Sale reports / North Dakota / Stockmen's Livestock Exchange / 2020-02-06

Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2020-02-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-06

Feeder Cattle · Dickinson, North Dakota · Thu, Feb 6

● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099

← Jan 30Feb 6Feb 13 →

Receipts

2,209 head

▼ 609 vs last sale 2,818▲ 2,209 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 600-650lbs and 800-850 lbs steady; 650-800 lbs 3.00- 6.00 higher. Feeder heifers 2.00-3.00 lower. Good to moderate demand seen on today's offering of steers and heifers . Quality was mostly attractive in light to moderate flesh. Next sale is scheduled for February 13, 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 $158.53/cwt on 1,002 head.

Average price

$158.53

1,002 head · 683 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,082

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$155

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

$17.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.53

vs ND average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	683	159.06	1,087	971
Medium and Large 1-2	656	142.00	932	31

One grade step is worth $17.06/cwt here — about $155 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 sale1,002 hd

158.53

—

ND average4 barns · 3,728 hd

157.01

+1.53

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

Every lot

27 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	333	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	741	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	355	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	774	68
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	427	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	871	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	472	191.39/cwt	191.00–197.00	903	118
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	543	173.16/cwt	165.00–174.75	940	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	566	171.15/cwt	157.00–176.00	969	36
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	617	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	867	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	638	159.34/cwt	148.50–166.00	1,017	160
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	675	142.72/cwt	141.50–143.00	963	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	678	155.04/cwt	152.75–158.50	1,051	39
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	707	151.85/cwt	147.50–155.75	1,074	50
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	769	143.89/cwt	136.00–147.85	1,107	128
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	830	137.41/cwt	136.50–138.60	1,141	132
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	868	135.82/cwt	133.75–136.25	1,179	81
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	918	131.94/cwt	125.50–133.50	1,211	103
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	366	183.50/cwt	183.50–183.50	672	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	418	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	727	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	473	159.01/cwt	158.00–160.00	752	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	522	154.15/cwt	149.50–157.00	805	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	576	147.68/cwt	141.75–154.00	851	99
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	582	135.75/cwt	135.75–135.75	790	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	628	141.55/cwt	137.75–145.50	889	143
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	688	131.05/cwt	127.75–132.75	902	121
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	718	130.09/cwt	128.00–131.50	934	103
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	816	120.69/cwt	120.00–123.00	985	47
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	835	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,111	89
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	863	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,070	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 Feb 6, 2020

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

Receipts 2,209Last week 2,818Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	816	120.00–123.00	120.69
9	—	366	183.50	183.50
13	—	418	174.00	174.00
14	—	473	158.00–160.00	159.01
14	—	863	124.00	124.00
30	—	522	149.50–157.00	154.15
99	—	576	141.75–154.00	147.68
103	—	718	128.00–131.50	130.09
121	—	688	127.75–132.75	131.05
143	—	628	137.75–145.50	141.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	582	135.75	135.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
89	—	835	133.00	133.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	678	152.75–158.50	155.04
50	—	707	147.50–155.75	151.85
118	—	472	191.00–197.00	191.39
128	—	769	136.00–147.85	143.89
132	—	830	136.50–138.60	137.41
36	—	566	157.00–176.00	171.15
81	—	868	133.75–136.25	135.82
103	—	918	125.50–133.50	131.94
10	—	427	204.00	204.00
12	—	333	222.50	222.50
34	—	543	165.00–174.75	173.16
160	—	638	148.50–166.00	159.34
68	—	355	218.00	218.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	617	140.50	140.50
21	—	675	141.50–143.00	142.72

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.