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Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2020-11-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-19

Feeder Cattle · Dickinson, North Dakota · Thu, Nov 19

● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099

← Nov 12Nov 19Dec 3 →

Receipts

5,120 head

▲ 433 vs last sale 4,687▲ 664 vs year ago 4,456 · +14.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers weighing 400-500 lbs along with 650-700 lbs traded 2.00 - 3.00 lower; 500-600 lbs along with 700-750 lbs steady to 3.00 higher; 600-650 lbs 6.00 lower. Feeder heifers 400-550 & 600-700 lbs steady to 2.00 higher; 550-600 lbs 2.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good on today's offering of steers and heifers. Quailty was mostly attractive with feeders in light to moderate flesh. Next sale is scheduled for December3, 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 $155.28/cwt on 2,276 head.

Average price

$155.28

2,276 head · 598 lb average

Value per head Derived

$928

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$160

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

$0.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.54

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	496	155.56	771	43
Medium and Large 1	600	155.27	931	2,233

One grade step is worth $0.29/cwt here — about −$160 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 sale2,276 hd

155.28

—

ND average3 barns · 6,852 hd

153.74

+1.54

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

Every lot

26 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	385	195.02/cwt	194.00–196.00	751	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	423	186.39/cwt	181.00–187.50	788	41
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	433	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	680	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	469	176.10/cwt	169.00–180.50	826	182
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	479	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	757	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	517	154.19/cwt	150.00–158.00	797	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	523	171.06/cwt	160.00–175.75	895	235
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	556	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	962	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	569	156.81/cwt	147.00–165.00	892	624
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	633	148.13/cwt	142.50–150.50	938	323
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	672	145.40/cwt	140.75–149.85	977	686
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	714	138.50/cwt	133.50–142.50	989	77
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	764	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,031	27
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	380	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	570	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	422	154.53/cwt	145.50–158.00	652	119
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	480	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	643	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	483	151.98/cwt	141.00–160.00	734	217
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	526	145.86/cwt	140.50–150.00	767	160
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	545	131.10/cwt	130.75–132.50	714	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	576	136.14/cwt	126.00–142.75	784	530
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	621	134.97/cwt	127.75–142.35	838	325
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	669	130.31/cwt	127.50–132.25	872	44
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	724	131.75/cwt	131.75–131.75	954	27
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	376	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	654	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	510	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	740	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	692	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	872	15

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 19, 2020

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

Receipts 5,120Last week 4,687Year ago 4,456

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	556	173.00	173.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	517	150.00–158.00	154.19
6	—	433	157.00	157.00
11	—	479	158.00	158.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	764	135.00	135.00
235	—	523	160.00–175.75	171.06
323	—	633	142.50–150.50	148.13
686	—	672	140.75–149.85	145.40
77	—	714	133.50–142.50	138.50
624	—	569	147.00–165.00	156.81
182	—	469	169.00–180.50	176.10
23	—	385	194.00–196.00	195.02
41	—	423	181.00–187.50	186.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	376	174.00	174.00
12	—	510	145.00	145.00
15	—	692	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	380	150.00	150.00
27	—	724	131.75	131.75
119	—	422	145.50–158.00	154.53
530	—	576	126.00–142.75	136.14
160	—	526	140.50–150.00	145.86
217	—	483	141.00–160.00	151.98
44	—	669	127.50–132.25	130.31
325	—	621	127.75–142.35	134.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	545	130.75–132.50	131.10
12	—	480	134.00	134.00

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.