Sale reports / North Dakota / Stockmen's Livestock Exchange / 2023-03-23

Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Dickinson, North Dakota · Thu, Mar 23
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099
Receipts
3,465 head
283 vs last sale 3,748 700 vs year ago 2,765 · +25.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 3.00 to 6.00 higher, instances to 10.00 higher on 600 lbs steers. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs 5.00 to 10.00 higher, 600-700 lbs steady to 5.00 higher. Very good demand for this nice offering of high quality, attractive, light fleshed steers and heifers. Many replacement quality heifers in the offering, with many buyers on the seats ready to buy these. Several full loads of steers and heifers, along with numerous part loads and packages. The market was very active, especially on those light cattle to make yearlings out of. Next week, Mar. 30 will be bred cows and heifers along with feeder cattle.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $203.49/cwt on 1,689 head.
Average price
$203.49
1,689 head · 635 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,292
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$198
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$21.29/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.29
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1635203.711,2941,672
Medium and Large 1-2601182.411,09717thin
One grade step is worth $21.29/cwt here — about $198 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 sale1,689 hd
203.49
ND average3 barns · 2,904 hd
201.20
+2.29
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

34 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 1758179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,3576
BullsMedium and Large 1491246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,2088
HeifersMedium and Large 1858165.50/cwt165.50–165.501,42015
HeifersMedium and Large 1708189.35/cwt184.50–193.001,341221
HeifersMedium and Large 1625205.35/cwt191.00–215.501,283122
HeifersMedium and Large 1423218.10/cwt205.00–225.0092325
SteersMedium and Large 1810180.50/cwt180.50–180.501,46212
SteersMedium and Large 1570249.11/cwt233.00–254.501,420107
SteersMedium and Large 1-2569222.79/cwt221.00–226.001,26820
SteersMedium and Large 1-2425234.73/cwt234.00–235.0099829
SteersMedium and Large 1799193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,54247
SteersMedium and Large 1-2797177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,41113
SteersMedium and Large 1627233.88/cwt211.00–238.001,466250
SteersMedium and Large 1951172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,63620
SteersMedium and Large 1431273.55/cwt269.00–285.001,17918
SteersMedium and Large 1-2543215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,1675
SteersMedium and Large 1721209.62/cwt199.00–220.751,511159
SteersMedium and Large 1-2475235.27/cwt222.00–245.001,11818
HeifersMedium and Large 1475227.44/cwt213.00–233.501,080228
HeifersMedium and Large 1528223.86/cwt212.00–231.001,182174
SteersMedium and Large 1-2359219.00/cwt219.00–219.007865
SteersMedium and Large 1676219.30/cwt200.00–225.001,482171
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement822173.69/cwt167.00–178.001,428171
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy725192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,3928
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2605185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,1196
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2599181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,08411
SteersMedium and Large 1496258.70/cwt249.00–269.001,28330
SteersMedium and Large 1530234.91/cwt221.00–255.001,245119
HeifersMedium and Large 1586213.21/cwt205.00–222.501,249290
HeifersMedium and Large 1372228.00/cwt228.00–228.0084821
HeifersMedium and Large 1769165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,26951
HeifersMedium and Large 1668197.66/cwt185.00–205.001,320212
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement680195.80/cwt194.00–197.001,33148
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement789201.25/cwt186.50–203.501,58894

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.