Sale reports / North Dakota / Stockmen's Livestock Exchange / 2021-10-14

Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Dickinson, North Dakota · Thu, Oct 14
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099
Receipts
1,887 head
1,597 vs last sale 3,484 1,168 vs year ago 3,055 · 38.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 350-400 & 450-550 lbs 2.00-4.00 lower; 400-450 lbs fully lower; 550-600 lbs 7.00 higher; 600-650 lbs steady. Feeder heifers 350-450 lbs fully lower; 450-600 lbs 1.00-3.00 lower. Good demand seen on today's offering of new crop steers and heifers coming off of grass in light to moderate flesh. Due to region wide rain and snow yesterday many consignments canceled today. Next sale is scheduled for October 21,2021.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $173.98/cwt on 896 head.
Average price
$173.98
896 head · 556 lb average
Value per head Derived
$968
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$135
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$22.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.66
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1556174.10968891
Medium and Large 1-2548152.008335thin
One grade step is worth $22.10/cwt here — about $135 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 sale896 hd
173.98
ND average2 barns · 2,203 hd
169.32
+4.66
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 1641144.50/cwt144.50–144.5092618
HeifersMedium and Large 1369160.85/cwt160.00–162.5059421
HeifersMedium and Large 1570152.08/cwt144.00–154.0086791
HeifersMedium and Large 1483156.32/cwt153.75–158.00755145
HeifersMedium and Large 1434159.03/cwt155.50–162.75690150
HeifersMedium and Large 1527152.99/cwt145.00–159.00806256
SteersMedium and Large 1738157.35/cwt156.50–159.001,16129
SteersMedium and Large 1685160.50/cwt160.50–160.501,09936
SteersMedium and Large 1369191.78/cwt188.00–202.0070844
SteersMedium and Large 1527176.56/cwt173.00–181.50930110
SteersMedium and Large 1470183.75/cwt176.00–186.75864157
SteersMedium and Large 1628167.73/cwt156.00–172.501,053180
HeifersMedium and Large 1344170.72/cwt168.50–173.005878
HeifersMedium and Large 1698142.00/cwt142.00–142.0099110
HeifersMedium and Large 1958143.75/cwt143.75–143.751,37714
SteersMedium and Large 1575171.26/cwt165.25–177.00985307
SteersMedium and Large 1426189.43/cwt180.00–197.0080728
SteersMedium and Large 1-2548152.00/cwt152.00–152.008335

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.