Sale reports / North Dakota / Stockmen's Livestock Exchange / 2024-11-14

Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Dickinson, North Dakota · Thu, Nov 14
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099
Receipts
3,900 head
▲ 1,231 vs last sale 2,669▼ 997 vs year ago 4,897 · −20.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers 400-500 lbs. 10-15 higher, steers 500-600 lbs. 10-15 higher, steers 600-700 lbs. steady to 7 higher. Heifers 400-500 steady, heifers 500-600 4 to 10 higher, 600 lbs. heifers 5 higher. Feeder cattle under 400 lbs. higher. The quality of cattle at this sale was outstanding from start to finish. The calves are coming of good North Dakota summer grass and the flesh condition is excellent. The order buyers had strong orders also from start to finish, the local feeders were present and pushed hard on the lighter cattle. The area is experiencing a moderate drought. The next USDA reported sale at Stockmen's is November 21.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $320.58/cwt on 784 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −166.54 against this barn's trailing median of $487.12.
Average price
$320.58
784 head · 557 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,784
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+3.28
vs ND average
+15.14 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1557320.581,784784
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 sale784 hd
320.58
—
ND average3 barns · 2,716 hd
317.30
+3.28
National average190 barns · 31,255 hd
305.44
+15.14
This barn, trailing median13 sales
487.12
−166.54
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
532497462426median 487.1203/0504/0905/2110/0810/29
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

31 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 12641,300.00/head1,275.00–1,325.001,3006
Steers300–350Medium and Large 13131,289.79/head1,000.00–1,536.001,2905
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1329446.26/cwt430.00–490.001,46821
Steers350–400Medium and Large 13501,050.00/head1,050.00–1,050.001,0501
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1382411.87/cwt409.00–420.001,57333
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1424379.35/cwt371.00–393.001,608156
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy464370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,71736
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1482349.58/cwt338.00–363.501,685421
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1536327.31/cwt322.00–339.501,754366
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1574313.35/cwt307.25–325.501,799345
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy577321.00/cwt321.00–321.001,85273
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1618294.94/cwt283.50–304.001,823308
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1670277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,85944
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1731261.54/cwt256.00–269.001,91241
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1750253.50/cwt253.50–253.501,9011
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 12651,025.00/head1,025.00–1,025.001,02513
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 13001,020.00/head1,020.00–1,020.001,0201
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1330390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,2873
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1374343.96/cwt341.00–360.001,28678
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425321.23/cwt311.00–330.001,365207
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473318.68/cwt315.00–320.501,507129
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy520309.00/cwt309.00–309.001,60753
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1535295.44/cwt278.50–302.501,581172
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy558290.25/cwt290.25–290.251,62059
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1572274.75/cwt271.00–280.001,57253
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1616265.64/cwt251.00–271.001,63686
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Replacement652249.50/cwt249.50–249.501,62710
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1655255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,67011
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed779240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,8709
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1837236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,9756
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1868238.00/cwt238.00–238.002,0669

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.