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Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2024-05-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-23

Feeder Cattle · Dickinson, North Dakota · Thu, May 23

● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099

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Receipts

3,017 head

▲ 1,574 vs last sale 1,443▲ 1,515 vs year ago 1,502 · +100.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in more than a month, no recent price comparison available, higher undertones evident. Very good demand for this large offering of steers and heifers, many long strings including one consignment of 1,100 head, many full loads and multiple load lots. The flesh condition was attractive this week and the market was extremely active, as there were ample cattle that could work for grass programs or could go right into a yard. Pastures are ready for turn out, and those producers who still needed to buy some grass cattle weren't going to waste this opportunity today. Quality ran the gambit, from fancy to plain and blemished. It did not matter what the cattle were, there were plenty of buyers willing to chase the market to get all types of cattle bought. Cash fed cattle were higher again this week, up to 192.00, keeping a very strong positive basis over the CME Live Cattle futures, which is really adding optimism to the marketplace as cattle feeders are hopeful the coming months could be better than what the futures contracts are currently at. There were a lot of buyers on the seats today as feeder cattle offerings are getting sporadic across the northern plains, as the marketing season winds down. This report will be released again when the late summer/early fall marketing season begins, watch local listings for sale schedules.

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 $302.26/cwt on 276 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −134.60 against this barn's trailing median of $436.86.

Average price

$302.26

276 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,674

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$68

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

$25.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs ND average

+25.80 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	303.14	1,686	217
Medium and Large 1-2	541	301.86	1,633	52
Medium and Large 2	582	278.00	1,618	7thin

One grade step is worth $25.14/cwt here — about $68 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 sale276 hd

302.26

—

ND average1 barns · 276 hd

302.26

+0.00

National average163 barns · 12,702 hd

276.46

+25.80

This barn, trailing median13 sales

436.86

−134.60

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

52 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	299	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,151	7
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	349	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,396	8
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	385	373.52/cwt	373.00–375.00	1,438	19
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	399	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,556	17
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	427	351.41/cwt	342.50–361.00	1,501	10
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	458	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,592	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	464	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,740	10
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	398.50/cwt	398.50–398.50	1,877	19
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	508	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	1,859	16
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	531	353.06/cwt	346.00–367.00	1,875	37
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	532	339.67/cwt	334.00–356.00	1,807	20
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	560	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,010	23
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	564	342.69/cwt	333.00–347.50	1,933	64
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	578	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,777	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	604	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,878	12
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	612	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,909	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	623	320.01/cwt	314.50–324.00	1,994	44
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	328.97/cwt	326.85–333.00	2,066	181
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	654	329.50/cwt	329.50–329.50	2,155	82
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	310.41/cwt	305.50–315.50	2,064	255
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	686	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,989	32
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	733	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,898	17
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	743	284.72/cwt	284.25–292.50	2,115	116
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	847	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	2,168	5
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	917	238.34/cwt	237.00–240.00	2,186	58
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,021	226.25/cwt	226.25–226.25	2,310	66
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	280	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,064	6
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	310	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,209	13
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	364	367.18/cwt	347.50–377.50	1,337	35
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	402	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,379	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	420	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,529	13
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,432	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	444	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,412	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	484	328.79/cwt	322.50–339.00	1,591	71
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	519	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,622	17
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	317.97/cwt	314.00–321.50	1,666	81
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	543	296.57/cwt	291.00–306.00	1,610	25
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	556	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,585	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	574	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,705	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	294.66/cwt	280.00–307.00	1,697	131
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	582	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,618	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	616	290.62/cwt	283.00–296.50	1,790	602
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	624	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,732	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	631	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,773	24
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	634	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,724	14
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	686	273.34/cwt	270.25–284.00	1,875	240
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	712	239.50/cwt	239.50–239.50	1,705	21
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	726	262.40/cwt	253.00–268.00	1,905	38
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	766	264.50/cwt	264.50–264.50	2,026	14
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	768	254.65/cwt	252.00–257.00	1,956	30
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	841	237.72/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,999	13
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Replacement	916	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	2,317	49

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 May 23, 2024

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

Receipts 3,017Last week 1,443Year ago 1,502

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	430	333.00	333.00
71	450–500	484	322.50–339.00	328.79
81	500–550	524	314.00–321.50	317.97
131	550–600	576	280.00–307.00	294.66
602	600–650	616	283.00–296.50	290.62
240	650–700	686	270.25–284.00	273.34
38	700–750	726	253.00–268.00	262.40
30	750–800	768	252.00–257.00	254.65
13	800–850	841	235.00–240.00	237.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	310	390.00	390.00
9	400–450	402	343.00	343.00
17	500–550	519	312.50	312.50
10	550–600	574	297.00	297.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	280	380.00	380.00
35	350–400	364	347.50–377.50	367.18
25	500–550	543	291.00–306.00	296.57
7	600–650	624	277.50	277.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	444	318.00	318.00
5	550–600	556	285.00	285.00
24	600–650	631	281.00	281.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
14	750–800	766	264.50	264.50
49	900–950	916	253.00	253.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	420	364.00	364.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	600–650	634	272.00	272.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	582	278.00	278.00
21	700–750	712	239.50	239.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
23	550–600	560	359.00	359.00
82	650–700	654	329.50	329.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	450–500	471	398.50	398.50
37	500–550	531	346.00–367.00	353.06
64	550–600	564	333.00–347.50	342.69
181	600–650	628	326.85–333.00	328.97
255	650–700	665	305.50–315.50	310.41
116	700–750	743	284.25–292.50	284.72
5	800–850	847	256.00	256.00
58	900–950	917	237.00–240.00	238.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	458	347.50	347.50
12	600–650	604	311.00	311.00
32	650–700	686	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
66	1000–1050	1,021	226.25	226.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	612	312.00	312.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	578	307.50	307.50
17	700–750	733	259.00	259.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	299	385.00	385.00
19	350–400	385	373.00–375.00	373.52
10	400–450	427	342.50–361.00	351.41
10	450–500	464	375.00	375.00
20	500–550	532	334.00–356.00	339.67
44	600–650	623	314.50–324.00	320.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	349	400.00	400.00
17	350–400	399	390.00	390.00
16	500–550	508	366.00	366.00

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.