Sale reports / North Dakota / Stockmen's Livestock Exchange / 2023-01-19

Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Dickinson, North Dakota · Thu, Jan 19
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099
Receipts
2,677 head
▼ 336 vs last sale 3,013▲ 129 vs year ago 2,548 · +5.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Feeder steers are 3.00 to 7.00 lower, except 600 lbs to 650 lbs steers mostly steady and 450 lbs to 500 lbs 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers 8.00 to 10.00 lower, except 500-550 lbs mostly steady. Demand only moderate this week as the market is feeling pressure from the storms rolling through the region.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $208.56/cwt on 1,190 head.
Average price
$208.56
1,190 head · 577 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,203
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$172
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$16.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.29
vs ND average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1580209.591,2151,114
Medium and Large 1-2539193.511,04376
One grade step is worth $16.07/cwt here — about $172 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 sale1,190 hd
208.56
—
ND average3 barns · 5,586 hd
199.27
+9.29
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

32 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1319625.00/head625.00–625.006255
Steers—Medium and Large 1331245.00/cwt245.00–245.0081121
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2400171.00/cwt171.00–171.006846
Steers—Medium and Large 1437232.25/cwt211.00–237.001,015157
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2465212.50/cwt212.50–212.509889
Steers—Medium and Large 1481230.14/cwt220.00–240.501,10786
Steers—Medium and Large 1533216.81/cwt200.00–223.501,156199
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2535193.70/cwt181.00–198.001,03634
Steers—Medium and Large 1583207.87/cwt195.00–220.501,212123
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2589200.50/cwt200.50–200.501,1819
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2604187.67/cwt181.00–191.001,13418
Steers—Medium and Large 1613206.93/cwt195.50–210.001,268295
Steers—Medium and Large 1684183.72/cwt174.00–190.001,25760
Steers—Medium and Large 1718183.98/cwt181.00–190.501,32198
Steers—Medium and Large 1774176.93/cwt176.25–180.501,36961
Steers—Medium and Large 1820176.75/cwt176.75–176.751,44914
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1376187.53/cwt186.00–190.0070522
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2419170.00/cwt170.00–170.007129
Heifers—Medium and Large 1435188.26/cwt176.00–192.5081999
Heifers—Medium and Large 1480190.33/cwt183.00–196.00914119
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2481168.28/cwt160.00–188.0080928
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525192.47/cwt179.00–196.501,010184
Heifers—Medium and Large 1570178.18/cwt172.00–186.001,01683
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2573176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,00819
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2605181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,0955
Heifers—Medium and Large 1642168.90/cwt168.00–170.001,08411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673172.99/cwt161.00–179.001,16471
Heifers—Medium and Large 1704159.75/cwt159.75–159.751,12511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1785154.65/cwt153.00–156.001,21411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1833156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,2995
Heifers—Medium and Large 1879159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,39824
Heifers—Medium and Large 1942155.75/cwt155.75–155.751,46720

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.