Name: West Fargo Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2019-11-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent sales comparables available for comparison. A few yearlings and a nice offering of spring calves in town for the annual "Sand Hills" feeder calf sale. Several strings of feeder calves provided buyers with very attractive and uniform loads. The majority of the calves had double shots and were short term weaned. Demand very good for the few yearlings and also for calves that were preconditioned and showing light flesh.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $156.83/cwt on 894 head.

Average price

$156.83

894 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$868

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$134

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$20.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.96

vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	157.69	880	748
Medium and Large 1-2	525	155.64	818	121
Medium and Large 2	545	137.00	747	25

One grade step is worth $20.69/cwt here — about $134 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 sale894 hd

156.83

—

ND average4 barns · 8,005 hd

153.87

+2.96

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 · West Fargo Feeder Cattle Auction - West Fargo, ND

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	467	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	675	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	631	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	820	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	546	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	737	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	508	162.24/cwt	146.00–164.00	824	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	143.29/cwt	140.00–148.00	838	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	157.25/cwt	155.00–164.00	761	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	654	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	922	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	361	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	614	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	538	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	737	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	704	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	620	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	766	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	837	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,138	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	776	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,063	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	883	133.55/cwt	132.00–134.00	1,179	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	916	135.07/cwt	133.50–136.00	1,237	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	143.55/cwt	143.25–144.00	818	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	705	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	706	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	847	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	464	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	608	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	395	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	553	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	132.22/cwt	130.00–134.00	773	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	131.91/cwt	130.00–133.00	694	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	651	126.32/cwt	120.00–127.00	822	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	929	68.25/cwt	68.25–68.25	634	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	466	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	513	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	518	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	570	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	385	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	385	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	463	175.75/cwt	175.75–175.75	814	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	696	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	905	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	976	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	922	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	173.15/cwt	169.50–181.00	793	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	149.98/cwt	145.50–153.00	918	162
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	150.37/cwt	149.50–151.00	865	175
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	163.60/cwt	153.00–166.00	874	202
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	430	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	783	27

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.

North Dakota feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

West Fargo Feeder Cattle Auction - West Fargo, ND

Wed Nov 13, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Bismarck, ND (LS-BM)

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	467	144.50	144.50
9	—	631	130.00	130.00
6	—	546	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	508	146.00–164.00	162.24
26	—	585	140.00–148.00	143.29
20	—	484	155.00–164.00	157.25
13	—	654	141.00	141.00
9	—	361	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
95	—	463	175.75	175.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	696	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	731	133.50	133.50
24	—	661	139.50	139.50
25	—	458	169.50–181.00	173.15
162	—	612	145.50–153.00	149.98
175	—	575	149.50–151.00	150.37
202	—	534	153.00–166.00	163.60
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	430	182.00	182.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	445	121.00	121.00
5	—	670	110.00	110.00
6	—	587	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	620	123.50	123.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	837	136.00	136.00
10	—	776	137.00	137.00
26	—	883	132.00–134.00	133.55
27	—	916	133.50–136.00	135.07
62	—	570	143.25–144.00	143.55
77	—	486	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	706	120.00	120.00
7	—	464	131.00	131.00
16	—	395	140.00	140.00
19	—	585	130.00–134.00	132.22
28	—	526	130.00–133.00	131.91
31	—	651	120.00–127.00	126.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	929	68.25	68.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	466	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	518	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	385	100.00	100.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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