Sale reports / North Dakota / Stockmen's Livestock Exchange / 2020-11-05

Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2020-11-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-05

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

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099

← Oct 29Nov 5Nov 12 →

Receipts

4,271 head

▲ 213 vs last sale 4,058▼ 629 vs year ago 4,900 · −12.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Feeder steers 400-450 lbs 8.00 higher; 450-500 lbs 5.00 lower; 500-550 lbs along with 600-700 lbs steady to 2.00 higher. 550-600 and 700-750 lbs 2.00 lower. Feeder heifers 400-450 lbs 6.00 lower; 450-600 lbs 3.00 - 5.00 higher; 600-650 lbs 1.00 higher. Demand was good to moderate on today's offering of feeder steers and heifers. Quality was mostly attractive with the feeders in light to moderate flesh. Next sale is scheduled for November 12 , 2020 expecting a large run of feeders.

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 $153.80/cwt on 2,127 head.

Average price

$153.80

2,127 head · 587 lb average

Value per head Derived

$903

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$153

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

$4.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.13

vs ND average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	589	153.92	907	2,076
Medium and Large 1-2	506	149.02	754	51

One grade step is worth $4.90/cwt here — about $153 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 sale2,127 hd

153.80

—

ND average3 barns · 5,069 hd

153.68

+0.13

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

Every lot

25 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	349	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	628	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	395	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	727	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	405	184.57/cwt	177.00–193.00	748	48
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	440	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	735	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	485	173.81/cwt	166.00–180.00	843	141
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	485	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	718	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	517	145.81/cwt	137.50–151.50	754	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	518	163.58/cwt	154.00–171.60	847	375
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	576	151.37/cwt	144.75–158.00	872	564
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	611	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	822	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	616	148.53/cwt	139.00–153.25	915	420
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	667	145.76/cwt	136.00–150.50	972	331
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	712	144.40/cwt	139.75–150.00	1,028	187
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	388	148.69/cwt	141.00–159.00	577	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	436	146.05/cwt	140.00–157.00	637	124
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	440	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	594	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	465	136.29/cwt	131.50–138.00	634	54
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	480	146.50/cwt	141.00–158.00	703	136
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	526	143.44/cwt	137.00–157.00	754	322
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	528	136.93/cwt	136.00–138.50	723	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	563	136.40/cwt	125.00–139.50	768	290
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	625	129.56/cwt	127.00–132.50	810	160
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	890	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,113	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	989	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,216	14
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,041	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	1,286	13

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 Nov 5, 2020

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

Receipts 4,271Last week 4,058Year ago 4,900

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,041	123.50	123.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	890	125.00	125.00
14	—	989	123.00	123.00
22	—	388	141.00–159.00	148.69
124	—	436	140.00–157.00	146.05
136	—	480	141.00–158.00	146.50
290	—	563	125.00–139.50	136.40
160	—	625	127.00–132.50	129.56
322	—	526	137.00–157.00	143.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	465	131.50–138.00	136.29
4	—	440	135.00	135.00
21	—	528	136.00–138.50	136.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	440	167.00	167.00
20	—	485	148.00	148.00
10	—	517	137.50–151.50	145.81
10	—	611	134.50	134.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
420	—	616	139.00–153.25	148.53
4	—	349	180.00	180.00
564	—	576	144.75–158.00	151.37
141	—	485	166.00–180.00	173.81
187	—	712	139.75–150.00	144.40
48	—	405	177.00–193.00	184.57
375	—	518	154.00–171.60	163.58
331	—	667	136.00–150.50	145.76
6	—	395	184.00	184.00

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.