Sale reports / North Dakota / Stockmen's Livestock Exchange / 2022-02-03

Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Dickinson, North Dakota · Thu, Feb 3
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099
Receipts
1,132 head
1,406 vs last sale 2,538 1,084 vs year ago 2,216 · 48.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 2.00 to 6.00 higher, except 600-650 lbs and 700-750 lbs steady. Feeder heifers under 650 lbs 3.00 to 6.00 higher, over 650 lbs steady. Good demand for this much lighter offering of feeder cattle this week. Mostly small strings offered as packages, few part loads. Flesh condition was attractive as most were in a light to moderate amount, quality was attractive overall. Cattle feeders were willing to give more, even with a limited offering, as the CME Live Cattle futures rallied this week as did the cash fat cattle market.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $177.88/cwt on 513 head.
Average price
$177.88
513 head · 664 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,181
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$213
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$13.42/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.26
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1666178.241,187499
Medium and Large 1-2591164.8297314thin
One grade step is worth $13.42/cwt here — about $213 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 sale513 hd
177.88
ND average3 barns · 2,328 hd
176.62
+1.26
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

22 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 1510171.13/cwt159.00–178.0087342
HeifersMedium and Large 1571167.92/cwt163.00–170.0095944
HeifersMedium and Large 1635160.21/cwt155.00–163.251,01772
HeifersMedium and Large 1780136.50/cwt136.50–136.501,06516
SteersMedium and Large 1-2582166.67/cwt166.00–167.009709
SteersMedium and Large 1722168.40/cwt166.50–169.001,21666
BullsMedium and Large 1943140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,32021
HeifersMedium and Large 1666152.64/cwt148.00–158.251,01740
SteersMedium and Large 1835158.75/cwt158.75–158.751,32647
SteersMedium and Large 1570194.02/cwt188.25–199.001,10667
SteersMedium and Large 1468223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,04419
SteersMedium and Large 1526194.39/cwt192.00–199.501,02239
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2470161.00/cwt161.00–161.007575
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2422163.00/cwt163.00–163.006886
SteersMedium and Large 1761159.75/cwt159.75–159.751,21613
SteersMedium and Large 1-2606161.50/cwt161.50–161.509795
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement770160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,23226
HeifersMedium and Large 1714141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,00711
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2323162.00/cwt162.00–162.005233
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy897143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,2835
SteersMedium and Large 1639176.06/cwt170.50–180.501,12563
SteersMedium and Large 1684175.93/cwt168.50–179.001,203180

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.