Sale reports / North Dakota / Stockmen's Livestock Exchange / 2020-01-23

Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2020-01-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-23

Feeder Cattle · Dickinson, North Dakota · Thu, Jan 23

● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099

← Jan 9Jan 23Jan 30 →

Receipts

3,227 head

▼ 1 vs last sale 3,228▲ 3,227 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 500-600 lbs 8.00 higher; 600-700 lbs 3.00 higher; 700-800 lbs 6.00-12.00 lower. Feeder heifers 450-700 lbs 4.00 - 11.00 higher; 750-800 lbs 2.00 higher. Moderate to good demand seen on today's offering. Quality was mostly attractive with feeders in light to moderate flesh. Next sale is scheduled for January 30, 2020.

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 $150.34/cwt on 1,622 head.

Average price

$150.34

1,622 head · 741 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,114

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$230

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

$1.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.15

vs ND average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	583	152.15	887	27
Medium and Large 1	743	150.31	1,117	1,595

One grade step is worth $1.84/cwt here — about −$230 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 sale1,622 hd

150.34

—

ND average4 barns · 6,260 hd

157.48

−7.15

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

Every lot

26 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	492	187.55/cwt	178.50–191.50	923	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	507	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	811	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	542	180.28/cwt	174.00–181.75	977	39
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	570	175.29/cwt	172.00–178.50	999	66
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	572	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	867	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	635	160.62/cwt	154.00–164.00	1,020	103
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	635	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	940	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	674	154.54/cwt	145.50–157.75	1,042	203
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	725	150.40/cwt	141.00–155.75	1,090	390
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	783	144.91/cwt	137.75–151.50	1,135	188
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	813	143.75/cwt	139.00–146.50	1,169	376
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	870	138.50/cwt	137.25–139.25	1,205	201
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	425	172.70/cwt	167.00–182.00	734	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	472	157.96/cwt	156.50–159.00	746	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	512	150.82/cwt	145.00–153.50	772	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	568	153.99/cwt	145.00–157.50	875	130
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	575	138.94/cwt	132.00–141.00	799	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	627	148.29/cwt	145.00–152.00	930	82
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	644	134.62/cwt	134.50–135.00	867	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	653	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	859	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	678	145.11/cwt	142.50–148.50	984	123
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	737	134.93/cwt	131.25–136.50	994	160
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	784	133.44/cwt	128.00–137.00	1,046	44
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	830	128.36/cwt	123.50–130.00	1,065	24
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	564	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	852	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	683	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	915	14

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 Jan 23, 2020

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

Receipts 3,227Last week 3,228Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
203	—	674	145.50–157.75	154.54
66	—	570	172.00–178.50	175.29
103	—	635	154.00–164.00	160.62
376	—	813	139.00–146.50	143.75
390	—	725	141.00–155.75	150.40
29	—	492	178.50–191.50	187.55
39	—	542	174.00–181.75	180.28
188	—	783	137.75–151.50	144.91
201	—	870	137.25–139.25	138.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	507	160.00	160.00
8	—	572	151.50	151.50
12	—	635	148.00	148.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	564	151.00	151.00
14	—	683	134.00	134.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	512	145.00–153.50	150.82
23	—	425	167.00–182.00	172.70
24	—	830	123.50–130.00	128.36
29	—	472	156.50–159.00	157.96
123	—	678	142.50–148.50	145.11
130	—	568	145.00–157.50	153.99
160	—	737	131.25–136.50	134.93
44	—	784	128.00–137.00	133.44
82	—	627	145.00–152.00	148.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	644	134.50–135.00	134.62
16	—	653	131.50	131.50
18	—	575	132.00–141.00	138.94

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.