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Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2024-03-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-14

Feeder Cattle · Dickinson, North Dakota · Thu, Mar 14

● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099

← Mar 7Mar 14Apr 11 →

Receipts

4,215 head

▲ 1,520 vs last sale 2,695▲ 467 vs year ago 3,748 · +12.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 700 lbs 10.00 to 15.00 higher, instances to 20.00 higher on 500-550 lbs, over 700 lbs 5.00 to 7.00 higher, except 700-750 lbs steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 750 lbs 5.00 to 10.00 higher, instances to 12.00 higher on 600-650 lbs, over 750 lbs steady in a very narrow comparison. Very good demand for this large offering of high quality, very attractive, light to moderate fleshed steers and heifers. A few consignments in a moderate plus amount of flesh, but buyers were just as wiling to chase these types higher as well. Many long strings, including full load lots and multiple load lots. The market was extremely fast paced as buyers were anxiously bidding, determined to own cattle. Live Cattle futures lost nearly 3.00 and Feeder Cattle futures lost 2.00-4.00 but this had no effect on the market at the auction. Grass cattle buyers realize there won't be many more opportunities to buy these light cattle and they were willing to chase the market sharply higher in order to get their cattle secured. Cash fed cattle in Iowa up to 190.00, which is 3.00 premium to the front futures contract, helped to add support to the feeder market.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $300.50/cwt on 531 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −136.36 against this barn's trailing median of $436.86.

Average price

$300.50

531 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,670

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$98

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

$18.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.78

vs ND average

+24.33 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	300.71	1,672	525
Medium and Large 1-2	558	282.00	1,574	6thin

One grade step is worth $18.71/cwt here — about $98 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale531 hd

300.50

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ND average3 barns · 1,355 hd

295.72

+4.78

National average176 barns · 16,729 hd

276.17

+24.33

This barn, trailing median13 sales

436.86

−136.36

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

13 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $466.52, low $401.23, median $436.86 across 13 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

41 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	350–400	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	364	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	1,471	7
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	397	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	1,505	13
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	429	359.36/cwt	355.00–365.00	1,542	9
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	434	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	1,662	61
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	469	371.85/cwt	365.00–385.00	1,744	44
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	527	341.72/cwt	318.00–349.50	1,801	26
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	355.42/cwt	345.00–372.50	1,877	276
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	548	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,786	12
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	328.65/cwt	315.00–345.50	1,883	115
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	591	312.68/cwt	300.00–316.00	1,848	24
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	619	314.43/cwt	297.00–320.00	1,946	277
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	626	325.50/cwt	325.50–325.50	2,038	40
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	649	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,882	16
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	666	303.16/cwt	287.00–305.50	2,019	317
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	699	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,936	7
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	715	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,016	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	737	276.39/cwt	261.00–280.00	2,037	106
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	774	257.25/cwt	257.25–257.25	1,991	15
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	786	262.35/cwt	256.75–268.75	2,062	249
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	816	260.29/cwt	254.75–265.75	2,124	184
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	844	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,958	32
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	939	241.25/cwt	241.25–241.25	2,265	60
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	389	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,303	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	398	337.92/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,345	17
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	445	344.37/cwt	344.00–345.00	1,532	22
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	320.49/cwt	298.00–334.00	1,526	122
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	504	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,593	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	302.88/cwt	288.00–311.50	1,596	167
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	558	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,574	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	299.28/cwt	279.00–308.50	1,709	349
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	284.25/cwt	265.00–294.50	1,768	309
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	636	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,692	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	679	265.03/cwt	254.00–273.00	1,800	286
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	690	259.25/cwt	259.25–259.25	1,789	11
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	708	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,855	40
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fancy	720	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,872	219
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	724	253.43/cwt	242.00–258.00	1,835	279
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	764	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,734	19
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Replacement	822	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,899	66
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	848	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,925	5
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	878	223.75/cwt	223.75–223.75	1,965	21

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 14, 2024

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

Receipts 4,215Last week 2,695Year ago 3,748

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
219	700–750	720	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	398	335.00–345.00	337.92
22	400–450	445	344.00–345.00	344.37
122	450–500	476	298.00–334.00	320.49
167	500–550	527	288.00–311.50	302.88
349	550–600	571	279.00–308.50	299.28
309	600–650	622	265.00–294.50	284.25
286	650–700	679	254.00–273.00	265.03
279	700–750	724	242.00–258.00	253.43
19	750–800	764	227.00	227.00
5	800–850	848	227.00	227.00
21	850–900	878	223.75	223.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	389	335.00	335.00
6	550–600	558	282.00	282.00
8	600–650	636	266.00	266.00
11	650–700	690	259.25	259.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	504	316.00	316.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
40	700–750	708	262.00	262.00
66	800–850	822	231.00	231.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	548	326.00	326.00
16	600–650	649	290.00	290.00
32	800–850	844	232.00	232.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	397	379.00	379.00
9	400–450	429	355.00–365.00	359.36
26	500–550	527	318.00–349.50	341.72
24	550–600	591	300.00–316.00	312.68
7	650–700	699	277.00	277.00
15	750–800	774	257.25	257.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
61	400–450	434	383.00	383.00
44	450–500	469	365.00–385.00	371.85
276	500–550	528	345.00–372.50	355.42
115	550–600	573	315.00–345.50	328.65
277	600–650	619	297.00–320.00	314.43
317	650–700	666	287.00–305.50	303.16
106	700–750	737	261.00–280.00	276.39
249	750–800	786	256.75–268.75	262.35
184	800–850	816	254.75–265.75	260.29
60	900–950	939	241.25	241.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	364	404.00	404.00
40	600–650	626	325.50	325.50
3	700–750	715	282.00	282.00

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.