Sale reports / North Dakota / Stockmen's Livestock Exchange / 2023-01-19

Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Dickinson, North Dakota · Thu, Jan 19
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099
Receipts
2,677 head
▼ 336 vs last sale 3,013▲ 129 vs year ago 2,548 · +5.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Feeder steers are 3.00 to 7.00 lower, except 600 lbs to 650 lbs steers mostly steady and 450 lbs to 500 lbs 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers 8.00 to 10.00 lower, except 500-550 lbs mostly steady. Demand only moderate this week as the market is feeling pressure from the storms rolling through the region.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $208.56/cwt on 1,190 head.
Average price
$208.56
1,190 head · 577 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,203
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$172
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$16.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.29
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1580209.591,2151,114
Medium and Large 1-2539193.511,04376
One grade step is worth $16.07/cwt here — about $172 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 sale1,190 hd
208.56
—
ND average3 barns · 5,586 hd
199.27
+9.29
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

32 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 1—704159.75/cwt159.75–159.751,12511
HeifersMedium and Large 1—785154.65/cwt153.00–156.001,21411
HeifersMedium and Large 1—833156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,2995
HeifersMedium and Large 1—642168.90/cwt168.00–170.001,08411
HeifersMedium and Large 1—942155.75/cwt155.75–155.751,46720
HeifersMedium and Large 1—376187.53/cwt186.00–190.0070522
SteersMedium and Large 1—613206.93/cwt195.50–210.001,268295
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—535193.70/cwt181.00–198.001,03634
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—589200.50/cwt200.50–200.501,1819
SteersMedium and Large 1—684183.72/cwt174.00–190.001,25760
SteersMedium and Large 1—718183.98/cwt181.00–190.501,32198
SteersMedium and Large 1—481230.14/cwt220.00–240.501,10786
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—604187.67/cwt181.00–191.001,13418
SteersMedium and Large 1—583207.87/cwt195.00–220.501,212123
HeifersMedium and Large 1—435188.26/cwt176.00–192.5081999
HeifersMedium and Large 1—570178.18/cwt172.00–186.001,01683
SteersMedium and Large 1—331245.00/cwt245.00–245.0081121
SteersMedium and Large 1—820176.75/cwt176.75–176.751,44914
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—400171.00/cwt171.00–171.006846
SteersMedium and Large 1—437232.25/cwt211.00–237.001,015157
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—481168.28/cwt160.00–188.0080928
HeifersMedium and Large 1—673172.99/cwt161.00–179.001,16471
SteersMedium and Large 1—774176.93/cwt176.25–180.501,36961
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—465212.50/cwt212.50–212.509889
HeifersMedium and Large 1—525192.47/cwt179.00–196.501,010184
HeifersMedium and Large 1—879159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,39824
HeifersMedium and Large 1—480190.33/cwt183.00–196.00914119
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—419170.00/cwt170.00–170.007129
SteersMedium and Large 1—319625.00/head625.00–625.006255
SteersMedium and Large 1—533216.81/cwt200.00–223.501,156199
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—573176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,00819
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—605181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,0955

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.