Sale reports / North Dakota / Stockmen's Livestock Exchange / 2021-01-14

Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Dickinson, North Dakota · Thu, Jan 14
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099
Receipts
3,283 head
▼ 146 vs last sale 3,429▲ 3,283 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 600 lbs steady to 2.00 lower. 600-850 lbs. 5.00- 10.00 lower. Feeder heifers 500-650 lbs steady to 3.00 higher, 700-750 lbs 1.00 lower, 650-700 and 750-800 lbs 6.00 - 8.00 lower. Moderate demand seen on today's offering of steers, good demand seen todays on many good strings of F1 Bwf replacement heifers in the offering. Flesh varied from light to moderate. Next sale is scheduled for January 21,2021.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $145.19/cwt on 1,364 head.
Average price
$145.19
1,364 head · 682 lb average
Value per head Derived
$990
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$104
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$14.02/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.84
vs ND average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1682145.529931,332
Medium and Large 1-2676131.5088932
One grade step is worth $14.02/cwt here — about $104 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 sale1,364 hd
145.19
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ND average3 barns · 6,592 hd
147.03
−1.84
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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1488176.82/cwt171.00–179.5086350
Steers—Medium and Large 1526172.68/cwt166.75–176.0090854
Steers—Medium and Large 1577162.49/cwt159.00–170.00938189
Steers—Medium and Large 1633146.93/cwt136.75–153.50930104
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy662153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,01389
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2676131.50/cwt131.50–131.5088932
Steers—Medium and Large 1681142.04/cwt135.00–148.50967272
Steers—Medium and Large 1734137.20/cwt126.00–140.001,007278
Steers—Medium and Large 1777133.34/cwt131.75–135.501,036234
Steers—Medium and Large 1820130.32/cwt120.50–132.501,06962
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1432150.00/cwt150.00–150.006488
Heifers—Medium and Large 1476143.29/cwt140.00–149.0068215
Heifers—Medium and Large 1526147.82/cwt145.25–149.00778103
Heifers—Medium and Large 1574142.38/cwt134.00–146.75817245
Heifers—Medium and Large 1616132.35/cwt126.00–138.00815109
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement630142.07/cwt139.00–142.5089573
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement660139.10/cwt134.00–140.5091861
Heifers—Medium and Large 1675127.59/cwt125.00–130.0086188
Heifers—Medium and Large 1723125.90/cwt121.00–132.00910126
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement734144.47/cwt138.50–155.001,060119
Heifers—Medium and Large 1763120.73/cwt120.50–121.0092146
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement765147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,12530
Heifers—Medium and Large 1810117.75/cwt117.75–117.7595413
Heifers—Medium and Large 1859116.00/cwt116.00–116.009969

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.