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Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2024-12-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-17

Feeder Cattle · Dickinson, North Dakota · Tue, Dec 17

● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099

← Dec 12Dec 17Jan 9 →

Receipts

3,800 head

▲ 390 vs last sale 3,410▲ 1,140 vs year ago 2,660 · +42.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the December 12, 2024 sale: Steers 400 to 500 lbs. 15 to 20 lower, Steers 500 to 600 lbs. 5 to 7 lower, Steers 600 to 700 lbs. steady to 5 higher. Heifers 400 to 500 lbs. 5 to 10 lower, Heifers 500 to 600 lbs. steady to 5 higher, Heifers 600 to 700 lbs. steady to 5 higher. Not enough yearlings for a test. Feeder cattle under 400 lbs. not enough for a test. The order buyers had very good demand. The local feeders were not present representing the small offering of under 400 lbs. feeders. The market was active. The feeder cattle continue to carry a attractive flesh condition. The majority of the feeder cattle offering were weaned. The producers have a adequate feed supply from good summer rains. The Dickinson, ND has not had a major moisture event in many months. The next USDA reported sale at Stockmen's will be January 9, 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 $340.98/cwt on 713 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −146.14 against this barn's trailing median of $487.12.

Average price

$340.98

713 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,873

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$144

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

$18.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.43

vs ND average

+14.35 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	343.02	1,889	633
Medium and Large 1-2	537	324.80	1,745	80

One grade step is worth $18.23/cwt here — about $144 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 sale713 hd

340.98

—

ND average3 barns · 2,982 hd

345.41

−4.43

National average173 barns · 17,754 hd

326.63

+14.35

This barn, trailing median13 sales

487.12

−146.14

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

26 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	321	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,573	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	377	443.49/cwt	432.50–465.00	1,672	30
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	413.42/cwt	400.00–422.50	1,765	204
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	439	336.86/cwt	312.50–361.50	1,479	22
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	473	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,703	12
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	488	360.08/cwt	337.00–370.00	1,757	41
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	355.72/cwt	341.00–371.00	1,860	331
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	528	334.88/cwt	331.00–339.00	1,768	63
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	572	287.43/cwt	282.50–297.00	1,644	17
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	581	329.11/cwt	318.50–338.00	1,912	302
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	318.60/cwt	310.50–320.50	2,007	171
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	678	295.70/cwt	284.00–311.00	2,005	240
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	287.65/cwt	278.75–291.00	2,071	289
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	810	257.26/cwt	240.50–262.25	2,084	22
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	862	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	2,103	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	383	372.55/cwt	368.00–378.00	1,427	34
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	436	328.98/cwt	322.00–345.00	1,434	116
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	448	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,322	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	483	320.51/cwt	306.00–335.00	1,548	191
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	513	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,483	33
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	314.64/cwt	310.00–320.50	1,683	194
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	564	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,512	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	301.28/cwt	292.50–310.00	1,708	222
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	616	280.51/cwt	276.00–284.00	1,728	80
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	671	277.89/cwt	259.00–279.00	1,865	93
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	771	248.14/cwt	237.00–254.00	1,913	18

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

Tue Dec 17, 2024

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

Receipts 3,800Last week 3,410Year ago 2,660

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	321	490.00	490.00
30	350–400	377	432.50–465.00	443.49
204	400–450	427	400.00–422.50	413.42
41	450–500	488	337.00–370.00	360.08
331	500–550	523	341.00–371.00	355.72
302	550–600	581	318.50–338.00	329.11
171	600–650	630	310.50–320.50	318.60
240	650–700	678	284.00–311.00	295.70
289	700–750	720	278.75–291.00	287.65
22	800–850	810	240.50–262.25	257.26
5	850–900	862	244.00	244.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	400–450	439	312.50–361.50	336.86
12	450–500	473	360.00	360.00
63	500–550	528	331.00–339.00	334.88
17	550–600	572	282.50–297.00	287.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	350–400	383	368.00–378.00	372.55
116	400–450	436	322.00–345.00	328.98
191	450–500	483	306.00–335.00	320.51
194	500–550	535	310.00–320.50	314.64
222	550–600	567	292.50–310.00	301.28
80	600–650	616	276.00–284.00	280.51
93	650–700	671	259.00–279.00	277.89
18	750–800	771	237.00–254.00	248.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	448	295.00	295.00
33	500–550	513	289.00	289.00
10	550–600	564	268.00	268.00

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.