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North Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

North Dakota · Weekly summary · Mon, May 8

● As filed34 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2100

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

North Dakota reported 34 priced lines covering 1,413 head across feeder cattle. USDA puts receipts at 2,171 head.

North Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon May 8, 2023

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

Receipts 2,171Last week 1,814Year ago 2,889

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle offerings too limited a week ago to offer a comparison with this week's rather limited offering. Very good demand for steers and heifers, especially for those light weight yearlings to run on this summer's grass. Big rains came to the state this week, some areas receiving 3-6 inches, which will ensure a good start to the grazing season and greatly improved the likelihood of a good hay crop. Not many cattle remain unsold, as is normal for this time of year, as the marketing season winds down until late summer/early fall. Cattle producers are feeling very bullish about the fall months as the Feeder Cattle contracts are much higher than their level for the current month.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	813	181.00	181.00
64	—	713	199.00–213.00	209.83
63	—	602	215.00–232.00	227.04
75	—	663	191.00–224.50	216.44
28	—	537	235.00–245.00	242.95
2	—	895	180.00	180.00
10	—	399	252.50	252.50
29	—	575	227.00–238.00	233.32
71	—	778	180.50–217.00	201.61
24	—	486	244.00–252.00	248.04
23	—	445	237.50–250.00	246.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	404	220.00	220.00
7	—	611	204.00	204.00
5	—	576	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	771	182.00	182.00
18	—	570	229.50	229.50
6	—	674	189.00	189.00
9	—	421	238.00	238.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	554	208.00–237.00	231.38
93	—	666	204.00–218.50	214.26
59	—	850	202.00	202.00
64	—	762	196.00–205.00	201.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	639	242.00–250.50	249.06
50	—	679	203.00–246.00	232.79
188	—	822	196.50–217.00	208.52
9	—	428	290.00–292.00	290.89
178	—	778	214.00–229.00	218.21
16	—	529	260.00–263.00	261.66
24	—	740	222.00–237.00	227.48
63	—	980	186.25	186.25
59	—	576	236.00–263.00	254.75
20	—	478	257.50–274.00	266.69
65	—	881	190.00–195.00	191.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	750	191.00	191.00

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.

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.