Sale reports / North Dakota / Stockmen's Livestock Exchange / 2020-02-20

Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Dickinson, North Dakota · Thu, Feb 20
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099
Receipts
1,553 head
280 vs last sale 1,833 1,553 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 600-650 lbs 2.00 higher; 650-700 lbs 2.00 lower; 700-800 lbs 8.00- 10.00 higher. Feeder heifers 550-600 & 700-750 lbs 2.00 lower; 600-700 lbs 4.00 -6.00 higher. Demand was good to moderate on today's offering of feeder steers and heifers. Quality was mostly attractive with many drafts of replacement quality heifers in the offering. . Next sale is scheduled for February 27,2020.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $138.07/cwt on 731 head.
Average price
$138.07
731 head · 710 lb average
Value per head Derived
$980
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
3.82
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1710138.07980731
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale731 hd
138.07
ND average4 barns · 4,636 hd
141.89
−3.82
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

18 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 1Replacement714154.54/cwt146.25–167.501,10371
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement683156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,06558
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement750158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,18527
SteersMedium and Large 1711152.13/cwt148.00–154.001,08255
SteersMedium and Large 1618166.03/cwt159.00–168.001,02624
SteersMedium and Large 1862130.50/cwt130.50–130.501,12520
SteersMedium and Large 1546177.50/cwt177.50–177.509696
HeifersMedium and Large 1675136.89/cwt131.50–141.25924155
HeifersMedium and Large 1722128.69/cwt125.00–130.50929114
SteersMedium and Large 1824136.96/cwt135.50–137.251,129127
SteersMedium and Large 1788148.36/cwt145.75–157.751,16987
SteersMedium and Large 1678150.77/cwt149.75–159.001,02266
HeifersMedium and Large 1772124.64/cwt119.00–128.7596293
HeifersMedium and Large 1583151.30/cwt144.75–156.0088265
HeifersMedium and Large 1623144.47/cwt131.50–149.0090054
HeifersMedium and Large 1871117.74/cwt115.00–120.251,02653
HeifersMedium and Large 1830124.50/cwt124.50–124.501,03335
HeifersMedium and Large 1486155.00/cwt155.00–155.007536

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.