Sale reports / North Dakota / West Fargo Stockyards / 2019-11-20

West Fargo Stockyards

Name: West Fargo Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2019-11-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-20

Feeder Cattle · West Fargo, North Dakota · Wed, Nov 20

● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2096

← Nov 13Nov 20Dec 4 →

Receipts

620 head

▼ 830 vs last sale 1,450▲ 620 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough cattle in any class to make a comparison. Small offering of cattle in today. Very few yearlings which were sold in very small packages. Also small offering of calves which were sold in small packages. Calves were mostly in light to moderate flesh and most were weaned. Next week being a holiday week, only bred cows will sell. No feeder cattle. Expecting a large offering of feeder cattle

for the December 4th sale.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $144.73/cwt on 114 head.

Average price

$144.73

114 head · 624 lb average

Value per head Derived

$903

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$462

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2

$37.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.61

vs ND average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	582	149.73	871	89
Medium and Large 1-2	551	139.40	768	10thin
Medium and Large 2-3	401	131.00	525	5thin
Large 1-2	1,186	112.40	1,333	10thin

One grade step is worth $37.33/cwt here — about −$462 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 sale114 hd

144.73

—

ND average4 barns · 7,133 hd

155.34

−10.61

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 · 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	401	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	525	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	437	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	717	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	493	156.58/cwt	155.00–157.00	772	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	507	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	821	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	525	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	735	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	568	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	790	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	594	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	879	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	616	149.07/cwt	144.50–152.50	918	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	657	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	900	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	717	135.44/cwt	133.50–140.00	971	18
Steers	—	Large 1-2	1,164	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,315	7
Steers	—	Large 1-2	1,236	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,372	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	361	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	514	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	442	138.59/cwt	135.00–140.00	613	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	497	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	621	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	514	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	750	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	534	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	662	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	584	122.40/cwt	121.00–123.00	715	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	634	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	846	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	639	118.23/cwt	117.50–120.00	755	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	653	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	842	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,057	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	1,284	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	396	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	440	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	416	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	553	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	556	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	701	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	612	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	765	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	682	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	846	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	778	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	817	3

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.

North Dakota feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

West Fargo Feeder Cattle Auction - West Fargo, ND

Wed Nov 20, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Bismarck, ND (LS-BM)

Receipts 620Last week 1,450Year ago 0

for the December 4th sale.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	416	133.00	133.00
4	—	556	126.00	126.00
4	—	612	125.00	125.00
7	—	682	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	396	111.00	111.00
3	—	778	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	361	142.50	142.50
5	—	634	133.50	133.50
5	—	1,057	121.50	121.50
8	—	653	129.00	129.00
14	—	442	135.00–140.00	138.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	514	146.00	146.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	497	125.00	125.00
5	—	534	124.00	124.00
10	—	584	121.00–123.00	122.40
10	—	639	117.50–120.00	118.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,236	111.00	111.00
7	—	1,164	113.00	113.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	657	137.00	137.00
11	—	437	164.00	164.00
11	—	594	148.00	148.00
14	—	493	155.00–157.00	156.58
14	—	616	144.50–152.50	149.07
18	—	717	133.50–140.00	135.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	507	162.00	162.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	525	140.00	140.00
6	—	568	139.00	139.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	401	131.00	131.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.