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Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2024-11-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-21

Feeder Cattle · Dickinson, North Dakota · Thu, Nov 21

● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099

← Nov 14Nov 21Dec 5 →

Receipts

4,150 head

▲ 250 vs last sale 3,900▼ 747 vs year ago 4,897 · −15.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers 400-450 lbs. 9.00 higher, Steers 450-500 lbs. 20.00 higher, Steers 500-600 lbs. 10.00 to 15.00 higher, Steers 600-625 lbs. 16.00 higher. Heifers 400-450 lbs. 20.00 higher, Heifers 450-500 lbs. 10.00 higher, Heifers 500-600 lbs. 14.00 to 17.00 higher, Heifers over 600 lbs. not enough for a test. The buyer demand was very good from start to finish. The market activity was very active. The CME feeder cattle index closed November 20 at 254.27 up 2.00 from November 14. The state off North Dakota received much needed moisture, more moisture to the northeast of Dickinson, ND. Next USDA reported sale at Stockmen's will be December,5.

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 $332.05/cwt on 777 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −155.07 against this barn's trailing median of $487.12.

Average price

$332.05

777 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,847

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+1.55

vs ND average

+22.79 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	332.05	1,847	777

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 sale777 hd

332.05

—

ND average3 barns · 1,742 hd

330.50

+1.55

National average182 barns · 24,645 hd

309.26

+22.79

This barn, trailing median13 sales

487.12

−155.07

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

23 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	246	1,350.00/head	1,350.00–1,350.00	1,350	6
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	330	472.64/cwt	450.00–480.00	1,560	49
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fancy	358	492.50/cwt	492.50–492.50	1,763	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	374	444.83/cwt	430.00–470.00	1,664	41
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	417	417.92/cwt	417.50–418.00	1,743	84
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	432	387.84/cwt	380.00–397.00	1,675	137
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	459	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,813	32
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	368.09/cwt	350.50–390.00	1,767	403
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	531	342.08/cwt	332.00–365.00	1,816	358
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	323.48/cwt	316.00–333.50	1,870	419
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	617	310.70/cwt	305.50–314.00	1,917	326
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	287.05/cwt	280.50–289.75	1,952	113
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	293	1,125.00/head	1,125.00–1,125.00	1,125	6
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	298	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,177	6
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	328	376.89/cwt	370.00–381.00	1,236	34
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	378	356.28/cwt	350.00–362.50	1,347	91
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	347.00/cwt	334.00–354.00	1,464	270
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	463	346.50/cwt	346.50–346.50	1,604	57
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	484	329.59/cwt	320.00–337.00	1,595	258
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	312.87/cwt	301.00–328.50	1,633	300
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	574	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,722	35
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	288.12/cwt	283.00–291.75	1,660	218
Heifers	950–1000	Large 1	983	224.50/cwt	224.50–224.50	2,207	7

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 Nov 21, 2024

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

Receipts 4,150Last week 3,900Year ago 4,897

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	950–1000	983	224.50	224.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
57	450–500	463	346.50	346.50
35	550–600	574	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	298	395.00	395.00
6	250–300	293	1,125.00	1,125.00
34	300–350	328	370.00–381.00	376.89
91	350–400	378	350.00–362.50	356.28
270	400–450	422	334.00–354.00	347.00
258	450–500	484	320.00–337.00	329.59
300	500–550	522	301.00–328.50	312.87
218	550–600	576	283.00–291.75	288.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	358	492.50	492.50
84	400–450	417	417.50–418.00	417.92
32	450–500	459	395.00	395.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	200–250	246	1,350.00	1,350.00
49	300–350	330	450.00–480.00	472.64
41	350–400	374	430.00–470.00	444.83
137	400–450	432	380.00–397.00	387.84
403	450–500	480	350.50–390.00	368.09
358	500–550	531	332.00–365.00	342.08
419	550–600	578	316.00–333.50	323.48
326	600–650	617	305.50–314.00	310.70
113	650–700	680	280.50–289.75	287.05

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.