Sale reports / North Dakota / Stockmen's Livestock Exchange / 2021-01-21

Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Dickinson, North Dakota · Thu, Jan 21
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099
Receipts
3,059 head
▼ 224 vs last sale 3,283▼ 168 vs year ago 3,227 · −5.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 550-600 lbs 6.00 higher; 600-650 lbs 11.00 higher; 650-800 lbs 4.00 higher; 800-850 lbs 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers 500-600 lbs 1.00- 3.00 lower; 600-650 lbs 10.00 higher; 650-700 lbs 7.00 higher; 700-750 lbs 5.00 higher;750-800 lbs 3.00 higher. Demand was good on all classes today. Nearly all of the offering was weaned, fully vaccinated and carried light to moderate flesh. Next sale is scheduled for January 28, 2021.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $150.43/cwt on 1,472 head.
Average price
$150.43
1,472 head · 681 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,024
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$198
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$8.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.44
vs ND average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2522158.9282926
Medium and Large 1684150.271,0271,446
One grade step is worth $8.65/cwt here — about −$198 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 sale1,472 hd
150.43
—
ND average3 barns · 6,211 hd
147.98
+2.44
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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1371202.44/cwt192.50–214.0075122
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2464170.00/cwt170.00–170.0078914
Steers—Medium and Large 1467192.62/cwt184.00–195.5090017
Steers—Medium and Large 1530171.57/cwt162.00–178.0090917
Steers—Medium and Large 1576167.98/cwt160.50–175.00968274
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2589146.00/cwt146.00–146.0086012
Steers—Medium and Large 1626158.08/cwt145.00–162.50990222
Steers—Medium and Large 1682146.71/cwt141.00–153.501,001283
Steers—Medium and Large 1726141.76/cwt134.00–148.001,029267
Steers—Medium and Large 1763139.04/cwt132.00–142.001,061142
Steers—Medium and Large 1836131.94/cwt126.50–135.001,103145
Steers—Medium and Large 1876128.50/cwt128.50–128.501,12650
Steers—Medium and Large 1926123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,1397
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1308181.00/cwt181.00–181.005577
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373176.00/cwt176.00–176.0065614
Heifers—Medium and Large 1437151.51/cwt144.00–159.0066224
Heifers—Medium and Large 1487152.91/cwt152.00–154.0074513
Heifers—Medium and Large 1538146.83/cwt137.50–150.50790104
Heifers—Medium and Large 1580138.49/cwt132.00–146.0080387
Heifers—Medium and Large 1621142.26/cwt134.50–146.25883152
Heifers—Medium and Large 1674134.83/cwt125.00–137.00909109
Heifers—Medium and Large 1706131.18/cwt125.50–135.7592643
Heifers—Medium and Large 1769123.56/cwt119.50–128.0095040
Heifers—Medium and Large 1842115.45/cwt112.00–118.0097221
Heifers—Medium and Large 1919114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,04811
Heifers—Large 11,183113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,33713

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.