Sale reports / North Dakota / Stockmen's Livestock Exchange / 2020-11-12

Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Dickinson, North Dakota · Thu, Nov 12
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099
Receipts
4,687 head
416 vs last sale 4,271 138 vs year ago 4,549 · +3.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 400-650 lbs 3.00-6.00 higher, 650-700 lbs steady, 700-750 lbs 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers 400-450 lbs 9.00 higher, 450-650 lbs 2.00-3.00 higher. Demand was good 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 November 19, 2020 expecting 5000 hd.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $156.62/cwt on 2,099 head.
Average price
$156.62
2,099 head · 601 lb average
Value per head Derived
$941
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$115
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$4.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.53
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1602156.759442,043
Medium and Large 1-2545152.0082956
One grade step is worth $4.75/cwt here — about $115 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 sale2,099 hd
156.62
ND average3 barns · 5,612 hd
156.10
+0.53
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

31 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
HeifersLarge 11,125115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,2947
HeifersLarge 11,047121.75/cwt121.75–121.751,27513
HeifersLarge 11,074120.02/cwt118.25–120.501,28914
BullsMedium and Large 1371200.00/cwt200.00–200.0074210
HeifersMedium and Large 1397160.41/cwt156.00–162.0063715
HeifersMedium and Large 1813124.75/cwt124.75–124.751,01417
SteersMedium and Large 1380185.60/cwt183.00–187.0070512
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement565152.25/cwt152.25–152.2586035
SteersMedium and Large 1431187.70/cwt177.00–194.2580965
HeifersMedium and Large 1528144.65/cwt136.00–148.00764275
SteersMedium and Large 1472178.51/cwt167.00–185.0084376
SteersMedium and Large 1576156.28/cwt147.50–167.00900280
HeifersMedium and Large 1336161.71/cwt160.00–163.0054334
HeifersMedium and Large 1474149.52/cwt137.00–153.50709161
HeifersMedium and Large 1409154.59/cwt149.00–160.0063239
HeifersMedium and Large 1576137.77/cwt128.00–142.50794356
SteersMedium and Large 1757137.25/cwt135.50–138.751,03976
HeifersMedium and Large 1632132.88/cwt127.50–135.25840133
SteersMedium and Large 1867139.25/cwt139.25–139.251,20733
HeifersMedium and Large 1722132.27/cwt124.00–143.7595531
SteersMedium and Large 1-2523154.08/cwt150.00–158.5080645
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2635119.50/cwt119.50–119.507597
SteersMedium and Large 1618154.01/cwt144.00–159.00952634
SteersMedium and Large 1334201.86/cwt188.00–210.0067411
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement479158.50/cwt158.50–158.5075934
SteersMedium and Large 1716139.28/cwt132.00–144.5099789
SteersMedium and Large 1-2636143.50/cwt143.50–143.5091311
HeifersMedium and Large 1786134.25/cwt134.25–134.251,05541
SteersMedium and Large 1668146.88/cwt137.25–150.50981365
SteersMedium and Large 1525168.14/cwt160.00–177.00883402
HeifersMedium and Large 1686130.61/cwt128.00–135.0089643

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.