Sale reports / North Dakota / Stockmen's Livestock Exchange / 2023-10-12

Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Dickinson, North Dakota · Thu, Oct 12
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099
Receipts
1,714 head
268 vs last sale 1,446 647 vs year ago 2,361 · 27.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers this week are still unevenly steady. The feeder heifers under 500lbs are steady, and over 500lbs is unevenly steady. The cattle are still coming straight off grass with great flesh. New crop calves coming straight off grass have good flesh as well and numbers of feeder coming in are getting bigger. The market was very active today. Next sale is October 19th.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $249.45/cwt on 934 head.
Average price
$249.45
934 head · 656 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,636
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$471
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$36.52/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.01
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1672255.081,714790
Medium and Large 1-2569218.561,243144
One grade step is worth $36.52/cwt here — about $471 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 sale934 hd
249.45
ND average2 barns · 1,719 hd
244.44
+5.01
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

49 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
SteersMedium and Large 1-2848216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,8325
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2383205.00/cwt205.00–205.0078533
SteersMedium and Large 1-2393328.29/cwt310.00–340.001,29025
SteersMedium and Large 1-2505248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,25228
SteersMedium and Large 1821252.00/cwt252.00–252.002,0694
SteersMedium and Large 1-2607241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,46310
SteersMedium and Large 1-2309285.00/cwt285.00–285.0088121
SteersMedium and Large 1863231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,9943
SteersMedium and Large 1338392.40/cwt389.00–400.501,32620
SteersMedium and Large 1-2573278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,5936
SteersMedium and Large 1772245.50/cwt245.50–245.501,89526
SteersMedium and Large 1-2467306.33/cwt272.00–317.501,43124
SteersMedium and Large 1256850.00/head850.00–850.0085020
BullsMedium and Large 1381307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,1724
BullsMedium and Large 1660202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,3374
BullsMedium and Large 1488288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,40512
HeifersMedium and Large 1863230.58/cwt223.00–234.001,990106
HeifersMedium and Large 1920215.00/cwt194.00–223.751,97835
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2493197.50/cwt197.50–197.5097421
SteersMedium and Large 1362396.13/cwt390.00–399.001,43463
SteersMedium and Large 1539287.81/cwt285.50–292.501,55133
SteersMedium and Large 1681250.50/cwt246.00–252.001,70630
SteersMedium and Large 1630270.17/cwt268.00–273.501,70248
SteersMedium and Large 1579293.51/cwt291.00–293.751,69955
SteersMedium and Large 1410354.82/cwt347.50–360.001,45562
HeifersMedium and Large 1287330.00/cwt330.00–330.009475
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2678244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,65430
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2831224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,86116
HeifersMedium and Large 1481270.98/cwt261.00–278.001,30354
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2878218.17/cwt215.00–222.001,91613
HeifersMedium and Large 1774241.28/cwt224.00–244.251,868128
HeifersMedium and Large 1624252.11/cwt239.00–255.001,57360
HeifersMedium and Large 1522243.83/cwt243.00–245.001,27314
HeifersMedium and Large 1967207.91/cwt206.00–210.002,01023
HeifersMedium and Large 1420278.22/cwt272.00–282.001,16935
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2446220.00/cwt220.00–220.0098131
HeifersMedium and Large 1334327.27/cwt312.50–362.001,09355
HeifersMedium and Large 1725245.98/cwt243.00–249.001,78360
HeifersMedium and Large 1666225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,4995
HeifersMedium and Large 1383314.08/cwt307.50–315.501,20374
SteersMedium and Large 1711245.42/cwt238.00–249.001,74534
HeifersMedium and Large 11,017204.59/cwt203.00–209.002,08134
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed519265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,3759
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed666259.50/cwt259.50–259.501,72820
HeifersMedium and Large 1571227.04/cwt221.00–235.001,2969
HeifersMedium and Large 1824233.44/cwt233.25–234.001,92452
SteersMedium and Large 1-2431278.15/cwt252.50–310.001,19925
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed402290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,16612
SteersMedium and Large 1489325.76/cwt309.50–334.001,59380

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.