Sale reports / North Dakota / Stockmen's Livestock Exchange / 2019-10-03

Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Dickinson, North Dakota · Thu, Oct 3
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099
Receipts
778 head
779 vs last sale 1,557 778 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers traded on a higher undertone with limited receipts. Feeder heifers traded steady to 2.00 higher. Moderate to good demand for today's offering of yearling steers and heifers coming off of grass. Flesh condition varied from light to moderate. Next sale is scheduled for October 10, 2019 expecting 1500 yearlings.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $133.80/cwt on 514 head.
Average price
$133.80
514 head · 848 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,135
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$113
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$18.55/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1834135.331,129466
Medium and Large 1-2502131.506607thin
Large 11,063116.781,24241
One grade step is worth $18.55/cwt here — about −$113 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 sale514 hd
133.80
ND average1 barns · 514 hd
133.80
+0.00
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 11,141110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,2557
HeifersLarge 11,066120.75/cwt120.75–120.751,28716
HeifersLarge 11,031115.89/cwt115.50–116.001,19518
HeifersMedium and Large 1404138.50/cwt138.50–138.505605
HeifersMedium and Large 1548144.50/cwt144.50–144.507929
HeifersMedium and Large 1654141.25/cwt141.25–141.2592426
HeifersMedium and Large 1726138.50/cwt138.50–138.501,00650
HeifersMedium and Large 1621143.25/cwt143.25–143.2589062
HeifersMedium and Large 1837137.32/cwt132.00–139.001,14968
HeifersMedium and Large 1965130.45/cwt125.50–131.001,259115
HeifersMedium and Large 1933131.70/cwt128.75–133.851,229131
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2502131.50/cwt131.50–131.506607
SteersMedium and Large 1821148.50/cwt148.50–148.501,2199
SteersMedium and Large 1697155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,08020
SteersMedium and Large 1745153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,14022
SteersMedium and Large 1759152.75/cwt152.75–152.751,15922
SteersMedium and Large 1626154.00/cwt154.00–154.0096424
SteersMedium and Large 1925140.30/cwt138.00–140.751,29824
SteersMedium and Large 1856146.35/cwt146.35–146.351,25342
SteersMedium and Large 1-2737141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,03911

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.