Sale reports / North Dakota / Stockmen's Livestock Exchange / 2021-12-02

Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Dickinson, North Dakota · Thu, Dec 2
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099
Receipts
3,530 head
▼ 680 vs last sale 4,210▼ 681 vs year ago 4,211 · −16.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, Feeder steers traded 8.00-10.00 higher. Feeder heifers traded 6.00-10.00 higher. Demand was very good on today's offering of feeder steers and heifers. Feeders where in light to moderate flesh with many drafts of weaned steers and heifers in the offering. Next sale is scheduled for December 9, 2021.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $185.19/cwt on 1,775 head.
Average price
$185.19
1,775 head · 588 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,089
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$171
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$13.14/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.64
vs ND average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1591185.901,0981,679
Medium and Large 1-2537172.7592896
One grade step is worth $13.14/cwt here — about $171 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 sale1,775 hd
185.19
—
ND average3 barns · 9,649 hd
176.55
+8.64
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

28 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1322218.69/cwt216.00–230.0070426
Steers—Medium and Large 1375224.83/cwt222.00–226.0084365
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2420189.98/cwt182.00–196.0079831
Steers—Medium and Large 1428211.48/cwt203.00–220.00905129
Steers—Medium and Large 1472203.46/cwt191.00–209.75960276
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2488184.00/cwt184.00–184.0089812
Steers—Medium and Large 1520193.95/cwt182.00–203.501,009246
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2542175.84/cwt175.00–177.0095312
Steers—Medium and Large 1576179.43/cwt169.50–187.001,034286
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2586159.00/cwt159.00–159.009329
Steers—Medium and Large 1611173.38/cwt167.75–179.501,059124
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2640154.00/cwt154.00–154.0098619
Steers—Medium and Large 1668173.41/cwt168.00–183.001,158179
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2673155.38/cwt154.00–156.501,04613
Steers—Medium and Large 1709169.73/cwt162.00–173.001,203130
Steers—Medium and Large 1766162.35/cwt154.00–169.001,24447
Steers—Medium and Large 1822161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,32313
Steers—Medium and Large 1880158.35/cwt156.00–159.101,39393
Steers—Medium and Large 11,002158.50/cwt158.50–158.501,58865
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1387176.91/cwt164.00–182.5068568
Heifers—Medium and Large 1416169.63/cwt164.50–171.0070640
Heifers—Medium and Large 1472166.66/cwt157.00–170.00787153
Heifers—Medium and Large 1526161.71/cwt155.50–168.00851189
Heifers—Medium and Large 1571153.39/cwt144.00–159.00876208
Heifers—Medium and Large 1631148.86/cwt143.00–153.50939119
Heifers—Medium and Large 1659143.38/cwt141.00–146.5094521
Heifers—Medium and Large 1734140.00/cwt136.00–142.251,02842
Heifers—Medium and Large 1802145.50/cwt145.50–145.501,16766

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.