Sale reports / North Dakota / Stockmen's Livestock Exchange / 2021-03-11

Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Dickinson, North Dakota · Thu, Mar 11
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099
Receipts
2,800 head
9 vs last sale 2,791 1,116 vs year ago 1,684 · +66.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 650-800 lbs steady to 1.00 higher; 800-850 lbs 2.00 lower. Feeder heifers traded steady to 4.00 lower. Good demand seen on todays offering of feeder steers and heifers. Feeders where in light to moderate flesh. Next sale is scheduled for March 25, 2021.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $144.07/cwt on 1,545 head.
Average price
$144.07
1,545 head · 742 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,069
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$84
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$5.97/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.88
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1743144.281,0721,491
Medium and Large 1-2715138.3198854
One grade step is worth $5.97/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 sale1,545 hd
144.07
ND average3 barns · 6,312 hd
145.96
−1.88
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

22 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 1442159.50/cwt159.50–159.5070521
HeifersMedium and Large 1806121.11/cwt119.50–121.7597625
HeifersMedium and Large 1764121.75/cwt121.75–121.7593041
HeifersMedium and Large 1857117.50/cwt117.50–117.501,00747
HeifersMedium and Large 1530154.73/cwt147.00–160.0082066
HeifersMedium and Large 1583141.16/cwt138.50–147.0082384
HeifersMedium and Large 1674134.18/cwt131.00–136.0090485
HeifersMedium and Large 1727127.81/cwt122.25–129.75929119
SteersMedium and Large 1881131.02/cwt130.00–132.001,15492
SteersMedium and Large 1814137.34/cwt127.25–139.751,118125
SteersMedium and Large 1614158.33/cwt145.00–162.00972138
SteersMedium and Large 1679149.40/cwt143.00–155.251,014154
SteersMedium and Large 1-2690139.00/cwt139.00–139.0095917
SteersMedium and Large 1-2726138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,00237
SteersMedium and Large 1721144.98/cwt142.25–146.001,045603
SteersMedium and Large 1438185.00/cwt185.00–185.0081020
SteersMedium and Large 1559165.78/cwt164.00–170.0092739
SteersMedium and Large 1517172.80/cwt162.00–183.0089341
HeifersMedium and Large 1624142.98/cwt136.00–145.00892131
SteersMedium and Large 1998123.60/cwt123.60–123.601,23465
SteersMedium and Large 1794140.60/cwt140.60–140.601,11680
SteersMedium and Large 1903127.55/cwt126.75–128.001,152134

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.