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North Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

North Dakota · Weekly summary · Mon, Aug 2

● As filed21 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2100

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

North Dakota reported 21 priced lines covering 1,046 head across feeder cattle. USDA puts receipts at 1,491 head.

North Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon Aug 2, 2021

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

Receipts 1,491Last week 1,648Year ago 0

Too few feeder cattle offered in the auctions to allow a good price comparison. Very good demand for yearling steers and heifers as cattle feeders are eager to buy these light fleshed cattle, straight off grass. As the drought rages on across the trade area yearlings are being forced off grass early and are coming to market. Corn chopping has begun as well as the drought has devastated the corn crop. With cash fed cattle at 125.00 this week, which is much higher than the level many industry analysts had predicted, and spring Live Cattle futures just under 140.00 cattle feeders want to get these yearling cattle bought while they are available.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,031	121.00–130.50	125.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	368	153.00	153.00
13	—	884	135.50	135.50
18	—	647	150.50	150.50
30	—	559	156.00–162.00	160.59
36	—	743	147.50	147.50
276	—	818	144.75–149.50	147.42
124	—	758	143.50–145.50	144.38
140	—	918	138.00–140.00	139.70
93	—	659	148.50–159.00	158.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	694	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	971	126.00	126.00
27	—	871	125.00–127.00	125.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	702	153.00	153.00
9	—	652	165.00	165.00
171	—	830	147.00–162.00	158.77
14	—	576	181.00	181.00
14	—	965	142.00	142.00
32	—	758	150.00–161.00	152.82
5	—	424	173.00	173.00
4	—	524	183.50	183.50

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.

Source: USDA AMS, as filed — nothing recomputed and nothing rounded. This summary aggregates the same sales the North Dakota barn reports cover, so it must never be added to a state total built from those barns.