Sale reports / North Dakota / Stockmen's Livestock Exchange / 2020-04-23

Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Dickinson, North Dakota · Thu, Apr 23
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099
Receipts
2,798 head
705 vs last sale 2,093 2,798 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 550-600 & 850-900 lbs traded steady; 600-650 lbs fully lower; 700-750 & 800-850 lbs 4.00-6.00 higher; 750-800 lbs 3.00 lower. Feeder Heifers traded steady to 4.00 lower. Demand was good to moderate on today's offering of feeder steers and heifers. Quality was mostly attractive with feeders in light to moderate flesh. Next sale is scheduled for April 30, 2020.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $135.40/cwt on 1,523 head.
Average price
$135.40
1,523 head · 752 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,018
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$131
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$2.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.90
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1757135.551,0261,433
Medium and Large 1-2673133.0789590
One grade step is worth $2.48/cwt here — about $131 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 sale1,523 hd
135.40
ND average2 barns · 2,426 hd
134.50
+0.90
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 1907114.50/cwt114.50–114.501,03914
HeifersMedium and Large 1750126.50/cwt126.50–126.5094918
HeifersMedium and Large 1710126.50/cwt126.50–126.5089832
HeifersMedium and Large 1669134.45/cwt131.75–138.0089976
HeifersMedium and Large 1632136.37/cwt134.25–138.0086282
HeifersMedium and Large 1566141.88/cwt133.50–146.50803158
SteersMedium and Large 1579155.20/cwt152.00–160.0089984
SteersMedium and Large 1824130.15/cwt124.00–132.251,072108
SteersMedium and Large 1917119.05/cwt118.00–120.001,092125
SteersMedium and Large 1727139.97/cwt131.50–147.851,018283
SteersMedium and Large 1976106.00/cwt106.00–106.001,0355
SteersMedium and Large 1413180.00/cwt180.00–180.0074313
SteersMedium and Large 1681140.32/cwt136.25–149.25956419
SteersMedium and Large 1-2788126.00/cwt126.00–126.0099337
SteersMedium and Large 1-2592138.00/cwt138.00–138.0081753
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2581128.50/cwt128.50–128.507477
SteersMedium and Large 11,066106.25/cwt106.25–106.251,13315
SteersMedium and Large 1621141.82/cwt139.75–146.5088148
SteersMedium and Large 11,033110.50/cwt110.50–110.501,14152
SteersMedium and Large 1763139.27/cwt130.00–142.001,063139
SteersMedium and Large 1883123.12/cwt117.75–124.001,087142

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.