Sale reports / North Dakota / Stockmen's Livestock Exchange / 2019-12-05

Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Dickinson, North Dakota · Thu, Dec 5
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099
Receipts
3,916 head
540 vs last sale 4,456 3,916 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers 400-450 lbs 8.00 lower; 450-500 & 600-750 lbs 3.00- 4.00 lower; 500-600 lbs 1.00 -2.00 higher. Feeder heifers 400-600 lbs 2.00- 4.00 lower; 600-650 lbs steady; 650-750 lbs higher undertone. Good demand seen for today' offering. Quality was mostly attractive with a few drafts of weaned calves, but mostly calves off the cow in light to moderate flesh. Most of the calves had full preconditioning shots. Next sale is scheduled for December 12, 2019 .

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $150.81/cwt on 1,916 head.
Average price
$150.81
1,916 head · 646 lb average
Value per head Derived
$975
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$373
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$16.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.60
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1645150.889731,908
Large 11,003134.251,3478thin
One grade step is worth $16.63/cwt here — about −$373 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 sale1,916 hd
150.81
ND average4 barns · 7,571 hd
151.42
−0.60
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
HeifersMedium and Large 1474141.50/cwt141.50–141.506719
HeifersMedium and Large 1804135.75/cwt135.75–135.751,09120
HeifersMedium and Large 1380151.28/cwt150.00–155.5057527
HeifersMedium and Large 1445145.81/cwt145.50–151.5064972
HeifersMedium and Large 1677135.80/cwt130.50–138.2591994
HeifersMedium and Large 1575139.78/cwt134.50–142.7580497
SteersMedium and Large 1525171.67/cwt161.00–178.50901230
SteersMedium and Large 1726143.05/cwt139.50–144.251,039305
SteersMedium and Large 1674143.47/cwt135.00–148.00967321
SteersMedium and Large 1634146.62/cwt135.25–150.50930501
SteersMedium and Large 1489171.05/cwt165.00–174.0083659
SteersMedium and Large 1908145.25/cwt145.25–145.251,31959
SteersMedium and Large 1890129.75/cwt129.75–129.751,15525
SteersMedium and Large 1429178.25/cwt173.00–185.0076556
HeifersMedium and Large 1619137.44/cwt128.50–141.00851280
HeifersMedium and Large 1718136.45/cwt130.00–143.0098098
HeifersMedium and Large 1524142.56/cwt132.00–145.25747275
SteersMedium and Large 1769143.12/cwt140.75–145.751,101123
SteersMedium and Large 1573156.19/cwt148.00–158.75895229
SteersLarge 11,003134.25/cwt134.25–134.251,3478

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.