610	287.33/cwt	269.50–294.50	1,753	448
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	663	273.90/cwt	269.00–283.50	1,816	135
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	710	264.77/cwt	256.00–265.75	1,880	60
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	323	318.75/cwt	317.50–321.00	1,030	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	373	292.28/cwt	290.00–304.00	1,090	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	409	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,227	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	418	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,129	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	419	281.76/cwt	277.00–286.00	1,181	51
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	470	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,170	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	478	267.81/cwt	259.00–277.00	1,280	191
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	493	284.97/cwt	284.75–286.50	1,405	86
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	523	256.56/cwt	245.00–267.00	1,342	136
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	538	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,323	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	568	250.62/cwt	246.00–258.00	1,424	132
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	571	267.51/cwt	264.00–269.00	1,527	77
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	615	250.45/cwt	244.00–254.75	1,540	79
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	877	222.99/cwt	220.00–223.50	1,956	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	908	221.50/cwt	221.50–221.50	2,011	8
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	333	363.53/cwt	355.00–377.50	1,211	26
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	591	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,188	10

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 Oct 19, 2023

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

Receipts 3,992Last week 1,714Year ago 3,573

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	333	355.00–377.50	363.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	591	201.00	201.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	409	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	908	221.50	221.50
14	—	323	317.50–321.00	318.75
51	—	419	277.00–286.00	281.76
79	—	615	244.00–254.75	250.45
136	—	523	245.00–267.00	256.56
34	—	877	220.00–223.50	222.99
132	—	568	246.00–258.00	250.62
30	—	373	290.00–304.00	292.28
191	—	478	259.00–277.00	267.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
86	—	493	284.75–286.50	284.97
77	—	571	264.00–269.00	267.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	470	249.00	249.00
14	—	418	270.00	270.00
25	—	538	246.00	246.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	710	256.00–265.75	264.77
135	—	663	269.00–283.50	273.90
332	—	525	293.00–321.00	302.63
38	—	379	355.00–372.50	362.36
154	—	433	319.50–353.00	333.85
258	—	579	274.00–289.00	283.41
448	—	610	269.50–294.50	287.33
338	—	483	298.25–321.00	312.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	381	335.00	335.00
8	—	462	290.00	290.00
53	—	538	252.00–279.00	270.94
5	—	346	355.00	355.00
46	—	433	285.00–310.00	299.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
185	—	558	300.50–304.00	302.11
27	—	410	365.00	365.00

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.