Sale reports / North Dakota / Stockmen's Livestock Exchange / 2023-12-14

Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Dickinson, North Dakota · Thu, Dec 14
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099
Receipts
2,660 head
277 vs last sale 2,937 513 vs year ago 3,173 · 16.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's sale, Steers and Heifers sold higher with good demand. Feeder Steers under 550 lbs sold mostly 5.00-7.00 higher. Feeder Steers 550-700 lbs traded 10.00-13.00 higher on a strong run of 600-700lb calves. Feeder Heifers sold 10.00-15.00 higher on heifers less then 450 lbs, while 450-550 lbs were mostly 5.00-7.00 higher and a larger run of 550-650 lb heifers traded 7.00-10.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $284.14/cwt on 1,509 head.
Average price
$284.14
1,509 head · 562 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,597
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$251
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$14.56/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.18
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1569285.891,6281,328
Medium and Large 1-2508271.321,377181
One grade step is worth $14.56/cwt here — about $251 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 sale1,509 hd
284.14
ND average3 barns · 4,452 hd
279.96
+4.18
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

37 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 1Fleshy669212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,4185
HeifersMedium and Large 1851194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,6516
HeifersMedium and Large 1810197.50/cwt197.50–197.501,6008
HeifersMedium and Large 11,008183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,8458
SteersMedium and Large 1523303.77/cwt279.50–310.001,589248
SteersMedium and Large 1633260.68/cwt242.00–275.501,650218
SteersMedium and Large 1341387.00/cwt387.00–387.001,32027
SteersMedium and Large 1-2710210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,4917
SteersMedium and Large 1-2531244.75/cwt231.00–274.001,30032
SteersMedium and Large 1674256.77/cwt239.00–263.751,731252
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy522270.70/cwt270.00–272.001,413109
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy621221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,37217
SteersMedium and Large 1716240.89/cwt233.00–251.001,72548
SteersMedium and Large 1-2351286.54/cwt253.00–300.001,00621
SteersMedium and Large 1-2573261.71/cwt258.00–266.001,50020
SteersMedium and Large 1565283.80/cwt278.00–289.001,603234
SteersMedium and Large 1868173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,5025
SteersMedium and Large 1417343.35/cwt325.00–352.001,43293
SteersMedium and Large 1-2627243.56/cwt231.00–250.001,52729
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2519236.03/cwt232.00–238.001,22515
SteersMedium and Large 1-2483307.68/cwt307.00–315.001,48644
HeifersMedium and Large 1475282.27/cwt264.00–287.001,34143
HeifersMedium and Large 1637240.53/cwt237.00–248.001,53287
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy589235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,38411
SteersMedium and Large 1-2416284.09/cwt260.00–321.001,18228
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2625226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,41313
SteersMedium and Large 1486307.21/cwt297.00–326.501,493192
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2324241.00/cwt241.00–241.007818
HeifersMedium and Large 1532257.23/cwt248.00–267.001,368114
HeifersMedium and Large 1674221.99/cwt219.00–225.001,49623
HeifersMedium and Large 1926189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,75021
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2424253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,07315
HeifersMedium and Large 1349320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,11732
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350250.00/cwt250.00–250.008759
HeifersMedium and Large 1428299.08/cwt284.00–326.001,28033
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2486241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,1719
HeifersMedium and Large 1590246.87/cwt241.00–255.001,45766

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.