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 1952140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,3336
HeifersMedium and Large 1722142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,0297
HeifersMedium and Large 1341169.00/cwt169.00–169.0057611
HeifersMedium and Large 1925139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,28619
HeifersMedium and Large 1816141.40/cwt140.50–144.001,15420
HeifersMedium and Large 1615151.63/cwt149.00–152.7593358
SteersMedium and Large 1423206.84/cwt196.00–211.50875154
SteersMedium and Large 1613167.59/cwt159.75–174.851,027178
SteersMedium and Large 1342213.00/cwt213.00–213.007285
SteersMedium and Large 1-2491161.00/cwt161.00–161.007918
SteersMedium and Large 1944154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,45460
SteersMedium and Large 1964146.25/cwt146.25–146.251,41014
SteersMedium and Large 1675156.71/cwt152.50–167.001,058128
SteersMedium and Large 1380196.28/cwt184.00–210.50746144
HeifersMedium and Large 1362180.89/cwt173.00–192.00655108
SteersMedium and Large 1769164.95/cwt154.25–166.001,26877
SteersMedium and Large 1858161.50/cwt161.50–161.501,38665
SteersMedium and Large 1804156.50/cwt156.50–156.501,25815
SteersMedium and Large 1-2438169.38/cwt160.00–177.0074215
SteersMedium and Large 1516180.54/cwt176.00–184.25932256
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2379143.00/cwt143.00–143.005427
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2435147.13/cwt146.00–148.5064043
SteersMedium and Large 1-2514156.91/cwt152.75–160.0080721
SteersMedium and Large 1586163.56/cwt153.50–169.00958338
HeifersMedium and Large 1528154.14/cwt149.50–160.00814100
HeifersMedium and Large 1472158.12/cwt152.00–161.50746230
HeifersMedium and Large 1563154.67/cwt152.50–157.50871168
HeifersMedium and Large 1437170.50/cwt160.00–178.00745173
SteersMedium and Large 1-2603153.00/cwt153.00–153.009235
SteersMedium and Large 1485186.41/cwt174.00–193.75904388
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2497147.50/cwt147.50–147.5073318
HeifersMedium and Large 1284450.00/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.