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Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2024-02-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-15

Feeder Cattle · Dickinson, North Dakota · Thu, Feb 15

● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099

← Feb 8Feb 15Feb 22 →

Receipts

4,237 head

▲ 2,037 vs last sale 2,200▲ 1,527 vs year ago 2,710 · +56.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers mostly steady. Very good demand for this very large offering of high quality, home raised, attractive steers and heifers. Many long strings, including full loads, along with ample smaller packages allowing buyers to easily make full loads. A large offering of replacement quality heifers, these were extremely attractive and really the front end kind, and sold easily. Flesh conditions ranged from light to moderate plus, this week. The market was very active, supported by the cattle futures stopping their decline this week and posting gains of 1.00-1.50, while corn continues to slide lower. Cash fed cattle bubbling around the 180.00 mark, below breakeven cost which has put some resistance on the bigger cattle, but there is ample optimism amongst the backgrounders as they have their eyes set on the fall months of the Feeder Cattle contracts and are hoping to have another banner year.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $259.64/cwt on 1,897 head.

Average price

$259.64

1,897 head · 658 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,708

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$362

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

$32.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.83

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	481	287.78	1,385	239
Medium and Large 1	683	255.58	1,746	1,658

One grade step is worth $32.20/cwt here — about −$362 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 sale1,897 hd

259.64

—

ND average3 barns · 4,962 hd

264.47

−4.83

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

Every lot

57 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	328	1,150.00/head	1,150.00–1,150.00	1,150	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	358	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,185	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	384	333.19/cwt	322.50–341.00	1,279	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	434	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,523	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	458	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,502	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	483	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,570	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	485	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,601	60
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	520	334.68/cwt	323.00–341.75	1,740	281
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	536	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,613	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	545	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,676	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	565	323.30/cwt	313.00–328.00	1,827	247
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	570	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,682	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	573	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,719	50
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	596	321.50/cwt	321.50–321.50	1,916	80
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	623	300.79/cwt	285.50–309.50	1,874	246
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	677	277.19/cwt	262.75–286.50	1,877	125
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	693	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,781	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	725	265.66/cwt	255.00–268.00	1,926	116
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	796	240.96/cwt	240.25–248.00	1,918	75
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	828	233.52/cwt	230.50–235.25	1,934	183
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	882	229.75/cwt	229.75–229.75	2,026	51
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	931	226.72/cwt	223.10–231.00	2,111	125
Feeder Cattle · Heifers33 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	327	303.54/cwt	302.50–305.00	993	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	377	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,135	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	377	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,108	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	400	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,280	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	413	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,291	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	423	306.53/cwt	301.00–310.00	1,297	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	430	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,337	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	482	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,301	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	493	276.37/cwt	275.00–277.00	1,363	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	504	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,497	60
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	528	287.62/cwt	274.00–300.50	1,519	183
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	528	269.50/cwt	269.50–269.50	1,423	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	528	260.42/cwt	256.00–270.00	1,375	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	543	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,472	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	555	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,510	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	568	260.86/cwt	260.50–261.00	1,482	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	584	273.38/cwt	266.00–279.00	1,597	78
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	588	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,446	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	606	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,557	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	612	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,714	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	617	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,549	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	622	267.20/cwt	257.00–275.00	1,662	318
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	631	251.78/cwt	250.50–255.50	1,589	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	658	249.50/cwt	249.50–249.50	1,642	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	661	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,752	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	665	259.35/cwt	257.00–266.00	1,725	77
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	709	239.57/cwt	226.00–245.25	1,699	219
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	723	254.08/cwt	250.00–256.00	1,837	68
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	763	231.17/cwt	229.00–234.00	1,764	80
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	774	248.24/cwt	222.25–259.00	1,921	263
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	835	243.50/cwt	243.50–243.50	2,033	46
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	835	218.62/cwt	218.25–218.75	1,825	96
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	874	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,019	71
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	438	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,415	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	578	302.49/cwt	302.00–306.00	1,748	57

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 15, 2024

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

Receipts 4,237Last week 2,200Year ago 2,710

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	438	323.00	323.00
57	—	578	302.00–306.00	302.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	413	312.50	312.50
6	—	658	249.50	249.50
10	—	617	251.00	251.00
18	—	568	260.50–261.00	260.86
32	—	528	269.50	269.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
263	—	774	222.25–259.00	248.24
24	—	661	265.00	265.00
68	—	723	250.00–256.00	254.08
46	—	835	243.50	243.50
71	—	874	231.00	231.00
20	—	612	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	377	294.00	294.00
20	—	482	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
219	—	709	226.00–245.25	239.57
80	—	763	229.00–234.00	231.17
78	—	584	266.00–279.00	273.38
318	—	622	257.00–275.00	267.20
183	—	528	274.00–300.50	287.62
77	—	665	257.00–266.00	259.35
96	—	835	218.25–218.75	218.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	423	301.00–310.00	306.53
16	—	528	256.00–270.00	260.42
16	—	493	275.00–277.00	276.37
20	—	631	250.50–255.50	251.78
13	—	555	272.00	272.00
10	—	327	302.50–305.00	303.54
6	—	377	301.00	301.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	430	311.00	311.00
15	—	543	271.00	271.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	588	246.00	246.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	606	257.00	257.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	504	297.00	297.00
30	—	400	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	545	307.50	307.50
21	—	384	322.50–341.00	333.19
7	—	434	351.00	351.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
125	—	677	262.75–286.50	277.19
75	—	796	240.25–248.00	240.96
281	—	520	323.00–341.75	334.68
247	—	565	313.00–328.00	323.30
125	—	931	223.10–231.00	226.72
246	—	623	285.50–309.50	300.79
51	—	882	229.75	229.75
183	—	828	230.50–235.25	233.52
116	—	725	255.00–268.00	265.66
4	—	328	1,150.00	1,150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	483	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	573	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	485	330.00	330.00
80	—	596	321.50	321.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	536	301.00	301.00
11	—	570	295.00	295.00
21	—	458	328.00	328.00
8	—	358	331.00	331.00
6	—	693	257.00	257.00

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.