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Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2024-10-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-03

Feeder Cattle · Dickinson, North Dakota · Thu, Oct 3

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099

← Sep 26Oct 3Oct 10 →

Receipts

894 head

▼ 577 vs last sale 1,471▼ 552 vs year ago 1,446 · −38.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers not well compared, much lighter offering of yearling steers this week, yearling feeder heifers mostly steady. Moderate to good demand for this lighter offering of yearlings, moderate demand for the few strings and packages of spring born calves offered. A lighter buyer attendance as well, market not quite as active as last week with fewer cattle to attract the buyers. This was the first offering of spring calves, more expected in the coming weeks. Next feeder cattle sale will be Oct. 10, expecting 2,500 feeders.

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 $253.00/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −183.86 against this barn's trailing median of $436.86.

Average price

$253.00

14 head · 568 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,436

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$49

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

$2.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.71

vs ND average

+6.22 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	575	254.00	1,461	7thin
Medium and Large 1-2	560	252.00	1,411	7thin

One grade step is worth $2.00/cwt here — about $49 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale14 hd

253.00

—

ND average2 barns · 34 hd

257.71

−4.71

National average172 barns · 12,740 hd

246.78

+6.22

This barn, trailing median13 sales

436.86

−183.86

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

30 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	363	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	1,292	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	419	352.07/cwt	350.50–355.00	1,475	20
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	505	319.74/cwt	316.00–321.00	1,615	59
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Full	755	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,872	13
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	771	257.03/cwt	255.00–259.00	1,982	10
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	804	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,950	11
Steers	850–900	Medium 1	870	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,923	10
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1Fleshy	1,026	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	2,073	20
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	358	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,164	12
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	408	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,289	22
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	459	300.55/cwt	299.00–310.00	1,380	28
Heifers	450–500	Large 1	484	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,254	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	560	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,411	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium 1	575	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,461	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	666	258.50/cwt	258.50–258.50	1,722	91
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	666	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,472	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium 1	738	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,638	16
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	742	243.28/cwt	243.00–245.00	1,805	89
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	783	237.37/cwt	230.00–242.50	1,859	40
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	811	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,865	7
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	821	236.46/cwt	236.00–237.00	1,941	26
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	884	228.79/cwt	227.75–232.50	2,023	85
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	917	226.60/cwt	217.00–231.50	2,078	68
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	963	219.83/cwt	218.25–220.75	2,117	36
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	979	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	2,066	5
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,027	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	2,044	7
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,032	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	2,090	3
Heifers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,110	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	2,176	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	427	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,302	9
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	529	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,465	9

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 Oct 3, 2024

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

Receipts 894Last week 1,471Year ago 1,446

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	1000–1050	1,026	202.00	202.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	800–850	804	242.50	242.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	363	356.00	356.00
20	400–450	419	350.50–355.00	352.07
59	500–550	505	316.00–321.00	319.74
10	750–800	771	255.00–259.00	257.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	850–900	870	221.00	221.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
13	750–800	755	248.00	248.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	484	259.00	259.00
7	1000–1050	1,027	199.00	199.00
4	1100–1150	1,110	196.00	196.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	575	254.00	254.00
16	700–750	738	222.00	222.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	560	252.00	252.00
6	650–700	666	221.00	221.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	358	325.00	325.00
22	400–450	408	316.00	316.00
28	450–500	459	299.00–310.00	300.55
91	650–700	666	258.50	258.50
89	700–750	742	243.00–245.00	243.28
40	750–800	783	230.00–242.50	237.37
26	800–850	821	236.00–237.00	236.46
85	850–900	884	227.75–232.50	228.79
68	900–950	917	217.00–231.50	226.60
36	950–1000	963	218.25–220.75	219.83
3	1000–1050	1,032	202.50	202.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	800–850	811	230.00	230.00
5	950–1000	979	211.00	211.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	427	305.00	305.00
9	500–550	529	277.00	277.00

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.