Sale reports / North Dakota / Stockmen's Livestock Exchange / 2019-09-12

Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Dickinson, North Dakota · Thu, Sep 12
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099
Receipts
946 head
▼ 644 vs last sale 1,590▲ 946 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to 2 weeks ago: Feeder steers and heifers traded 4.00 - 5.00 lower. Moderate demand for today's offering of yearling steers and heifers coming off of grass with many groups of checked open heifers in the offering. Flesh condition varied from light to moderate. Next sale is scheduled for September 26, 2019.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.28/cwt on 299 head.
Average price
$128.28
299 head · 835 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,071
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$167
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$15.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.27
vs ND average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1800130.461,043257
Large 11,053114.951,21042
One grade step is worth $15.51/cwt here — about −$167 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale299 hd
128.28
—
ND average2 barns · 874 hd
124.02
+4.27
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

20 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1627139.50/cwt139.50–139.508756
Steers—Medium and Large 1689151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,04042
Steers—Medium and Large 1706134.00/cwt134.00–134.009468
Steers—Medium and Large 1777139.31/cwt136.50–142.501,08240
Steers—Medium and Large 1820140.21/cwt136.25–141.351,15091
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2836124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,0377
Steers—Medium and Large 1889130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,1567
Steers—Medium and Large 1914121.50/cwt121.50–121.501,1115
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1539150.50/cwt150.50–150.5081123
Heifers—Medium and Large 1639139.28/cwt135.00–140.2589042
Heifers—Medium and Large 1688139.50/cwt139.50–139.5096010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1719137.67/cwt135.75–138.5099017
Heifers—Medium and Large 1778127.26/cwt126.25–128.2599049
Heifers—Medium and Large 1822123.75/cwt122.00–124.501,01710
Heifers—Medium and Large 1868124.75/cwt124.75–124.751,08312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1934125.12/cwt124.25–125.751,16944
Heifers—Medium and Large 1986120.13/cwt117.50–121.251,18450
Heifers—Large 11,023117.09/cwt116.50–117.501,19820
Heifers—Large 11,072112.65/cwt112.00–113.501,20817
Heifers—Large 11,107114.25/cwt114.25–114.251,2655

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.