Sale reports / North Dakota / Stockmen's Livestock Exchange / 2021-10-07

Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Dickinson, North Dakota · Thu, Oct 7
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099
Receipts
3,484 head
▲ 399 vs last sale 3,085▲ 1,594 vs year ago 1,890 · +84.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 350-400 lbs 8.00 lower; 400-450 lbs 7.00 higher; 450-500 lbs steady; 500-550 lbs 4.00 higher; 550-600 lbs 4.00 lower. Feeder heifers 350-400 lbs 12.00 higher; 400-450 lbs 3.00 higher; 450-500 lbs 1.00 lower; 500-550 lbs 8.00 lower. Demand was good to moderate on today's offering of new crop feeder steers and heifers. Feeders where in light to moderate flesh. Next sale is scheduled for October 14, 2021.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $176.18/cwt on 1,871 head.
Average price
$176.18
1,871 head · 565 lb average
Value per head Derived
$995
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$202
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$15.59/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.03
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1567176.581,0011,822
Medium and Large 1-2496161.0079949
One grade step is worth $15.59/cwt here — about $202 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 sale1,871 hd
176.18
—
ND average2 barns · 3,213 hd
170.15
+6.03
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
HeifersMedium and Large 1—952140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,3336
HeifersMedium and Large 1—722142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,0297
HeifersMedium and Large 1—341169.00/cwt169.00–169.0057611
HeifersMedium and Large 1—925139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,28619
HeifersMedium and Large 1—816141.40/cwt140.50–144.001,15420
HeifersMedium and Large 1—615151.63/cwt149.00–152.7593358
SteersMedium and Large 1—423206.84/cwt196.00–211.50875154
SteersMedium and Large 1—613167.59/cwt159.75–174.851,027178
SteersMedium and Large 1—342213.00/cwt213.00–213.007285
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—491161.00/cwt161.00–161.007918
SteersMedium and Large 1—944154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,45460
SteersMedium and Large 1—964146.25/cwt146.25–146.251,41014
SteersMedium and Large 1—675156.71/cwt152.50–167.001,058128
SteersMedium and Large 1—380196.28/cwt184.00–210.50746144
HeifersMedium and Large 1—362180.89/cwt173.00–192.00655108
SteersMedium and Large 1—769164.95/cwt154.25–166.001,26877
SteersMedium and Large 1—858161.50/cwt161.50–161.501,38665
SteersMedium and Large 1—804156.50/cwt156.50–156.501,25815
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—438169.38/cwt160.00–177.0074215
SteersMedium and Large 1—516180.54/cwt176.00–184.25932256
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—379143.00/cwt143.00–143.005427
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—435147.13/cwt146.00–148.5064043
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—514156.91/cwt152.75–160.0080721
SteersMedium and Large 1—586163.56/cwt153.50–169.00958338
HeifersMedium and Large 1—528154.14/cwt149.50–160.00814100
HeifersMedium and Large 1—472158.12/cwt152.00–161.50746230
HeifersMedium and Large 1—563154.67/cwt152.50–157.50871168
HeifersMedium and Large 1—437170.50/cwt160.00–178.00745173
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—603153.00/cwt153.00–153.009235
SteersMedium and Large 1—485186.41/cwt174.00–193.75904388
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—497147.50/cwt147.50–147.5073318
HeifersMedium and Large 1—284450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,2785

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.