Sale reports / North Dakota / Stockmen's Livestock Exchange / 2021-04-08

Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Dickinson, North Dakota · Thu, Apr 8
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099
Receipts
4,553 head
1,732 vs last sale 2,821 4,553 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared two weeks ago: Feeder steers and heifers traded on a higher undertone. Demand was good to moderate on today's offering of feeder steers and heifers. Feeders where in light to moderate flesh with many grass type feeders in the offering. Next sale is scheduled for April 15, 2021, expecting 2500 hd.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $165.34/cwt on 1,584 head.
Average price
$165.34
1,584 head · 675 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,116
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$102
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$9.31/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.60
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1676165.611,1191,537
Medium and Large 1-2651156.301,01747
One grade step is worth $9.31/cwt here — about $102 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 sale1,584 hd
165.34
ND average3 barns · 4,062 hd
159.74
+5.60
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

19 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
SteersMedium and Large 1565183.05/cwt174.00–193.001,034126
HeifersMedium and Large 1764132.39/cwt129.00–133.001,01185
SteersMedium and Large 1-2592167.50/cwt167.50–167.509928
HeifersMedium and Large 1614150.94/cwt148.50–151.5092793
SteersMedium and Large 1730156.52/cwt150.00–160.851,143459
SteersMedium and Large 1681161.77/cwt159.25–169.501,102378
HeifersMedium and Large 1572160.62/cwt151.50–165.10919221
SteersMedium and Large 1755159.14/cwt150.00–160.851,20284
SteersMedium and Large 1-2663154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,02139
HeifersMedium and Large 1664145.90/cwt137.50–147.75969245
SteersMedium and Large 1456196.00/cwt196.00–196.0089424
HeifersMedium and Large 1732138.00/cwt136.50–141.001,010138
SteersMedium and Large 1634170.70/cwt161.00–176.501,082322
HeifersMedium and Large 1542165.16/cwt159.00–167.7589579
HeifersMedium and Large 1481166.43/cwt165.00–169.5080169
HeifersMedium and Large 1841128.25/cwt128.25–128.251,07942
HeifersMedium and Large 1382184.00/cwt184.00–184.007039
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy715169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,20886
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy608188.25/cwt188.25–188.251,14558

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.