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Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2023-11-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-16

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

● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099

← Nov 9Nov 16Nov 30 →

Receipts

4,897 head

▲ 973 vs last sale 3,924▲ 1,335 vs year ago 3,562 · +37.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer calves under 500 lbs 10.00 to 20.00 higher, 500-550 lbs 2.00 to 5.00 higher, over 550 lbs 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Heifer calves under 500 lbs 10.00 to 12.00 lower, 500-600 lbs 2.00 to 5.00 higher, over 600 lbs 8.00 to 10.00 lower. A very large offering of high quality steer and heifer calves, many long strings including full load lots. The market activity was rather slow at the start as auctioneers had to start cattle back a long ways to find bids, but as the day progressed the market got stronger. Demand was very uneven, good demand for light weight steers to make yearlings of and for replacement quality heifers, more moderate for all other weights of steers and heifers. Another day of 3.00 plus losses on the Live and Feeder Cattle contacts, this volatility and down pressure is having a detrimental impact on the confidence that cattle feeders held just a short few weeks ago that the best of the market was yet to come. Black hided and fully preconditioned steers and heifers are the easiest to sell, but a good green one regardless of hide color still sells well.

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 $287.17/cwt on 2,669 head.

Average price

$287.17

2,669 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,569

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$187

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

$9.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.46

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	470	296.04	1,393	155
Medium and Large 1	551	286.62	1,580	2,514

One grade step is worth $9.42/cwt here — about −$187 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 sale2,669 hd

287.17

—

ND average3 barns · 7,321 hd

277.71

+9.46

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

Every lot

39 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	221	550.00/head	550.00–550.00	550	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	287	875.00/head	875.00–875.00	875	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	319	376.37/cwt	365.00–395.00	1,201	38
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	378	344.81/cwt	342.00–350.00	1,303	65
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	388	372.01/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,443	57
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	423	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,248	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	432	352.14/cwt	335.00–370.00	1,521	172
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	437	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,748	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	461	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,567	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	463	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,690	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	465	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,325	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	474	308.33/cwt	292.50–329.00	1,461	341
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	514	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,606	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	529	291.45/cwt	272.00–304.00	1,542	570
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	533	266.72/cwt	259.00–280.00	1,422	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	556	251.23/cwt	251.00–252.00	1,397	39
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	573	272.18/cwt	257.50–281.25	1,560	631
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	622	259.29/cwt	248.00–264.75	1,613	319
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	660	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,485	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	672	246.35/cwt	235.00–258.00	1,655	331
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	707	255.50/cwt	255.50–255.50	1,806	24
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	308	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	847	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	325	298.71/cwt	290.00–310.00	971	58
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	379	279.52/cwt	265.00–290.00	1,059	142
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	417	271.68/cwt	262.50–280.00	1,133	111
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	420	239.66/cwt	238.00–242.50	1,007	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	477	257.38/cwt	240.00–270.50	1,228	337
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	478	277.98/cwt	274.00–281.00	1,329	104
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	486	235.48/cwt	231.00–237.00	1,144	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	512	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,421	36
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	518	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,153	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	525	254.46/cwt	244.00–260.00	1,336	127
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	561	260.18/cwt	260.00–260.50	1,460	51
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	575	241.90/cwt	231.00–256.00	1,391	196
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	625	225.08/cwt	220.00–233.00	1,407	107
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	755	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,495	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	800	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,560	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	866	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,793	25
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	378	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,285	6

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 Nov 16, 2023

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

Receipts 4,897Last week 3,924Year ago 3,562

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	378	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
127	—	525	244.00–260.00	254.46
142	—	379	265.00–290.00	279.52
196	—	575	231.00–256.00	241.90
107	—	625	220.00–233.00	225.08
111	—	417	262.50–280.00	271.68
337	—	477	240.00–270.50	257.38
58	—	325	290.00–310.00	298.71
25	—	866	207.00	207.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	800	195.00	195.00
5	—	308	275.00	275.00
8	—	518	222.50	222.50
16	—	420	238.00–242.50	239.66
25	—	486	231.00–237.00	235.48
10	—	755	198.00	198.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
104	—	478	274.00–281.00	277.98
36	—	512	277.50	277.50
51	—	561	260.00–260.50	260.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	556	251.00–252.00	251.23
65	—	378	342.00–350.00	344.81
6	—	423	295.00	295.00
7	—	287	875.00	875.00
13	—	465	285.00	285.00
8	—	660	225.00	225.00
11	—	221	550.00	550.00
24	—	533	259.00–280.00	266.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	388	360.00–380.00	372.01
172	—	432	335.00–370.00	352.14
570	—	529	272.00–304.00	291.45
341	—	474	292.50–329.00	308.33
38	—	319	365.00–395.00	376.37
631	—	573	257.50–281.25	272.18
331	—	672	235.00–258.00	246.35
24	—	707	255.50	255.50
319	—	622	248.00–264.75	259.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	463	365.00	365.00
7	—	514	312.50	312.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	461	340.00	340.00
7	—	437	400.00	400.00

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.