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North Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

North Dakota · Weekly summary · Mon, Mar 11

● As filed64 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2100

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

North Dakota reported 64 priced lines covering 9,395 head across feeder cattle. USDA puts receipts at 10,643 head.

North Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon Mar 11, 2024

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

Receipts 10,643Last week 6,891Year ago 10,718

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 700 lbs 10.00 to 15.00 higher, over 700 lbs 3.00 to 8.00 higher. Feeder heifers 3.00 to 7.00 higher. Very good demand for all weights of steers and heifers, however the best remains on those light enough in weight and flesh to background on this summer's grass. As the Feeder Cattle contracts for the fall marketing period are about 20.00 higher than the current month there is a great amount of optimism amongst the backgrounders hoping that they can have another banner year. Cattle feeders aren't quite as optimistic as they have struggled with profitability all winter, yet cash fat cattle in 190.00 topped at 190.00 this week, which is where many cattle have breakeven prices at.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	239	390.00	390.00
20	300–350	348	340.00–350.00	341.98
88	350–400	379	302.50–355.00	333.40
168	400–450	425	315.00–345.00	329.73
462	450–500	471	298.00–335.00	321.27
518	500–550	523	282.00–311.50	302.23
782	550–600	574	270.00–308.50	292.54
744	600–650	624	253.00–294.50	277.84
394	650–700	676	246.00–273.00	264.11
730	700–750	719	242.00–262.75	254.96
51	750–800	769	227.00–245.00	231.47
76	800–850	818	223.00–232.00	228.15
30	850–900	878	219.00–223.75	222.33
5	900–950	909	192.50	192.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	389	335.00	335.00
9	400–450	432	307.50	307.50
37	450–500	483	265.00–290.00	280.91
31	500–550	524	260.00–275.00	271.03
15	550–600	581	268.00–282.00	273.38
29	600–650	627	245.00–266.00	256.19
32	650–700	684	205.00–259.25	234.92
12	700–750	742	224.00–238.00	229.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	359	355.00	355.00
50	650–700	697	283.00	283.00
219	700–750	720	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
48	650–700	671	267.00–270.00	268.71
45	700–750	711	255.00–262.00	261.20
50	750–800	788	243.00	243.00
66	800–850	822	231.00	231.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
23	450–500	469	346.00	346.00
9	500–550	504	316.00	316.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	313	420.00	420.00
51	350–400	368	395.00–422.50	407.34
163	400–450	434	365.00–402.50	387.44
203	450–500	481	337.50–385.00	353.73
326	500–550	527	322.50–372.50	351.89
565	550–600	573	310.00–345.50	327.94
529	600–650	622	297.00–330.00	313.12
708	650–700	672	270.00–311.00	296.89
551	700–750	722	259.00–294.00	281.22
481	750–800	783	254.00–274.50	264.51
273	800–850	814	254.75–265.75	259.12
79	850–900	877	233.00–255.50	251.82
60	900–950	939	241.25	241.25
9	950–1000	969	238.00	238.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	397	379.00	379.00
37	400–450	435	345.00–382.50	362.91
13	450–500	483	272.50–312.50	287.81
67	500–550	516	280.00–349.50	316.02
98	550–600	585	277.50–316.00	293.33
20	600–650	636	259.00–286.00	272.27
47	650–700	688	255.00–279.00	267.23
15	750–800	774	257.25	257.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	548	326.00	326.00
16	600–650	649	290.00	290.00
32	800–850	844	232.00	232.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	406	422.00	422.00
178	450–500	456	395.00–404.00	400.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	364	404.00	404.00
40	600–650	626	325.50	325.50
3	700–750	715	282.00	282.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	427	350.00	350.00
5	600–650	618	287.50	287.50
8	750–800	799	254.00	254.00

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.