Sale reports / North Dakota / Stockmen's Livestock Exchange / 2021-11-11

Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Dickinson, North Dakota · Thu, Nov 11
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099
Receipts
4,879 head
▲ 1,269 vs last sale 3,610▲ 192 vs year ago 4,687 · +4.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Feeder steers 440-450 lbs 7.00 lower; 450-550 & 600-650 & 700-750 lbs 1.00-3.00 higher; 650-700 lbs 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers 400-500 lbs 2.00-4.00 lower; 500-600 lbs steady; 600-650 lbs 5.00 higher. Demand was good to moderate on all classes today. Feeders where in light to moderate flesh. Next sale is scheduled for November 18, 2021.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $168.82/cwt on 2,299 head.
Average price
$168.82
2,299 head · 580 lb average
Value per head Derived
$979
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$178
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$11.99/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.48
vs ND average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1584169.469892,176
Medium and Large 1-2515157.47811123
One grade step is worth $11.99/cwt here — about $178 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 sale2,299 hd
168.82
—
ND average3 barns · 6,587 hd
167.33
+1.48
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

23 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1376209.40/cwt183.00–224.0078759
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2398159.00/cwt159.00–159.0063346
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2428162.95/cwt152.00–180.0069710
Steers—Medium and Large 1430195.18/cwt185.00–209.5083992
Steers—Medium and Large 1482189.14/cwt180.00–203.00912209
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2511161.22/cwt160.00–164.0082416
Steers—Medium and Large 1537175.97/cwt165.00–182.00945345
Steers—Medium and Large 1578166.72/cwt158.50–176.00964594
Steers—Medium and Large 1626164.57/cwt156.50–175.001,030404
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2639153.83/cwt151.50–155.0098351
Steers—Medium and Large 1676155.05/cwt150.00–159.751,048334
Steers—Medium and Large 1719150.26/cwt147.50–152.001,080139
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1347171.00/cwt171.00–171.005939
Heifers—Medium and Large 1370165.04/cwt155.00–170.0061164
Heifers—Medium and Large 1420158.45/cwt154.00–163.0066598
Heifers—Medium and Large 1474155.14/cwt147.50–162.00735321
Heifers—Medium and Large 1524154.32/cwt144.50–160.00809258
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2536140.65/cwt139.00–142.0075434
Heifers—Medium and Large 1563146.41/cwt137.50–153.75824431
Heifers—Medium and Large 1624145.66/cwt137.50–150.00909284
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2635136.00/cwt136.00–136.008647
Heifers—Medium and Large 1667145.58/cwt138.75–152.75971125
Heifers—Medium and Large 1718137.00/cwt137.00–137.0098417

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.