Sale reports / North Dakota / Stockmen's Livestock Exchange / 2019-10-17

Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2019-10-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-17

Feeder Cattle · Dickinson, North Dakota · Thu, Oct 17

● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago; Limited steer receipts . Best test on heifers 850-900 lbs 2.00 lower; 900-950 lbs 4.00 higher; 950-1000 lbs 5.00 lower. Good demand seen on today;s offering of yearling steers and heifers. This was the first sale offering of spring calves. Moderate to good demand for today's offering of spring calves with many calves having fall preconditioning vaccinations. Flesh condition varied from light to moderate. Next sale is scheduled for October 23, 2019, expecting 4000 calves,

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $150.52/cwt on 1,931 head.

Average price

$150.52

1,931 head · 634 lb average

Value per head Derived

$955

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$158

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

$5.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.87

vs ND average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	637	150.69	959	1,873
Medium and Large 1-2	553	144.95	801	58

One grade step is worth $5.75/cwt here — about $158 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 sale1,931 hd

150.52

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ND average4 barns · 2,779 hd

147.65

+2.87

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

34 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	420	151.59/cwt	151.00–152.00	637	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	430	163.05/cwt	158.00–176.50	701	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	479	161.10/cwt	153.00–168.50	772	134
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	494	144.62/cwt	144.00–145.00	714	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	528	155.14/cwt	147.50–159.00	819	200
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	572	149.47/cwt	142.50–154.00	855	480
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	619	148.02/cwt	145.00–151.25	916	472
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	651	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	934	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	678	156.03/cwt	145.00–160.00	1,058	296
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	731	148.85/cwt	147.50–152.25	1,088	36
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	772	140.22/cwt	138.00–144.50	1,082	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	822	139.52/cwt	137.50–145.75	1,147	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	843	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,054	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	850	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,105	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	940	144.03/cwt	136.00–145.25	1,354	57
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	956	144.75/cwt	144.75–144.75	1,384	69
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,035	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,408	60
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	396	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	598	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	437	143.84/cwt	140.00–151.50	629	71
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	474	138.76/cwt	136.00–142.00	658	68
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	524	132.87/cwt	130.00–137.00	696	135
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	574	136.01/cwt	132.00–140.50	781	198
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	611	136.86/cwt	132.00–149.00	836	35
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	627	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	815	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	706	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,080	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	715	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	937	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	763	134.11/cwt	130.00–136.00	1,023	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	822	143.75/cwt	143.75–143.75	1,182	36
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	865	135.33/cwt	130.00–141.25	1,171	40
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	906	135.86/cwt	134.50–140.00	1,231	99
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	917	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,183	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	968	125.96/cwt	120.25–132.00	1,219	41
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,004	130.01/cwt	128.00–130.75	1,305	86
Heifers	—	Large 1Fleshy	1,023	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,217	8

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 17, 2019

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

Receipts 0Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,023	119.00	119.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
86	—	1,004	128.00–130.75	130.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	396	151.00	151.00
17	—	706	153.00	153.00
22	—	763	130.00–136.00	134.11
35	—	611	132.00–149.00	136.86
36	—	822	143.75	143.75
40	—	865	130.00–141.25	135.33
41	—	968	120.25–132.00	125.96
68	—	474	136.00–142.00	138.76
71	—	437	140.00–151.50	143.84
99	—	906	134.50–140.00	135.86
135	—	524	130.00–137.00	132.87
198	—	574	132.00–140.50	136.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	917	129.00	129.00
7	—	627	130.00	130.00
21	—	715	131.00	131.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	850	130.00	130.00
18	—	772	138.00–144.50	140.22
22	—	430	158.00–176.50	163.05
25	—	822	137.50–145.75	139.52
36	—	731	147.50–152.25	148.85
57	—	940	136.00–145.25	144.03
60	—	1,035	136.00	136.00
69	—	956	144.75	144.75
134	—	479	153.00–168.50	161.10
200	—	528	147.50–159.00	155.14
296	—	678	145.00–160.00	156.03
472	—	619	145.00–151.25	148.02
480	—	572	142.50–154.00	149.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	843	125.00	125.00
13	—	494	144.00–145.00	144.62
20	—	420	151.00–152.00	151.59
20	—	651	143.50	143.50

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.