Sale reports / North Dakota / Stockmen's Livestock Exchange / 2019-11-14

Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Dickinson, North Dakota · Thu, Nov 14
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099
Receipts
4,549 head
▼ 351 vs last sale 4,900▲ 4,549 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 400 - 450 & 500-550 lbs fully higher; 450-500 lbs 5.00 higher; 550-750 lbs steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers traded steady to 4.00 higher. Good demand for this offering of very attractive spring born steer and heifer calves. Flesh condition varied from light to moderate. Next sale is scheduled for November 21,2019.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $157.41/cwt on 1,961 head.
Average price
$157.41
1,961 head · 609 lb average
Value per head Derived
$958
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$157
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$10.89/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.11
vs ND average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1612158.079681,842
Medium and Large 1-2551147.17811119
One grade step is worth $10.89/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 sale1,961 hd
157.41
—
ND average4 barns · 8,479 hd
156.30
+1.11
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

24 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1373194.51/cwt194.00–195.0072610
Steers—Medium and Large 1426189.40/cwt176.00–195.0080764
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2440158.78/cwt143.00–171.006997
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2470155.00/cwt155.00–155.0072911
Steers—Medium and Large 1480177.56/cwt174.00–180.5085235
Steers—Medium and Large 1523171.85/cwt163.50–180.50899404
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2545152.18/cwt150.50–155.0082940
Steers—Medium and Large 1583157.58/cwt150.25–163.25919162
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2583141.15/cwt132.00–145.5082361
Steers—Medium and Large 1625153.56/cwt145.50–159.25960500
Steers—Medium and Large 1679150.01/cwt146.00–154.001,019518
Steers—Medium and Large 1720147.82/cwt144.50–151.001,06469
Steers—Medium and Large 1758140.45/cwt138.25–145.501,06580
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1419158.95/cwt151.00–159.7566660
Heifers—Medium and Large 1485149.78/cwt145.50–153.75726175
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2493133.00/cwt133.00–133.0065614
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2514134.00/cwt134.00–134.006895
Heifers—Medium and Large 1522146.14/cwt137.00–151.75763247
Heifers—Medium and Large 1579139.82/cwt133.50–146.25810424
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2583131.00/cwt131.00–131.0076419
Heifers—Medium and Large 1614138.60/cwt134.00–140.00851219
Heifers—Medium and Large 1663134.77/cwt133.00–137.00894141
Heifers—Medium and Large 1702134.50/cwt134.50–134.509449
Heifers—Medium and Large 1927130.59/cwt127.00–136.501,21113

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.