Sale reports / North Dakota / Stockmen's Livestock Exchange / 2021-12-09

Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Dickinson, North Dakota · Thu, Dec 9
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099
Receipts
3,889 head
▲ 359 vs last sale 3,530▲ 151 vs year ago 3,738 · +4.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 350-400 lbs & 650-750 lbs 2.00-4.00 higher; 400-450 lbs 7.00 higher; 450-550 lbs 9.00 higher; 550-650 lbs 11.00 higher. Feeder heifers 350-400 & 550-600 lbs 1.00-2.00 higher; 500-550 & 600-650 lbs 3.00-4.00 higher; 450-500- lbs 7.00 higher; 400- 450lbs 10 higher. Very good demand for today's offering with buyers aggressively bidding for the offering. Feeders where in light to moderate flesh. Next sale is scheduled for December 16, 2021, this will be the last feeder calf sale of the year.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $189.77/cwt on 1,892 head.
Average price
$189.77
1,892 head · 588 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,117
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$105
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$11.90/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.69
vs ND average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1590190.811,1261,727
Medium and Large 1-2570178.911,021165
One grade step is worth $11.90/cwt here — about $105 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 sale1,892 hd
189.77
—
ND average3 barns · 4,881 hd
183.08
+6.69
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

22 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1374229.59/cwt227.50–234.5085943
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2407205.50/cwt205.50–205.508367
Steers—Medium and Large 1433218.47/cwt210.00–225.0094685
Steers—Medium and Large 1474212.23/cwt192.00–218.251,006180
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2489187.55/cwt184.50–190.0091716
Steers—Medium and Large 1532203.05/cwt187.00–209.001,080277
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2537182.05/cwt181.00–183.0097869
Steers—Medium and Large 1568189.70/cwt177.00–196.501,077259
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2590179.72/cwt171.00–186.001,06039
Steers—Medium and Large 1627184.23/cwt172.00–189.001,155377
Steers—Medium and Large 1669176.81/cwt171.00–184.751,183301
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2688162.07/cwt162.00–162.501,11534
Steers—Medium and Large 1707172.05/cwt171.00–177.001,216152
Steers—Medium and Large 1779163.88/cwt163.50–164.001,27753
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1378175.24/cwt171.00–179.5066239
Heifers—Medium and Large 1429179.65/cwt175.00–180.25771133
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473173.62/cwt165.00–179.00821150
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523166.40/cwt162.00–170.00870319
Heifers—Medium and Large 1579154.23/cwt147.00–159.00893236
Heifers—Medium and Large 1615151.65/cwt141.00–157.00933163
Heifers—Medium and Large 1666147.72/cwt143.50–151.0098471
Heifers—Medium and Large 1719147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,05748

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.