Sale reports / North Dakota / Stockmen's Livestock Exchange / 2021-02-18

Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Name: Stockmen's Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2021-02-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-18

Feeder Cattle · Dickinson, North Dakota · Thu, Feb 18

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099

← Feb 4Feb 18Feb 25 →

Receipts

3,073 head

▲ 3,073 vs last sale 0▲ 1,520 vs year ago 1,553 · +97.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers 650 - 700 & 750-800 lbs 8.00 higher; 700-750 & 650-900 lbs 4.00 higher . Feeder heifers 550-650 lbs 1.00 higher 650-700 & 750-800 lbs 5.00 higher. Demand was good to moderate on today's offering. Feeders where in light to moderate flesh with many drafts of replacement quality heifers in the offering. Next sale is scheduled for February 25 ,2021.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $133.92/cwt on 1,454 head.

Average price

$133.92

1,454 head · 749 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,003

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$208

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

$3.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.46

vs ND average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	751	133.97	1,006	1,431
Medium and Large 1-2	613	130.25	798	23

One grade step is worth $3.72/cwt here — about $208 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 sale1,454 hd

133.92

—

ND average3 barns · 3,761 hd

136.38

−2.46

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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	489	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	939	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	530	176.50/cwt	176.50–176.50	935	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	580	170.38/cwt	169.00–171.00	988	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	641	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	929	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	677	152.26/cwt	148.50–154.25	1,031	93
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	737	142.29/cwt	139.25–145.00	1,049	129
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	777	142.35/cwt	140.00–143.00	1,106	145
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	814	134.24/cwt	125.00–136.25	1,093	60
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	875	134.09/cwt	132.25–134.50	1,173	147
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	974	128.95/cwt	127.50–129.85	1,256	138
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,017	126.10/cwt	126.10–126.10	1,282	59
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	398	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	655	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	535	153.09/cwt	152.50–154.00	819	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	584	143.25/cwt	141.00–145.50	837	68
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	613	130.25/cwt	129.75–132.00	798	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	628	141.88/cwt	136.00–157.00	891	46
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	675	133.26/cwt	127.50–140.00	900	249
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	726	129.58/cwt	123.50–133.00	941	272
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	734	151.62/cwt	151.50–152.00	1,113	68
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	762	150.22/cwt	149.00–151.00	1,145	73
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	766	129.01/cwt	121.50–132.00	988	94
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	831	124.35/cwt	120.75–128.50	1,033	138
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	835	148.54/cwt	147.00–149.50	1,240	95
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	852	123.99/cwt	123.75–124.00	1,056	209
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	881	130.23/cwt	129.50–130.50	1,147	85

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 Feb 18, 2021

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

Receipts 3,073Last week 0Year ago 1,553

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	398	164.50	164.50
20	—	535	152.50–154.00	153.09
46	—	628	136.00–157.00	141.88
68	—	584	141.00–145.50	143.25
94	—	766	121.50–132.00	129.01
138	—	831	120.75–128.50	124.35
249	—	675	127.50–140.00	133.26
272	—	726	123.50–133.00	129.58
209	—	852	123.75–124.00	123.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	762	149.00–151.00	150.22
85	—	881	129.50–130.50	130.23
68	—	734	151.50–152.00	151.62
95	—	835	147.00–149.50	148.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	613	129.75–132.00	130.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	1,017	126.10	126.10
60	—	814	125.00–136.25	134.24
129	—	737	139.25–145.00	142.29
20	—	641	145.00	145.00
7	—	530	176.50	176.50
147	—	875	132.25–134.50	134.09
29	—	580	169.00–171.00	170.38
93	—	677	148.50–154.25	152.26
145	—	777	140.00–143.00	142.35
9	—	489	192.00	192.00
138	—	974	127.50–129.85	128.95

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.