Sale reports / North Dakota / Stockmen's Livestock Exchange / 2019-10-03

Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2019-10-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-03

Feeder Cattle · Dickinson, North Dakota · Thu, Oct 3

● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099

← Sep 26Oct 3Oct 17 →

Receipts

778 head

▼ 779 vs last sale 1,557▲ 778 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers traded on a higher undertone with limited receipts. Feeder heifers traded steady to 2.00 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 scheduled for October 10, 2019 expecting 1500 yearlings.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $133.80/cwt on 514 head.

Average price

$133.80

514 head · 848 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,135

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$113

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$18.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs ND average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	834	135.33	1,129	466
Medium and Large 1-2	502	131.50	660	7thin
Large 1	1,063	116.78	1,242	41

One grade step is worth $18.55/cwt here — about −$113 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 sale514 hd

133.80

—

ND average1 barns · 514 hd

133.80

+0.00

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	626	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	964	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	697	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,080	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	737	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,039	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	745	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,140	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	759	152.75/cwt	152.75–152.75	1,159	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	821	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	1,219	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	856	146.35/cwt	146.35–146.35	1,253	42
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	925	140.30/cwt	138.00–140.75	1,298	24
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	404	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	560	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	502	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	660	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	548	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	792	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	621	143.25/cwt	143.25–143.25	890	62
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	654	141.25/cwt	141.25–141.25	924	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	726	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	1,006	50
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	837	137.32/cwt	132.00–139.00	1,149	68
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	933	131.70/cwt	128.75–133.85	1,229	131
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	965	130.45/cwt	125.50–131.00	1,259	115
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,031	115.89/cwt	115.50–116.00	1,195	18
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,066	120.75/cwt	120.75–120.75	1,287	16
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,141	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,255	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 Oct 3, 2019

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

Receipts 778Last week 1,557Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,141	110.00	110.00
16	—	1,066	120.75	120.75
18	—	1,031	115.50–116.00	115.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	404	138.50	138.50
9	—	548	144.50	144.50
26	—	654	141.25	141.25
50	—	726	138.50	138.50
62	—	621	143.25	143.25
68	—	837	132.00–139.00	137.32
115	—	965	125.50–131.00	130.45
131	—	933	128.75–133.85	131.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	502	131.50	131.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	821	148.50	148.50
20	—	697	155.00	155.00
22	—	745	153.00	153.00
22	—	759	152.75	152.75
24	—	626	154.00	154.00
24	—	925	138.00–140.75	140.30
42	—	856	146.35	146.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	737	141.00	141.00

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.