Sale reports / North Dakota / Stockmen's Livestock Exchange / 2020-05-14

Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Dickinson, North Dakota · Thu, May 14
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099
Receipts
2,775 head
730 vs last sale 3,505 2,775 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 traded with the best test seen on 800-950 lb 2.00-3.00 higher. Feeder heifers traded with a lower undertone. Demand was good to moderate on today's offering of feeder steers and heifers. Quality was mostly attractive with feeders in moderate flesh with many drafts of quality replacement heifers in the offering.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.40/cwt on 697 head.
Average price
$122.40
697 head · 778 lb average
Value per head Derived
$952
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$104
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$13.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.58
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1778122.83955675
Medium and Large 1-2779109.2585122
One grade step is worth $13.58/cwt here — about $104 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 sale697 hd
122.40
ND average3 barns · 2,253 hd
124.98
−2.58
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 1492142.00/cwt142.00–142.006999
HeifersMedium and Large 1624137.50/cwt137.50–137.5085810
HeifersMedium and Large 1712121.00/cwt121.00–121.0086219
HeifersMedium and Large 1532139.19/cwt132.00–144.0074027
HeifersMedium and Large 1823107.89/cwt107.75–108.0088830
HeifersMedium and Large 1578129.73/cwt127.50–132.0075042
SteersMedium and Large 1985107.30/cwt102.00–108.001,05768
SteersMedium and Large 1895119.12/cwt118.75–119.251,06670
SteersMedium and Large 1905117.40/cwt111.00–118.501,06275
SteersMedium and Large 1814128.93/cwt124.50–130.751,049114
SteersLarge 11,15894.75/cwt94.75–94.751,09759
SteersLarge 11,011103.28/cwt102.10–106.251,04495
HeifersMedium and Large 1783116.36/cwt110.00–122.0091167
HeifersMedium and Large 1909109.18/cwt107.00–110.0099286
HeifersMedium and Large 1683129.13/cwt120.00–134.25882125
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2779109.25/cwt109.25–109.2585122
SteersMedium and Large 1567161.57/cwt160.00–165.5091617
SteersMedium and Large 1672139.91/cwt138.50–141.5094053
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement948114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,08178
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement831121.94/cwt121.25–122.501,01386
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement793133.43/cwt126.00–137.001,05896

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.