Sale reports / North Dakota / Stockmen's Livestock Exchange / 2021-09-30

Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Dickinson, North Dakota · Thu, Sep 30
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099
Receipts
3,085 head
461 vs last sale 2,624 3,085 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers weighing 350-500 lbs 6.00-9.00 lower; 500-550 lbs 2.00 lower; 550-600 lbs 9.00 higher. Feeder heifers 350-400 lbs 6.00 lower; 400-450 lbs steady; 450-500 lbs 2,00 lower 500-550 lbs 9.00 higher. Demand was good to moderate on today's offering of new crop feeder steers and heifers along with tested open heifers that sold on an active market. Feeders where in light to moderate flesh. Next sale is scheduled for October 7, 2021, expecting 4000 hd.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $182.48/cwt on 1,215 head.
Average price
$182.48
1,215 head · 500 lb average
Value per head Derived
$912
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$161
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$20.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1501183.329191,166
Medium and Large 1-2467162.5275849
One grade step is worth $20.80/cwt here — about $161 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 sale1,215 hd
182.48
ND average1 barns · 1,215 hd
182.48
+0.00
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

32 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 11,014133.89/cwt131.75–134.751,35833
HeifersMedium and Large 1781144.25/cwt144.25–144.251,1276
HeifersMedium and Large 1279199.00/cwt199.00–199.0055514
HeifersMedium and Large 1598141.91/cwt139.00–149.5084918
HeifersMedium and Large 1607145.50/cwt145.50–145.5088333
HeifersMedium and Large 1979128.94/cwt126.00–132.001,26236
SteersMedium and Large 1481186.05/cwt179.75–199.25895313
SteersMedium and Large 1749159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,19124
SteersMedium and Large 1-2458172.00/cwt172.00–172.0078812
SteersMedium and Large 1-2393170.00/cwt170.00–170.006685
SteersMedium and Large 1313209.00/cwt209.00–209.006545
SteersMedium and Large 1523177.13/cwt161.00–184.75926256
SteersMedium and Large 1875151.50/cwt151.50–151.501,32612
SteersMedium and Large 1282218.00/cwt218.00–218.006159
HeifersMedium and Large 1385169.35/cwt159.00–177.00652139
HeifersMedium and Large 1522161.56/cwt153.50–169.50843105
SteersMedium and Large 1990136.25/cwt136.25–136.251,34917
SteersMedium and Large 1426199.02/cwt177.00–212.50848267
SteersMedium and Large 1-2424157.07/cwt155.50–161.0066620
SteersMedium and Large 1626150.76/cwt148.50–159.0094466
HeifersMedium and Large 1866137.41/cwt130.00–142.751,19039
HeifersMedium and Large 1836143.97/cwt132.00–145.501,20483
SteersMedium and Large 1369204.13/cwt196.00–208.5075389
SteersMedium and Large 1678142.00/cwt142.00–142.009637
HeifersMedium and Large 1329180.53/cwt172.50–183.0059454
HeifersMedium and Large 1429168.54/cwt156.50–178.00723253
HeifersMedium and Large 1474158.84/cwt153.00–165.50753219
HeifersMedium and Large 1925140.11/cwt133.00–143.001,296146
SteersMedium and Large 1-2577159.00/cwt159.00–159.0091712
SteersMedium and Large 1575167.92/cwt160.00–174.50966101
HeifersMedium and Large 1271550.00/cwt550.00–550.001,49112
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2427152.95/cwt152.00–156.0065322

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.