Sale reports / North Dakota / Stockmen's Livestock Exchange / 2022-04-07

Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Dickinson, North Dakota · Thu, Apr 7
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099
Receipts
3,066 head
301 vs last sale 2,765 1,487 vs year ago 4,553 · 32.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers steady to 3.00 higher, except 700-750 lbs 5.00 to 6.00 higher. Feeder heifers unevenly steady. Good demand for this nice offering of attractive, light to moderate fleshed steers and heifers. There were many long strings of steers and heifers, including full loads and multiple load lots, along with numerous smaller consignments. The market was most active on the full loads and the light weight cattle that can go to grass. The cash fed cattle and April Live Cattle futures contract continue to disappoint cattle feeders, which is keeping pressure on the feeder cattle market. Many replacement quality heifers in this week's line up, but the uncertainty of a full grazing season is very concerning. The next feeder cattle sale will be in two weeks, April 21, 2022.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $155.83/cwt on 1,374 head.
Average price
$155.83
1,374 head · 661 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,030
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$4
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$26.98/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.02
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2523160.0883877
Medium and Large 1670156.111,0461,267
Medium and Large 2632133.1084130
One grade step is worth $26.98/cwt here — about −$4 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 sale1,374 hd
155.83
ND average3 barns · 3,109 hd
157.85
−2.02
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

48 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 1Thin Fleshed422193.00/cwt193.00–193.0081417
BullsMedium and Large 1896128.50/cwt128.50–128.501,1515
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy784134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,0515
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy672143.48/cwt141.50–145.0096423
HeifersMedium and Large 2687128.50/cwt128.50–128.5088318
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2566156.74/cwt151.00–164.0088722
HeifersMedium and Large 2550140.00/cwt140.00–140.0077012
SteersMedium and Large 1571199.09/cwt198.25–204.001,13794
SteersMedium and Large 1689178.43/cwt170.00–180.001,229121
SteersMedium and Large 1874149.73/cwt144.75–154.751,309148
SteersMedium and Large 1714174.30/cwt166.50–180.001,245207
SteersMedium and Large 1785160.56/cwt156.00–162.501,260231
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed764180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,37515
SteersMedium and Large 2737139.50/cwt139.50–139.501,02818
SteersMedium and Large 1-2435204.00/cwt204.00–204.008878
SteersMedium and Large 1-2523192.68/cwt187.00–200.001,00812
SteersMedium and Large 1-2563177.08/cwt174.00–183.0099720
SteersLarge 1-21,116127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,4179
SteersMedium and Large 1813150.98/cwt147.50–152.001,22784
SteersMedium and Large 1496216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,07111
SteersMedium and Large 1943143.75/cwt143.75–143.751,35611
SteersMedium and Large 1514204.30/cwt198.50–209.001,05046
SteersMedium and Large 1625189.56/cwt187.00–192.001,18558
SteersMedium and Large 1-2606185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,12129
SteersMedium and Large 1-2476193.79/cwt185.50–205.0092240
HeifersMedium and Large 1532169.34/cwt157.00–174.0090193
HeifersMedium and Large 1684155.26/cwt150.00–158.001,06290
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2468161.00/cwt161.00–161.007536
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2635145.14/cwt139.50–152.5092214
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2446172.00/cwt172.00–172.007679
HeifersMedium and Large 1625157.12/cwt155.00–169.00982224
HeifersMedium and Large 1775138.74/cwt135.00–142.001,07562
HeifersMedium and Large 1809137.69/cwt137.50–138.001,11450
HeifersMedium and Large 1921125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,15118
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2374171.00/cwt171.00–171.006408
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2529150.00/cwt150.00–150.007947
HeifersMedium and Large 1718153.51/cwt147.00–156.501,102195
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement774142.31/cwt140.75–144.001,10185
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement860138.85/cwt135.00–140.501,19471
HeifersMedium and Large 1871134.67/cwt133.50–135.251,17384
HeifersMedium and Large 1578165.08/cwt156.00–174.7595478
HeifersMedium and Large 1468175.69/cwt174.00–177.5082266
SteersMedium 1465189.00/cwt189.00–189.008796
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy573183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,0498
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy690160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,1045
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy706190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,3417
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed495174.00/cwt174.00–174.0086111
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed475190.75/cwt190.75–190.75906106

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.