Sale reports / North Dakota / Stockmen's Livestock Exchange / 2020-03-12

Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Dickinson, North Dakota · Thu, Mar 12
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099
Receipts
1,684 head
143 vs last sale 1,541 1,684 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week. Feeder steers due to limited receipts per weight break the best test seen on 650-700 lbs 2.00 lower; 750-800 lbs 17.00 lower. Feeder heifers traded 4.00 -10.00 lower. Demand was moderate . The auction was slow to get going due to CME Feeder Cattle Futures down the limit. Quality was mostly attractive with many replacement heifers in the offering. Next feeder cattle sale is scheduled for March 19, 2020 expecting 1500 hd.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $133.81/cwt on 579 head.
Average price
$133.81
579 head · 741 lb average
Value per head Derived
$992
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$84
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$1.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.02
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2676135.3991555
Medium and Large 1748133.641,000524
One grade step is worth $1.75/cwt here — about −$84 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 sale579 hd
133.81
ND average4 barns · 3,629 hd
138.83
−5.02
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

21 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 1561145.58/cwt143.00–149.0081716
HeifersMedium and Large 1626134.92/cwt127.00–136.0084525
HeifersMedium and Large 1726122.58/cwt119.50–124.5089032
HeifersMedium and Large 1826112.36/cwt110.00–113.0092846
HeifersMedium and Large 192497.64/cwt97.00–98.2590253
HeifersMedium and Large 1785112.71/cwt111.25–119.0088574
SteersMedium and Large 1786122.22/cwt120.20–123.75961184
SteersMedium and Large 1687148.85/cwt147.25–150.501,023186
SteersMedium and Large 1-2676135.39/cwt133.50–137.0091555
SteersMedium and Large 1645150.00/cwt150.00–150.0096824
HeifersMedium and Large 1677125.66/cwt123.00–127.50851134
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2741108.10/cwt107.50–109.0080120
SteersMedium and Large 1723131.62/cwt129.50–133.2595218
SteersMedium and Large 1814118.69/cwt115.00–120.0096628
SteersMedium and Large 1578147.25/cwt140.50–148.5085132
SteersMedium and Large 1957112.48/cwt112.25–113.001,07652
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement6911,085.00/cwt1,085.00–1,085.007,49717
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement7281,020.85/cwt985.00–1,075.007,43245
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement779147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,14515
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement882962.74/cwt925.00–985.008,49116
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Replacement797128.50/cwt128.50–128.501,02429

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.