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Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2024-10-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-17

Feeder Cattle · Dickinson, North Dakota · Thu, Oct 17

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099

← Oct 10Oct 17Oct 24 →

Receipts

2,553 head

▲ 1,391 vs last sale 1,162▼ 1,439 vs year ago 3,992 · −36.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer calves steady to 5.00 higher, instances to 10.00 higher. Heifer calves sold with steady to higher undertones, offering too limited last week to make full dollar comparisons. Yearling feeder steers and heifers not well compared. Very good demand for steer and heifer calves, the quality was very attractive and there were more buyers on the seats this week ready to buy. The market was very active as buyers were eager to get these cattle bought as they are carrying plenty of orders. Farmer feeders have made enough harvest progress to be able to now take on a set of calves and start them on feed. Cash fed cattle at 188.00-189.00, so far this week, is helping to lend support to the feeder market. as cattle feeders are able to sell cattle higher than the spot futures month. Next reported sale will be Oct 24, 2024 expecting 4,500 head.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $311.47/cwt on 605 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −175.65 against this barn's trailing median of $487.12.

Average price

$311.47

605 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,703

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$143

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

$10.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.37

vs ND average

+12.14 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	311.63	1,705	596
Medium and Large 1-2	519	301.00	1,562	9thin

One grade step is worth $10.63/cwt here — about $143 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 sale605 hd

311.47

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ND average2 barns · 768 hd

305.10

+6.37

National average188 barns · 32,793 hd

299.33

+12.14

This barn, trailing median13 sales

487.12

−175.65

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

Steers 500–600 lb: high $518.31, low $440.24, median $487.12 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

29 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	340	406.27/cwt	406.00–407.50	1,381	22
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	352	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,320	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	378	382.41/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,446	44
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	375.77/cwt	357.00–381.00	1,597	179
Steers	400–450	Medium 1	425	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,424	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	337.89/cwt	325.00–353.00	1,615	272
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	519	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,562	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	318.15/cwt	305.00–334.50	1,664	329
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	303.60/cwt	291.00–310.00	1,752	267
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	624	291.21/cwt	282.50–301.75	1,817	253
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	666	285.29/cwt	271.00–290.00	1,900	132
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	722	270.60/cwt	259.50–276.00	1,954	68
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	783	256.50/cwt	256.50–256.50	2,008	12
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	331	360.67/cwt	344.00–367.00	1,194	22
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	332.78/cwt	330.00–339.00	1,265	25
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	394	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,119	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium 1	408	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,289	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	416	310.61/cwt	299.00–337.00	1,292	107
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	462	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,340	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	469	295.94/cwt	278.00–309.00	1,388	192
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	279.13/cwt	269.00–284.00	1,479	178
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	261.10/cwt	257.00–263.00	1,499	131
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	624	250.85/cwt	243.00–257.00	1,565	33
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	656	238.50/cwt	238.50–238.50	1,565	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	687	245.56/cwt	244.00–247.50	1,687	22
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	819	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,941	6
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	870	234.59/cwt	233.00–239.50	2,041	16
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	916	228.99/cwt	227.50–231.00	2,098	7
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,013	219.69/cwt	215.00–222.00	2,225	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 17, 2024

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

Receipts 2,553Last week 1,162Year ago 3,992

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	1000–1050	1,013	215.00–222.00	219.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	408	316.00	316.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	300–350	331	344.00–367.00	360.67
25	350–400	380	330.00–339.00	332.78
107	400–450	416	299.00–337.00	310.61
192	450–500	469	278.00–309.00	295.94
178	500–550	530	269.00–284.00	279.13
131	550–600	574	257.00–263.00	261.10
33	600–650	624	243.00–257.00	250.85
22	650–700	687	244.00–247.50	245.56
6	800–850	819	237.00	237.00
16	850–900	870	233.00–239.50	234.59
7	900–950	916	227.50–231.00	228.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	394	284.00	284.00
3	450–500	462	290.00	290.00
6	650–700	656	238.50	238.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	425	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	352	375.00	375.00
9	500–550	519	301.00	301.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	300–350	340	406.00–407.50	406.27
44	350–400	378	370.00–400.00	382.41
179	400–450	425	357.00–381.00	375.77
272	450–500	478	325.00–353.00	337.89
329	500–550	523	305.00–334.50	318.15
267	550–600	577	291.00–310.00	303.60
253	600–650	624	282.50–301.75	291.21
132	650–700	666	271.00–290.00	285.29
68	700–750	722	259.50–276.00	270.60
12	750–800	783	256.50	256.50

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.