Sale reports / North Dakota / Stockmen's Livestock Exchange / 2020-04-30

Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2020-04-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-30

Feeder Cattle · Dickinson, North Dakota · Thu, Apr 30

● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099

← Apr 23Apr 30May 14 →

Receipts

3,505 head

▲ 707 vs last sale 2,798▲ 3,505 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 550-700 lbs traded 3.00 - 4.00 higher. 700-750 & 800-850 lbs 2.00-4.00 lower. 750-800 lbs 10.00 lower. Feeder heifers 600-650 lbs 3.00 higher; 650-750 lbs 6.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good on today's offering of feeder steers and heifers Quality was attractive with many drafts in light to moderate flesh.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.53/cwt on 1,644 head.

Average price

$120.53

1,644 head · 761 lb average

Value per head Derived

$917

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$18

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

$12.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.87

vs ND average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	759	120.92	917	1,592
Medium and Large 1-2	827	108.69	899	52

One grade step is worth $12.23/cwt here — about $18 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 sale1,644 hd

120.53

—

ND average3 barns · 3,141 hd

124.40

−3.87

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

Every lot

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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	413	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	756	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	454	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	863	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	548	165.75/cwt	165.75–165.75	908	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	565	158.07/cwt	149.00–166.00	893	72
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	635	144.15/cwt	141.50–145.00	915	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	661	144.56/cwt	140.25–145.50	956	131
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	719	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	931	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	727	138.40/cwt	135.50–141.50	1,006	104
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	770	130.58/cwt	125.25–138.50	1,005	159
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	809	126.48/cwt	124.50–128.00	1,023	149
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	890	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,032	37
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	914	115.51/cwt	114.75–118.00	1,056	151
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	400	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	588	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	466	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	760	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	549	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	771	45
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	582	150.91/cwt	150.00–154.00	878	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	617	139.29/cwt	137.50–142.00	859	145
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	683	127.94/cwt	120.00–131.50	874	218
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	732	120.75/cwt	111.00–123.75	884	318
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	765	116.80/cwt	115.25–117.50	894	178
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	771	130.71/cwt	127.50–133.75	1,008	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	782	110.50/cwt	110.50–110.50	864	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	832	115.31/cwt	113.00–116.50	959	221
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	832	108.50/cwt	108.50–108.50	903	47
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	876	109.19/cwt	106.00–114.00	957	313
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	908	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	976	55
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	953	103.75/cwt	103.75–103.75	989	26

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 Apr 30, 2020

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

Receipts 3,505Last week 2,798Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	771	127.50–133.75	130.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	466	163.00	163.00
14	—	400	147.00	147.00
26	—	953	103.75	103.75
313	—	876	106.00–114.00	109.19
318	—	732	111.00–123.75	120.75
178	—	765	115.25–117.50	116.80
218	—	683	120.00–131.50	127.94
221	—	832	113.00–116.50	115.31
30	—	582	150.00–154.00	150.91
45	—	549	140.50	140.50
145	—	617	137.50–142.00	139.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	832	108.50	108.50
5	—	782	110.50	110.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	908	107.50	107.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	719	129.50	129.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
149	—	809	124.50–128.00	126.48
151	—	914	114.75–118.00	115.51
159	—	770	125.25–138.50	130.58
72	—	565	149.00–166.00	158.07
104	—	727	135.50–141.50	138.40
131	—	661	140.25–145.50	144.56
20	—	635	141.50–145.00	144.15
22	—	548	165.75	165.75
37	—	890	116.00	116.00
7	—	413	183.00	183.00
19	—	454	190.00	190.00

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.