Sale reports / North Dakota / Stockmen's Livestock Exchange / 2020-10-22

Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Dickinson, North Dakota · Thu, Oct 22
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099
Receipts
3,828 head
▲ 773 vs last sale 3,055▼ 342 vs year ago 4,170 · −8.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 450 - 600 lbs 1.00 - 2.00 lower; 600-750 lbs 10.00-12.00 lower. Feeder heifers 500-550 lbs 2.00 lower; 550-600 lbs 6.00 lower. Demand was light to moderate for today's offering of calves. Quality was mostly attractive and all calves were off the cow in light to moderate flesh. Most calves had full preconditioning and those without were discounted. Next sale is scheduled for October 29, 2020.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $143.90/cwt on 2,019 head.
Average price
$143.90
2,019 head · 606 lb average
Value per head Derived
$871
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$90
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$6.59/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.55
vs ND average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1609144.498801,838
Medium and Large 1-2573137.89789181
One grade step is worth $6.59/cwt here — about $90 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 sale2,019 hd
143.90
—
ND average2 barns · 4,225 hd
141.35
+2.55
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 1345153.00/cwt153.00–153.005285
Steers—Medium and Large 1437160.00/cwt160.00–160.0069928
Steers—Medium and Large 1479162.65/cwt153.00–169.50779158
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2489151.00/cwt151.00–151.0073810
Steers—Medium and Large 1518153.21/cwt144.00–159.75794179
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2529141.27/cwt141.00–141.5074727
Steers—Medium and Large 1574149.75/cwt140.50–155.00860432
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2585137.15/cwt133.00–139.50802138
Steers—Medium and Large 1619139.59/cwt132.50–143.35864461
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2621118.00/cwt118.00–118.007336
Steers—Medium and Large 1677137.12/cwt130.50–139.00928244
Steers—Medium and Large 1716135.63/cwt132.00–138.75971310
Steers—Medium and Large 1766126.50/cwt126.50–126.5096921
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1349139.00/cwt139.00–139.004855
Heifers—Medium and Large 1381144.15/cwt143.00–145.0054914
Heifers—Medium and Large 1441138.65/cwt132.00–140.0061130
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2478127.65/cwt126.00–128.5061051
Heifers—Medium and Large 1481135.02/cwt129.00–145.00649103
Heifers—Medium and Large 1532137.35/cwt130.00–146.75731183
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy565138.75/cwt138.75–138.7578469
Heifers—Medium and Large 1580126.97/cwt119.00–132.00736334
Heifers—Medium and Large 1620125.54/cwt121.50–127.75778282
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2663118.00/cwt118.00–118.0078230
Heifers—Medium and Large 1676128.21/cwt120.75–130.0086768

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.