Sale reports / North Dakota / Stockmen's Livestock Exchange / 2019-09-26

Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Dickinson, North Dakota · Thu, Sep 26
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099
Receipts
1,557 head
▲ 611 vs last sale 946▲ 1,557 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago. Feeder steers traded 10.00 higher. Feeder heifers weighing 750-800 lbs 8.00 higher; 800-850 lbs 10.00 higher; 850-900 lbs 6.00 higher; 900-950 lbs 4.00 higher. Moderate to good demand for today's offering of yearling steers and heifers coming off of grass. Flesh condition varied from light to moderate. Next sale is schedule for October 3, 2019.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $138.99/cwt on 676 head.
Average price
$138.99
676 head · 897 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,246
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$157
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$9.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.55
vs ND average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1886140.031,241600
Large 11,021130.751,33560
Medium and Large 1-2829130.751,08416thin
One grade step is worth $9.28/cwt here — about $157 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 sale676 hd
138.99
—
ND average2 barns · 1,181 hd
140.54
−1.55
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

22 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1486151.00/cwt151.00–151.0073416
Steers—Medium and Large 1563146.00/cwt140.50–147.0082219
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2593133.50/cwt133.50–133.507925
Steers—Medium and Large 1613137.00/cwt137.00–137.008409
Steers—Medium and Large 1710144.32/cwt142.50–149.501,02512
Steers—Medium and Large 1775149.97/cwt146.25–152.501,16233
Steers—Medium and Large 1814151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,22918
Steers—Medium and Large 1883141.33/cwt139.60–142.001,24894
Steers—Medium and Large 1931139.08/cwt135.00–141.751,295305
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2936129.50/cwt129.50–129.501,21211
Steers—Medium and Large 1979132.89/cwt125.75–135.251,30194
Steers—Large 11,021130.75/cwt130.75–130.751,33560
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1563125.00/cwt125.00–125.007048
Heifers—Medium and Large 1627135.00/cwt135.00–135.008465
Heifers—Medium and Large 1738138.16/cwt138.00–139.001,02019
Heifers—Medium and Large 1775135.21/cwt131.75–140.251,04861
Heifers—Medium and Large 1831135.50/cwt131.25–136.501,12650
Heifers—Medium and Large 1887131.83/cwt129.25–134.751,16974
Heifers—Medium and Large 1913129.54/cwt128.50–130.001,18323
Heifers—Medium and Large 1987127.50/cwt127.50–127.501,2583
Heifers—Large 11,031123.87/cwt119.00–124.251,27754
Heifers—Large 11,058124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,31231

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.