Sale reports / North Dakota / West Fargo Stockyards / 2019-09-11

West Fargo Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · West Fargo, North Dakota · Wed, Sep 11
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2096
← earliestSep 11Oct 16 →
Receipts
1,641 head
▲ 1,641 vs last sale 0▲ 1,641 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent price comparisons available as this was the first reported sale of the fall marketing season. Good demand for this nice offering of yearling steers and heifers, most cattle were right off grass and in an attractive, light fleshed condition. The market was active after the last two days of positive gains seen in the cattle futures complex, as Oct Live Cattle gained roughly 5.00, which is helping to ease concerns of cattle feeders. Watch local listings for the next special feeder cattle auction.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $137.72/cwt on 645 head.
Average price
$137.72
645 head · 810 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,115
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$397
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$15.19/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs ND average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1819139.761,145419
Medium and Large 1-2713137.70982147
Large 11,013127.411,29165
Medium and Large 2600124.5774814thin
One grade step is worth $15.19/cwt here — about $397 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 sale645 hd
137.72
—
ND average1 barns · 645 hd
137.72
+0.00
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

40 lots · USDA AMS · West Fargo Feeder Cattle Auction - West Fargo, 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2534135.00/cwt135.00–135.007215
Steers—Medium and Large 2582131.00/cwt131.00–131.007628
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2586148.41/cwt139.00–152.0087022
Steers—Medium and Large 1613151.00/cwt151.00–151.009269
Steers—Medium and Large 2625116.00/cwt116.00–116.007256
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy660132.00/cwt132.00–132.008713
Steers—Medium and Large 1669148.38/cwt146.60–150.0099374
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2677139.92/cwt130.00–144.0094752
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2722140.77/cwt140.50–141.001,01625
Steers—Medium and Large 1731146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,0676
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy735131.75/cwt131.75–131.7596814
Steers—Medium and Large 1757147.07/cwt142.00–147.501,11351
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2793135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,0715
Steers—Medium and Large 1810138.77/cwt134.00–141.001,12457
Steers—Medium and Large 1864136.54/cwt133.00–138.501,180101
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy873125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,09113
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Full877129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,1314
Steers—Medium and Large 1925134.37/cwt130.00–136.501,243105
Steers—Medium and Large 1968126.02/cwt121.00–127.501,22013
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2993121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,2027
Steers—Large 11,013127.41/cwt122.50–128.001,29165
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2552123.78/cwt123.75–124.0068327
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed620133.25/cwt133.25–133.2582610
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2625125.02/cwt120.00–129.0078120
Heifers—Medium and Large 1641132.50/cwt132.50–132.5084911
Heifers—Medium and Large 2646112.33/cwt110.00–114.0072612
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2658120.50/cwt115.00–131.0079373
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673134.50/cwt134.50–134.5090527
Heifers—Medium and Large 1725125.96/cwt123.00–129.0091374
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2740116.00/cwt116.00–116.008586
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2765115.29/cwt115.00–117.0088221
Heifers—Medium and Large 1771126.44/cwt120.00–128.2597586
Heifers—Medium and Large 1824118.13/cwt117.00–119.009737
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy839110.40/cwt105.00–112.2592635
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2843118.50/cwt118.50–118.5099911
Heifers—Medium and Large 1877120.74/cwt115.50–123.001,05959
Heifers—Medium and Large 1919116.87/cwt114.00–118.001,07421
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy926110.75/cwt110.25–112.001,02614
Heifers—Medium and Large 1981118.29/cwt117.50–118.501,16055
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,057114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,2056

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.