Sale reports / North Dakota / Stockmen's Livestock Exchange / 2020-03-05

Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2020-03-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-05

Feeder Cattle · Dickinson, North Dakota · Thu, Mar 5

● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099

← Feb 27Mar 5Mar 12 →

Receipts

1,541 head

▲ 479 vs last sale 1,062▲ 1,541 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded 2.00 -4.00 higher. Demand was good to moderate on today's offering. Quality was mostly attractive with feeders in light to moderate flesh. Next sale is March 12, 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 $143.14/cwt on 742 head.

Average price

$143.14

742 head · 743 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,064

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$241

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

$11.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.36

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	536	154.00	825	9thin
Medium and Large 1	746	143.00	1,066	733

One grade step is worth $11.00/cwt here — about −$241 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 sale742 hd

143.14

—

ND average3 barns · 5,360 hd

148.50

−5.36

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

Every lot

18 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	523	169.96/cwt	165.50–172.00	889	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	536	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	825	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	567	164.60/cwt	163.00–166.50	933	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	641	159.68/cwt	152.50–162.75	1,024	85
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	670	150.91/cwt	145.75–153.25	1,011	166
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	720	143.39/cwt	143.00–144.75	1,032	57
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	777	139.05/cwt	135.00–142.00	1,080	144
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	817	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,103	85
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	894	124.62/cwt	124.50–125.75	1,114	70
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	905	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,122	75
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	443	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	696	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	534	150.84/cwt	145.00–158.00	805	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	579	149.87/cwt	146.25–157.25	868	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	630	140.69/cwt	138.00–142.75	886	81
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	665	133.19/cwt	132.75–133.50	886	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	722	126.79/cwt	126.00–128.25	915	62
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	779	122.71/cwt	121.50–123.50	956	38
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	440	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	748	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 Mar 5, 2020

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

Receipts 1,541Last week 1,062Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	443	157.00	157.00
38	—	779	121.50–123.50	122.71
34	—	665	132.75–133.50	133.19
32	—	579	146.25–157.25	149.87
13	—	534	145.00–158.00	150.84
62	—	722	126.00–128.25	126.79
81	—	630	138.00–142.75	140.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	440	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
166	—	670	145.75–153.25	150.91
144	—	777	135.00–142.00	139.05
85	—	817	135.00	135.00
85	—	641	152.50–162.75	159.68
70	—	894	124.50–125.75	124.62
75	—	905	124.00	124.00
57	—	720	143.00–144.75	143.39
31	—	567	163.00–166.50	164.60
20	—	523	165.50–172.00	169.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	536	154.00	154.00

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.