Sale reports / North Dakota / Stockmen's Livestock Exchange / 2023-11-09

Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Dickinson, North Dakota · Thu, Nov 9
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099
Receipts
3,924 head
1,276 vs last sale 5,200 243 vs year ago 4,167 · 5.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer calves 8.00 to 12.00 lower, except over 600 lbs to 20.00 lower. Heifer calves 5.00 to 10.00 lower, instances to 15.00 lower. Demand was lighter this week as the cattle futures complex was under extreme pressure throughout the week. A large offering of high quality strings of attractive, light fleshed steer and heifer calves coming right off the cow. Most were fully preconditioned, those without a fall booster shot were much harder to sell. Cattle feeders were pushed into a defensive mentality after the futures contracts went into freefall and are left wondering where it's going to end at. The market was still pretty active in spite of it all. Another large offering expected at the auction next week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $286.47/cwt on 1,915 head.
Average price
$286.47
1,915 head · 529 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,514
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$193
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$19.14/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.34
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2466286.641,335230
Medium and Large 1538286.511,5401,680
Medium and Large 2427267.501,1425thin
One grade step is worth $19.14/cwt here — about $193 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 sale1,915 hd
286.47
ND average3 barns · 6,305 hd
282.14
+4.34
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

41 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 1-2261745.87/head725.00–775.0074619
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2516241.40/cwt237.50–246.001,24638
HeifersMedium and Large 1564238.08/cwt230.50–244.501,343229
HeifersMedium and Large 1382287.57/cwt280.00–292.001,099109
HeifersMedium and Large 1426283.48/cwt266.00–297.501,208194
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2583225.14/cwt223.00–228.001,31314
SteersMedium and Large 2427267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,1425
SteersMedium and Large 1-2584254.97/cwt253.00–261.001,48942
SteersMedium and Large 1-2326321.49/cwt320.00–323.001,04827
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed402351.00/cwt351.00–351.001,41121
SteersMedium and Large 1514289.18/cwt281.00–299.001,486418
SteersMedium and Large 1-2626250.25/cwt250.25–250.251,56723
SteersMedium and Large 1479302.47/cwt280.00–315.001,449341
SteersMedium and Large 1-2414301.08/cwt296.00–307.501,24628
SteersMedium and Large 1-2362314.84/cwt280.00–322.001,14049
SteersMedium and Large 1582274.31/cwt266.00–285.001,596324
SteersMedium and Large 1-2483276.88/cwt273.00–283.001,33750
SteersMedium and Large 1-2239750.00/head750.00–750.007506
SteersMedium and Large 1-2258800.00/head800.00–800.008004
SteersMedium and Large 1388362.00/cwt362.00–362.001,40539
SteersMedium and Large 1706242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,70913
HeifersMedium and Large 1483270.43/cwt253.00–284.001,306291
SteersMedium and Large 1-2541280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,51511
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy356304.00/cwt304.00–304.001,08215
SteersMedium and Large 1421329.41/cwt309.00–343.001,38760
SteersMedium and Large 1667248.61/cwt245.00–254.001,658127
SteersMedium and Large 1611261.36/cwt253.75–267.501,597269
HeifersMedium and Large 1340280.77/cwt280.00–281.0095517
SteersMedium and Large 1-2308975.00/head975.00–975.009755
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2348281.00/cwt281.00–281.0097822
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement586263.60/cwt261.00–268.001,54597
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement604251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,51633
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed815216.50/cwt216.50–216.501,7648
HeifersMedium and Large 1529248.81/cwt241.00–259.001,31690
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy451332.00/cwt332.00–332.001,49753
HeifersMedium and Large 1613232.64/cwt228.00–247.001,42651
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2478252.30/cwt245.00–265.001,20616
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2408256.74/cwt250.00–270.001,04746
HeifersMedium and Large 1323925.00/head925.00–925.0092514
HeifersMedium and Large 2442245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,0835
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2382271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,0355

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.