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Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2024-12-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-12

Feeder Cattle · Dickinson, North Dakota · Thu, Dec 12

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099

← Dec 5Dec 12Dec 17 →

Receipts

3,410 head

▼ 248 vs last sale 3,658▲ 750 vs year ago 2,660 · +28.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers 400 to 500 lbs. 5 to 10 higher, Steers 500 to 600 lbs. 10 to 15 higher, Steers 600 to 700 lbs. steady to 5 lower. Heifers 400 to 500 lbs. steady to 5 lower, Heifers 500 to 600 lbs. steady, Heifers 600 to 700 lbs. steady. Not enough yearlings for a good test. The demand was very good. The order buyers had very good demand. The local feeders were present, but the sale had a small offering of feeder cattle under 400 lbs. The flesh condition continues to be very attractive. This sale had a large offering of weaned calves. This was the last USDA reported sale for 2024. The next USDA reported sale at Stockmens will be 1/09/2025.

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 $347.12/cwt on 859 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −140.00 against this barn's trailing median of $487.12.

Average price

$347.12

859 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,914

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$247

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

$13.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.31

vs ND average

+22.77 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	347.29	1,917	848
Medium and Large 1-2	500	334.00	1,670	11thin

One grade step is worth $13.29/cwt here — about $247 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 sale859 hd

347.12

—

ND average3 barns · 2,269 hd

346.81

+0.31

National average185 barns · 29,268 hd

324.35

+22.77

This barn, trailing median13 sales

487.12

−140.00

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

25 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	300–350	Medium and Large 1	318	503.00/cwt	503.00–503.00	1,600	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	355	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,793	12
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	421	431.36/cwt	397.00–450.00	1,816	99
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	380.72/cwt	367.50–400.00	1,820	228
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	500	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,670	11
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	360.76/cwt	340.00–371.00	1,876	373
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	336.71/cwt	323.00–342.25	1,943	475
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	602	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,806	16
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	634	313.41/cwt	298.50–318.00	1,987	173
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	667	290.84/cwt	285.00–297.50	1,940	118
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	282.39/cwt	278.00–285.00	2,056	64
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	761	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,093	20
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	346	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	1,360	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	382	366.75/cwt	361.50–379.00	1,401	51
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	347.28/cwt	335.00–365.00	1,469	132
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	489	322.52/cwt	314.50–326.00	1,577	157
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	514	314.27/cwt	284.00–324.00	1,615	226
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	523	298.02/cwt	290.00–305.50	1,559	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	296.39/cwt	282.00–303.00	1,710	74
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	598	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,447	14
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	611	284.48/cwt	278.00–286.00	1,738	120
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	266.08/cwt	260.00–268.00	1,780	58
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	718	249.67/cwt	244.50–252.50	1,793	33
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	799	248.75/cwt	248.75–248.75	1,988	43
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	822	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	2,039	6

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 Dec 12, 2024

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

Receipts 3,410Last week 3,658Year ago 2,660

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	346	393.00	393.00
51	350–400	382	361.50–379.00	366.75
132	400–450	423	335.00–365.00	347.28
157	450–500	489	314.50–326.00	322.52
226	500–550	514	284.00–324.00	314.27
74	550–600	577	282.00–303.00	296.39
120	600–650	611	278.00–286.00	284.48
58	650–700	669	260.00–268.00	266.08
33	700–750	718	244.50–252.50	249.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	523	290.00–305.50	298.02
14	550–600	598	242.00	242.00
43	750–800	799	248.75	248.75
6	800–850	822	248.00	248.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	318	503.00	503.00
12	350–400	355	505.00	505.00
99	400–450	421	397.00–450.00	431.36
228	450–500	478	367.50–400.00	380.72
373	500–550	520	340.00–371.00	360.76
475	550–600	577	323.00–342.25	336.71
173	600–650	634	298.50–318.00	313.41
118	650–700	667	285.00–297.50	290.84
64	700–750	728	278.00–285.00	282.39
20	750–800	761	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	500	334.00	334.00
16	600–650	602	300.00	300.00

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.