Sale reports / North Dakota / Stockmen's Livestock Exchange / 2019-09-12

Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Dickinson, North Dakota · Thu, Sep 12
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099
Receipts
946 head
644 vs last sale 1,590 946 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to 2 weeks ago: Feeder steers and heifers traded 4.00 - 5.00 lower. Moderate demand for today's offering of yearling steers and heifers coming off of grass with many groups of checked open heifers in the offering. Flesh condition varied from light to moderate. Next sale is scheduled for September 26, 2019.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.28/cwt on 299 head.
Average price
$128.28
299 head · 835 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,071
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$167
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$15.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.27
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1800130.461,043257
Large 11,053114.951,21042
One grade step is worth $15.51/cwt here — about −$167 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 sale299 hd
128.28
ND average2 barns · 874 hd
124.02
+4.27
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

20 lots · USDA AMS · Stockmen's Livestock Exchange - Dickinson, ND
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersLarge 11,107114.25/cwt114.25–114.251,2655
HeifersLarge 11,072112.65/cwt112.00–113.501,20817
HeifersLarge 11,023117.09/cwt116.50–117.501,19820
HeifersMedium and Large 1688139.50/cwt139.50–139.5096010
HeifersMedium and Large 1822123.75/cwt122.00–124.501,01710
HeifersMedium and Large 1868124.75/cwt124.75–124.751,08312
HeifersMedium and Large 1719137.67/cwt135.75–138.5099017
HeifersMedium and Large 1539150.50/cwt150.50–150.5081123
HeifersMedium and Large 1639139.28/cwt135.00–140.2589042
HeifersMedium and Large 1934125.12/cwt124.25–125.751,16944
HeifersMedium and Large 1778127.26/cwt126.25–128.2599049
HeifersMedium and Large 1986120.13/cwt117.50–121.251,18450
SteersMedium and Large 1914121.50/cwt121.50–121.501,1115
SteersMedium and Large 1627139.50/cwt139.50–139.508756
SteersMedium and Large 1889130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,1567
SteersMedium and Large 1706134.00/cwt134.00–134.009468
SteersMedium and Large 1777139.31/cwt136.50–142.501,08240
SteersMedium and Large 1689151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,04042
SteersMedium and Large 1820140.21/cwt136.25–141.351,15091
SteersMedium and Large 1-2836124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,0377

How this sale compares

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.