Sale reports / North Dakota / Stockmen's Livestock Exchange / 2021-11-04

Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Dickinson, North Dakota · Thu, Nov 4
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099
Receipts
3,610 head
745 vs last sale 4,355 661 vs year ago 4,271 · 15.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 400-450 lbs 4.00 higher; 450-500 lbs steady; 500-550 & 600-700 lbs 3.00- 6.00 lower; 550-600 lbs 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers 400-450 & 600-650 lbs 6.00 lower; 450-600 lbs 1.00-3.00 lower. Moderate demand on today's offering., Flesh condition was light to moderate. Next sale is scheduled for November 11,2021.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $171.73/cwt on 1,714 head.
Average price
$171.73
1,714 head · 559 lb average
Value per head Derived
$961
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$125
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$11.29/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.66
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1562172.629711,580
Medium and Large 1-2524161.32846134
One grade step is worth $11.29/cwt here — about $125 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 sale1,714 hd
171.73
ND average3 barns · 6,060 hd
166.07
+5.66
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

23 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 1667141.50/cwt141.50–141.509447
HeifersMedium and Large 1734137.50/cwt137.50–137.501,00920
HeifersMedium and Large 1374167.54/cwt155.00–173.5062730
HeifersMedium and Large 1853147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,25430
HeifersMedium and Large 1625141.40/cwt138.00–146.5088482
HeifersMedium and Large 1418162.17/cwt152.00–168.00678113
SteersMedium and Large 1791144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,13925
SteersMedium and Large 1705146.67/cwt139.50–160.001,03482
SteersMedium and Large 1474188.40/cwt182.00–205.00893231
SteersMedium and Large 1528173.54/cwt164.00–182.00916392
SteersMedium and Large 1574169.46/cwt164.75–180.00973386
SteersMedium and Large 1-2460176.00/cwt176.00–176.0081022
SteersMedium and Large 1-2591157.96/cwt156.00–160.0093441
SteersMedium and Large 1367205.97/cwt203.00–212.5075614
SteersMedium and Large 1-2530155.00/cwt155.00–155.0082260
HeifersMedium and Large 1482157.15/cwt152.50–161.00757277
SteersMedium and Large 1874156.75/cwt156.75–156.751,37014
HeifersMedium and Large 1576144.60/cwt140.00–151.00833313
HeifersMedium and Large 1519154.39/cwt140.50–159.50801262
SteersMedium and Large 1-2375179.00/cwt179.00–179.0067111
SteersMedium and Large 1435201.55/cwt190.00–207.50877120
SteersMedium and Large 1663160.00/cwt157.00–164.001,061130
SteersMedium and Large 1630161.75/cwt152.00–170.001,019186

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.