Sale reports / North Dakota / Stockmen's Livestock Exchange / 2023-01-26

Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Dickinson, North Dakota · Thu, Jan 26
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099
Receipts
3,276 head
▲ 599 vs last sale 2,677▲ 738 vs year ago 2,538 · +29.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Feeder steers are steady to 3.00 higher except the 750lbs to 800lbs Steers are 2.00 lower. The feeder heifers this week are steady to 3.00 to 4.00 dollars higher except 650lbs to 700lbs are 3.00 to 4.00 dollars lower. Light weight cattle showed moderate to good demand for grass cattle, and moderate demand for heavier feedlot cattle. The weather continues to put pressure on the market. next sale is February 2nd.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $200.55/cwt on 1,353 head.
Average price
$200.55
1,353 head · 643 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,289
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$255
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 1
$47.78/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.48
vs ND average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2494206.281,01955
Medium and Large 1648200.471,2991,293
Medium 1804158.501,2745thin
One grade step is worth $47.78/cwt here — about −$255 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 sale1,353 hd
200.55
—
ND average3 barns · 4,882 hd
195.07
+5.48
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

26 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1398231.00/cwt231.00–231.009198
Steers—Medium and Large 1475231.86/cwt210.00–242.001,10157
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2475209.94/cwt170.00–221.0099742
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2513200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0265
Steers—Medium and Large 1525213.14/cwt191.00–226.501,119162
Steers—Medium and Large 1580211.41/cwt196.50–221.001,226201
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2583191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,1148
Steers—Medium and Large 1629210.58/cwt188.00–217.001,325267
Steers—Medium and Large 1677193.05/cwt179.50–198.001,307253
Steers—Medium and Large 1713190.15/cwt187.50–191.501,356124
Steers—Medium and Large 1767176.18/cwt173.50–178.251,351161
Steers—Medium 1804158.50/cwt158.50–158.501,2745
Steers—Medium and Large 1919168.50/cwt168.50–168.501,54960
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1318196.00/cwt196.00–196.006237
Heifers—Medium and Large 1397189.50/cwt189.50–189.5075216
Heifers—Medium and Large 1415195.52/cwt184.00–210.0081156
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473198.54/cwt197.00–199.5093954
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2481168.00/cwt168.00–168.008087
Heifers—Medium and Large 1526192.00/cwt176.50–198.001,010186
Heifers—Medium and Large 1557185.06/cwt171.00–190.251,031170
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2611130.00/cwt130.00–130.007948
Heifers—Medium and Large 1620175.84/cwt161.00–182.251,090252
Heifers—Medium and Large 1669168.73/cwt154.00–175.251,129116
Heifers—Medium and Large 1705169.67/cwt161.00–173.501,19659
Heifers—Medium and Large 1752156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,17316
Heifers—Large 11,055148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,56129

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.