Sale reports / North Dakota / Stockmen's Livestock Exchange / 2021-04-15

Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Dickinson, North Dakota · Thu, Apr 15
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099
Receipts
2,484 head
2,069 vs last sale 4,553 391 vs year ago 2,093 · +18.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No comparison on feeder steers due to low receipts. Feeder heifers 600-650 lbs steady; 700-800 lbs 1.00 -2.00 lower; 650-700 lbs along with 800-850 lbs 4.00- 5.00 lower. Demand was good to moderate on all classes . Feeders where in light to moderate flesh. Next sale is scheduled for April 22, 2021.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $133.97/cwt on 1,394 head.
Average price
$133.97
1,394 head · 765 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,025
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$211
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$17.19/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.85
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2540151.0081513thin
Medium and Large 1767133.811,0271,381
One grade step is worth $17.19/cwt here — about −$211 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 sale1,394 hd
133.97
ND average3 barns · 2,699 hd
136.82
−2.85
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

18 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 1593160.50/cwt160.50–160.5095220
HeifersMedium and Large 1920120.61/cwt119.50–121.251,11041
HeifersMedium and Large 1531156.57/cwt154.00–163.0083144
HeifersMedium and Large 1667141.14/cwt134.00–144.7594159
HeifersMedium and Large 1974119.71/cwt119.25–120.001,16666
HeifersMedium and Large 1826124.42/cwt120.50–128.501,028186
HeifersMedium and Large 1724136.98/cwt134.75–140.00992216
HeifersMedium and Large 1870123.79/cwt122.25–128.001,077283
SteersMedium and Large 1901125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,1268
SteersMedium and Large 1715147.95/cwt140.00–152.501,05811
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2540151.00/cwt151.00–151.0081513
SteersMedium and Large 1-2663145.00/cwt145.00–145.0096127
SteersMedium and Large 1680164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,11512
SteersMedium and Large 1581162.00/cwt162.00–162.0094113
SteersMedium and Large 1858137.75/cwt137.75–137.751,18223
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement684146.00/cwt146.00–146.0099955
HeifersMedium and Large 1782129.78/cwt127.00–132.501,015204
HeifersMedium and Large 1626150.98/cwt144.00–155.50945207

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.