Sale reports / North Dakota / West Fargo Stockyards / 2020-02-05

West Fargo Stockyards

Name: West Fargo Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-02-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-05

Feeder Cattle · West Fargo, North Dakota · Wed, Feb 5

● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2096

← Jan 29Feb 5Feb 19 →

Receipts

488 head

▼ 977 vs last sale 1,465▲ 488 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough feeders in most classes this week to make a meaningful comparison. Smaller offering today which were all sold in smaller packages. Calves in today were long time weaned and most carried double shot program. Flesh conditions mostly moderate. Demand ranged from moderate to good. Along with the smaller offering, the attendance at was also reduced.

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 $156.50/cwt on 165 head.

Average price

$156.50

165 head · 631 lb average

Value per head Derived

$987

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$256

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

$17.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.85

vs ND average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	431	172.67	744	9thin
Medium and Large 1	642	155.56	999	156

One grade step is worth $17.10/cwt here — about −$256 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 sale165 hd

156.50

—

ND average4 barns · 3,591 hd

153.64

+2.85

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

18 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	357	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	653	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	411	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	781	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	476	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	904	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	538	179.26/cwt	169.00–182.00	964	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	578	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	879	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	628	154.54/cwt	152.50–155.00	971	39
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	666	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,012	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	722	141.08/cwt	140.25–142.00	1,019	47
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	778	136.84/cwt	131.00–144.50	1,065	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	816	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	1,016	9
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	352	161.85/cwt	161.00–164.00	570	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	437	134.14/cwt	131.00–136.00	586	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	471	155.81/cwt	150.00–157.00	734	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	506	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	739	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	562	136.75/cwt	136.50–137.00	769	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	665	133.84/cwt	132.00–136.00	890	45
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	732	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	915	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	810	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	1,049	4

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 Feb 5, 2020

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

Receipts 488Last week 1,465Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	810	129.50	129.50
6	—	506	146.00	146.00
16	—	732	125.00	125.00
18	—	352	161.00–164.00	161.85
20	—	562	136.50–137.00	136.75
23	—	471	150.00–157.00	155.81
45	—	665	132.00–136.00	133.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	437	131.00–136.00	134.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	578	152.00	152.00
6	—	357	183.00	183.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	411	190.00	190.00
9	—	778	131.00–144.50	136.84
9	—	816	124.50	124.50
11	—	666	152.00	152.00
13	—	476	190.00	190.00
19	—	538	169.00–182.00	179.26
39	—	628	152.50–155.00	154.54
47	—	722	140.25–142.00	141.08

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.