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Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2024-01-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-04

Feeder Cattle · Dickinson, North Dakota · Thu, Jan 4

● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099

← Dec 14Jan 4Jan 11 →

Receipts

1,868 head

▼ 792 vs last sale 2,660▼ 1,448 vs year ago 3,316 · −43.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale 3 weeks ago: Feeder steers 5.00 to 10.00 higher, except 700 lbs steers steady. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs 5.00 to 10.00 higher, over 600 lbs 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Good to very good demand for this nice offering of mostly weaned cattle. Flesh condition ran a little heavier this week, as there were more weaned consignments, light to moderate plus. Several consignments of calves coming right off the cows, but there was no discount as their flesh condition was lighter than most of the weaned offerings. The market was active overall. This winter season has been mild, with little snow cover, without the typical very cold temps, weaned cattle have put on flesh and weight easily. Cattle feeders are starting to feel a little better now that the futures contracts seemed to bottom and have come back up some. Cash fed cattle at 175.00, leaving a positive basis over the futures helped to support the feeder market as 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 $270.20/cwt on 1,013 head.

Average price

$270.20

1,013 head · 654 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,767

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$381

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

$10.34/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.38

vs ND average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	656	270.34	1,772	1,000
Medium and Large 1-2	535	260.00	1,391	13thin

One grade step is worth $10.34/cwt here — about $381 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 sale1,013 hd

270.20

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ND average3 barns · 3,826 hd

265.83

+4.38

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

Every lot

34 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 1-2	260	950.00/head	950.00–950.00	950	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	341	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,296	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	368	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	1,395	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	412	351.46/cwt	340.00–358.00	1,448	37
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	440	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,456	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	458	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,351	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	484	319.66/cwt	310.00–334.50	1,547	58
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	531	302.89/cwt	287.00–313.00	1,608	72
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	573	289.29/cwt	275.50–304.00	1,658	154
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	601	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,382	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	606	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,770	46
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	643	274.15/cwt	266.50–285.50	1,763	165
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	658	280.25/cwt	280.25–280.25	1,844	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	675	260.67/cwt	250.75–272.50	1,760	76
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	683	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,619	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	722	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,596	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	736	245.22/cwt	231.50–250.00	1,805	98
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	790	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,738	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	828	223.92/cwt	222.25–225.50	1,854	208
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	906	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,866	23
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium 1	340	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	969	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	381	293.23/cwt	286.00–300.00	1,117	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	472	286.06/cwt	275.00–294.00	1,350	73
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	528	265.15/cwt	250.00–278.50	1,400	38
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	553	274.84/cwt	274.75–275.00	1,520	37
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	585	255.66/cwt	249.00–266.50	1,496	86
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	594	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,366	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	616	243.44/cwt	237.00–247.00	1,500	124
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	683	227.79/cwt	224.50–230.00	1,556	52
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	713	221.78/cwt	207.00–229.25	1,581	54
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	765	210.50/cwt	210.50–210.50	1,610	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	855	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,625	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	987	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,865	5
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,144	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	2,116	7

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 Jan 4, 2024

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

Receipts 1,868Last week 2,660Year ago 3,316

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	553	274.75–275.00	274.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	594	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	340	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	987	189.00	189.00
52	—	683	224.50–230.00	227.79
124	—	616	237.00–247.00	243.44
54	—	713	207.00–229.25	221.78
73	—	472	275.00–294.00	286.06
6	—	381	286.00–300.00	293.23
38	—	528	250.00–278.50	265.15
86	—	585	249.00–266.50	255.66
26	—	765	210.50	210.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,144	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	855	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	531	287.00–313.00	302.89
58	—	484	310.00–334.50	319.66
165	—	643	266.50–285.50	274.15
98	—	736	231.50–250.00	245.22
23	—	906	206.00	206.00
208	—	828	222.25–225.50	223.92
16	—	341	380.00	380.00
6	—	368	379.00	379.00
6	—	790	220.00	220.00
37	—	412	340.00–358.00	351.46
76	—	675	250.75–272.50	260.67
154	—	573	275.50–304.00	289.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	601	230.00	230.00
6	—	458	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	683	237.00	237.00
4	—	440	331.00	331.00
5	—	722	221.00	221.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
10	—	260	950.00	950.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	606	292.00	292.00
8	—	658	280.25	280.25

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.