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Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2024-04-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-25

Feeder Cattle · Dickinson, North Dakota · Thu, Apr 25

● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099

← Apr 11Apr 25May 23 →

Receipts

1,443 head

▼ 4,040 vs last sale 5,483▼ 715 vs year ago 2,158 · −33.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Steer and heifer calves traded mostly steady on few comparable sales. Feeder steers sold 4.00 to 10.00 lower. Feeder heifers 3.00 to 7.00 higher with exception to 600-650 lbs trading 3.00 lower. Good demand on lighter calves headed to grass. Demand moderate on feeder steers. Fesh condition average to attractive. Offering consisted of smaller packages with a few bigger strings mixed in. Feeder and Live cattle futures closed up significantly today. Fat cattle trades ranging from 184.00-185.00 so far this week.

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 $290.39/cwt on 157 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −146.47 against this barn's trailing median of $436.86.

Average price

$290.39

157 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,575

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+1.29

vs ND average

+20.20 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	290.39	1,575	157

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale157 hd

290.39

—

ND average3 barns · 334 hd

289.10

+1.29

National average178 barns · 11,596 hd

270.19

+20.20

This barn, trailing median13 sales

436.86

−146.47

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

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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	395	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,363	13
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	356.77/cwt	350.00–370.50	1,680	51
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	491	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,606	18
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	501	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,791	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	573	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,028	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	333.85/cwt	322.00–350.00	1,916	106
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	627	314.46/cwt	293.00–323.50	1,972	43
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	671	281.59/cwt	280.00–287.00	1,889	17
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	682	291.00/cwt	286.00–292.00	1,985	49
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	684	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,915	25
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	715	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,759	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	272.35/cwt	268.00–281.00	1,983	53
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	744	261.50/cwt	261.50–261.50	1,946	11
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	760	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,060	14
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	811	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,833	7
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	841	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,976	8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	345	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,070	12
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	431	305.46/cwt	305.00–305.50	1,317	37
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	459	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,313	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	491	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,468	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	512	274.50/cwt	274.50–274.50	1,405	16
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	536	293.99/cwt	290.00–311.00	1,576	96
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	288.36/cwt	283.50–292.00	1,635	45
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	624	272.59/cwt	267.50–276.50	1,701	180
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	635	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,530	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	682	273.47/cwt	262.50–280.00	1,865	119
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	704	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,647	28
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	729	256.62/cwt	253.50–268.00	1,871	56
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	755	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,842	5
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	786	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,918	10
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Replacement	802	236.89/cwt	234.00–238.00	1,900	18
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	866	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,888	8
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Replacement	879	224.98/cwt	220.00–226.00	1,978	24
Heifers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,114	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	2,050	4

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 Apr 25, 2024

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

Receipts 1,443Last week 5,483Year ago 2,158

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
25	650–700	684	280.00	280.00
11	700–750	744	261.50	261.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
51	450–500	471	350.00–370.50	356.77
4	500–550	501	357.50	357.50
106	550–600	574	322.00–350.00	333.85
43	600–650	627	293.00–323.50	314.46
49	650–700	682	286.00–292.00	291.00
53	700–750	728	268.00–281.00	272.35
14	750–800	760	271.00	271.00
8	800–850	841	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	395	345.00	345.00
18	450–500	491	327.00	327.00
17	650–700	671	280.00–287.00	281.59
5	700–750	715	246.00	246.00
7	800–850	811	226.00	226.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	573	354.00	354.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	500–550	512	274.50	274.50
28	700–750	704	234.00	234.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	491	299.00	299.00
96	500–550	536	290.00–311.00	293.99
45	550–600	567	283.50–292.00	288.36
180	600–650	624	267.50–276.50	272.59
119	650–700	682	262.50–280.00	273.47
56	700–750	729	253.50–268.00	256.62
10	750–800	786	244.00	244.00
8	850–900	866	218.00	218.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1100–1150	1,114	184.00	184.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
5	750–800	755	244.00	244.00
18	800–850	802	234.00–238.00	236.89
24	850–900	879	220.00–226.00	224.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	345	310.00	310.00
37	400–450	431	305.00–305.50	305.46
12	450–500	459	286.00	286.00
5	600–650	635	241.00	241.00

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.