Sale reports / North Dakota / Stockmen's Livestock Exchange / 2019-10-17

Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Dickinson, North Dakota · Thu, Oct 17
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099
Receipts
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0 vs last sale 0 0 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago; Limited steer receipts . Best test on heifers 850-900 lbs 2.00 lower; 900-950 lbs 4.00 higher; 950-1000 lbs 5.00 lower. Good demand seen on today;s offering of yearling steers and heifers. This was the first sale offering of spring calves. Moderate to good demand for today's offering of spring calves with many calves having fall preconditioning vaccinations. Flesh condition varied from light to moderate. Next sale is scheduled for October 23, 2019, expecting 4000 calves,

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $150.52/cwt on 1,931 head.
Average price
$150.52
1,931 head · 634 lb average
Value per head Derived
$955
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$158
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$5.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.87
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1637150.699591,873
Medium and Large 1-2553144.9580158
One grade step is worth $5.75/cwt here — about $158 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 sale1,931 hd
150.52
ND average4 barns · 2,779 hd
147.65
+2.87
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

34 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 1Fleshy1,023119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,2178
HeifersLarge 11,004130.01/cwt128.00–130.751,30586
HeifersMedium and Large 1396151.00/cwt151.00–151.005988
HeifersMedium and Large 1706153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,08017
HeifersMedium and Large 1763134.11/cwt130.00–136.001,02322
HeifersMedium and Large 1611136.86/cwt132.00–149.0083635
HeifersMedium and Large 1822143.75/cwt143.75–143.751,18236
HeifersMedium and Large 1865135.33/cwt130.00–141.251,17140
HeifersMedium and Large 1968125.96/cwt120.25–132.001,21941
HeifersMedium and Large 1474138.76/cwt136.00–142.0065868
HeifersMedium and Large 1437143.84/cwt140.00–151.5062971
HeifersMedium and Large 1906135.86/cwt134.50–140.001,23199
HeifersMedium and Large 1524132.87/cwt130.00–137.00696135
HeifersMedium and Large 1574136.01/cwt132.00–140.50781198
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2917129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,1835
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2627130.00/cwt130.00–130.008157
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2715131.00/cwt131.00–131.0093721
SteersMedium and Large 1850130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,1054
SteersMedium and Large 1772140.22/cwt138.00–144.501,08218
SteersMedium and Large 1430163.05/cwt158.00–176.5070122
SteersMedium and Large 1822139.52/cwt137.50–145.751,14725
SteersMedium and Large 1731148.85/cwt147.50–152.251,08836
SteersMedium and Large 1940144.03/cwt136.00–145.251,35457
SteersMedium and Large 11,035136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,40860
SteersMedium and Large 1956144.75/cwt144.75–144.751,38469
SteersMedium and Large 1479161.10/cwt153.00–168.50772134
SteersMedium and Large 1528155.14/cwt147.50–159.00819200
SteersMedium and Large 1678156.03/cwt145.00–160.001,058296
SteersMedium and Large 1619148.02/cwt145.00–151.25916472
SteersMedium and Large 1572149.47/cwt142.50–154.00855480
SteersMedium and Large 1-2843125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,0545
SteersMedium and Large 1-2494144.62/cwt144.00–145.0071413
SteersMedium and Large 1-2420151.59/cwt151.00–152.0063720
SteersMedium and Large 1-2651143.50/cwt143.50–143.5093420

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.