Sale reports / North Dakota / Stockmen's Livestock Exchange / 2024-02-29

Stockmen's Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Dickinson, North Dakota · Thu, Feb 29
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2099
Receipts
1,143 head
819 vs last sale 1,962 930 vs year ago 2,073 · 44.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: A much lighter offering of feeder cattle, difficult to make full price comparisons. Feeder steers and heifers sold with steady to higher undertones. Very good demand for steers and heifers, in spite of a down week in the futures contracts. There were a couple loads of 8 weight steers, the remainder of the offerings were small packages and part loads. Even though many cattle were offered in very small lots, that did not keep them from attaining top prices, as buyers had to compete heavily to get their grass cattle secured. The market was active, quality was attractive, flesh light to moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $265.96/cwt on 608 head.
Average price
$265.96
608 head · 738 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,964
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$309
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$22.19/cwt at this weight
vs the market
20.84
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2581287.131,66828
Medium and Large 1746264.941,976580
One grade step is worth $22.19/cwt here — about −$309 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 sale608 hd
265.96
ND average3 barns · 3,505 hd
286.80
−20.84
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

29 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 1470307.13/cwt304.00–311.001,44417
HeifersMedium and Large 1783229.21/cwt228.00–233.001,79520
SteersMedium and Large 1724270.53/cwt255.00–276.501,95946
SteersMedium and Large 1476359.56/cwt346.00–373.001,7128
SteersMedium and Large 1675276.23/cwt272.00–284.001,86558
HeifersLarge 11,028193.75/cwt193.75–193.751,99234
HeifersMedium and Large 1840220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,8483
HeifersMedium and Large 1624270.23/cwt265.00–274.001,68612
HeifersMedium and Large 1677256.61/cwt251.00–261.001,73716
SteersMedium and Large 1-2508322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,6383
SteersMedium and Large 1528336.24/cwt325.00–347.501,77519
SteersMedium and Large 1779249.88/cwt244.00–262.001,94796
SteersMedium and Large 1-2410310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,2714
SteersMedium and Large 1393392.50/cwt392.50–392.501,5433
SteersMedium and Large 1-2588272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,5995
HeifersMedium and Large 1583286.58/cwt279.00–297.001,67164
SteersMedium and Large 1-2635279.50/cwt279.50–279.501,77516
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement727248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,80320
SteersMedium and Large 1880230.00/cwt227.75–237.002,024160
SteersMedium and Large 1638295.60/cwt288.00–299.251,886101
SteersMedium and Large 1561326.05/cwt310.00–331.001,82928
HeifersMedium and Large 1435331.37/cwt317.50–337.501,44147
SteersMedium and Large 1811245.62/cwt231.00–250.251,99261
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2575261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,5013
HeifersMedium and Large 1267380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,01522
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2544268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,4587
HeifersMedium and Large 1723245.96/cwt244.00–247.001,77826
HeifersMedium and Large 1366356.50/cwt339.00–366.001,30535
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2619253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,56610

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.