Sale reports / North Dakota / Stockmen's Livestock Exchange / 2022-12-08

Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Dickinson, North Dakota · Thu, Dec 8
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099
Receipts
3,173 head
2,213 vs last sale 5,386 716 vs year ago 3,889 · 18.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 600 lbs mostly steady, over 600 lbs 2.00 to 5.00 lower as flesh condition was much heavier on these weights this week. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs steady to 2.00 higher, instances to 4.00 higher on 450-500 lbs, over 600 lbs 2.00 lower. Moderate to good demand for this offering of mostly weaned steers and heifers, there were some calves right off the cow however. Flesh condition was much heavier than last week, with fewer consignments of light fleshed cattle. The market was not as active overall as there were a few less buyers this week and the heavier flesh condition had buyers on the defensive.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $202.32/cwt on 1,049 head.
Average price
$202.32
1,049 head · 609 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,232
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$197
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$8.98/cwt at this weight
vs the market
7.86
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1617203.261,253939
Medium and Large 1-2544194.281,057110
One grade step is worth $8.98/cwt here — about $197 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 sale1,049 hd
202.32
ND average3 barns · 4,391 hd
210.17
−7.86
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

39 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
BullsMedium and Large 1-2424182.50/cwt182.50–182.5077414
BullsMedium and Large 1-2354213.00/cwt213.00–213.007545
BullsMedium and Large 1-2293235.00/cwt235.00–235.006896
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550171.00/cwt171.00–171.0094114
BullsMedium and Large 1577167.50/cwt167.50–167.5096621
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy506189.00/cwt189.00–189.009567
SteersMedium and Large 1-2657199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,3079
SteersMedium and Large 1-2532177.00/cwt177.00–177.0094210
SteersMedium and Large 1840172.50/cwt172.50–172.501,4495
SteersMedium and Large 1677187.89/cwt180.00–189.751,27281
SteersMedium and Large 1729183.46/cwt178.00–185.751,33799
SteersMedium and Large 1425250.31/cwt230.00–261.001,06441
SteersMedium and Large 1-2475205.14/cwt204.00–213.0097438
SteersMedium and Large 1-2574195.37/cwt188.00–202.001,12126
SteersMedium and Large 1528219.88/cwt210.00–235.001,161178
HeifersMedium and Large 1522197.16/cwt184.00–208.001,029140
HeifersMedium and Large 1622175.10/cwt168.00–179.501,08951
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy635182.50/cwt182.50–182.501,1595
SteersMedium and Large 1378261.00/cwt261.00–261.009876
SteersMedium and Large 1-2401195.00/cwt195.00–195.0078212
SteersMedium and Large 1621198.04/cwt194.00–207.001,230222
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2343203.00/cwt203.00–203.006968
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2454152.00/cwt152.00–152.006908
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2421200.00/cwt200.00–200.0084215
SteersMedium and Large 1479236.46/cwt224.00–245.001,13347
SteersMedium and Large 1578213.83/cwt204.75–218.501,236122
SteersMedium and Large 1771175.94/cwt173.00–179.751,35678
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy659173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,14016
HeifersMedium and Large 1481200.15/cwt177.00–210.00963143
HeifersMedium and Large 1572181.79/cwt172.00–189.751,040240
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy826169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,39622
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy720173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,24615
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy661185.69/cwt179.00–187.501,22733
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2367196.84/cwt192.00–206.0072214
HeifersMedium and Large 1369202.04/cwt186.00–219.0074633
HeifersMedium and Large 1429213.14/cwt202.50–220.0091475
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2509182.00/cwt182.00–182.0092611
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement636177.85/cwt177.00–179.501,13117
HeifersMedium and Large 1661172.44/cwt170.00–175.501,14099

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.