Sale reports / North Dakota / Stockmen's Livestock Exchange / 2021-04-22

Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Dickinson, North Dakota · Thu, Apr 22
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099
Receipts
2,599 head
115 vs last sale 2,484 199 vs year ago 2,798 · 7.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers traded on a lower undertone. Feeder heifers 550-600 & 750-800 lbs 1.00-2.00 lower; 600-650 lbs steady; 650-750 lbs 5.00-6.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good on today's offering. Feeders where in light to moderate flesh. Next feeder sale is scheduled for May 13, 2021.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $137.63/cwt on 876 head.
Average price
$137.63
876 head · 692 lb average
Value per head Derived
$953
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$140
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$4.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.01
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2583141.5282574
Medium and Large 1703137.28964802
One grade step is worth $4.24/cwt here — about −$140 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 sale876 hd
137.63
ND average3 barns · 2,172 hd
136.62
+1.01
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 1688144.95/cwt141.00–149.00997112
HeifersMedium and Large 1852119.75/cwt119.75–119.751,02015
HeifersMedium and Large 1828117.00/cwt117.00–117.0096925
HeifersMedium and Large 1666134.88/cwt133.00–136.2589857
HeifersMedium and Large 1515152.08/cwt148.00–155.2578377
HeifersMedium and Large 1912119.58/cwt116.00–121.251,09197
HeifersMedium and Large 1626150.74/cwt148.00–151.00944103
SteersMedium and Large 1-2583160.00/cwt160.00–160.009338
SteersMedium and Large 1-2526162.89/cwt157.50–166.0085750
SteersMedium and Large 1723144.80/cwt144.25–146.751,04731
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2626135.11/cwt134.50–135.5084615
SteersMedium and Large 1794136.50/cwt136.50–136.501,0849
HeifersMedium and Large 1568158.12/cwt154.00–161.00898114
HeifersMedium and Large 1730132.25/cwt132.25–132.25965144
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2576142.07/cwt141.00–145.0081851
SteersMedium and Large 1826132.83/cwt132.00–133.001,097148
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2544150.00/cwt150.00–150.008168
SteersMedium and Large 1573167.34/cwt163.25–174.5095937
HeifersMedium and Large 1762128.12/cwt121.75–132.25976170

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.