Sale reports / North Dakota / West Fargo Stockyards / 2019-11-20

West Fargo Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · West Fargo, North Dakota · Wed, Nov 20
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2096
Receipts
620 head
▼ 830 vs last sale 1,450▲ 620 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough cattle in any class to make a comparison. Small offering of cattle in today. Very few yearlings which were sold in very small packages. Also small offering of calves which were sold in small packages. Calves were mostly in light to moderate flesh and most were weaned. Next week being a holiday week, only bred cows will sell. No feeder cattle. Expecting a large offering of feeder cattle

for the December 4th sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $144.73/cwt on 114 head.
Average price
$144.73
114 head · 624 lb average
Value per head Derived
$903
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$462
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2
$37.33/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.61
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1582149.7387189
Medium and Large 1-2551139.4076810thin
Medium and Large 2-3401131.005255thin
Large 1-21,186112.401,33310thin
One grade step is worth $37.33/cwt here — about −$462 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 sale114 hd
144.73
—
ND average4 barns · 7,133 hd
155.34
−10.61
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

28 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1—416133.00/cwt133.00–133.005533
BullsMedium and Large 1—556126.00/cwt126.00–126.007014
BullsMedium and Large 1—612125.00/cwt125.00–125.007654
BullsMedium and Large 1—682124.00/cwt124.00–124.008467
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—396111.00/cwt111.00–111.004403
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—778105.00/cwt105.00–105.008173
HeifersMedium and Large 1—361142.50/cwt142.50–142.505143
HeifersMedium and Large 1—634133.50/cwt133.50–133.508465
HeifersMedium and Large 1—1,057121.50/cwt121.50–121.501,2845
HeifersMedium and Large 1—653129.00/cwt129.00–129.008428
HeifersMedium and Large 1—442138.59/cwt135.00–140.0061314
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—514146.00/cwt146.00–146.0075024
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—497125.00/cwt125.00–125.006214
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—534124.00/cwt124.00–124.006625
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—584122.40/cwt121.00–123.0071510
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—639118.23/cwt117.50–120.0075510
SteersLarge 1-2—1,236111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,3723
SteersLarge 1-2—1,164113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,3157
SteersMedium and Large 1—657137.00/cwt137.00–137.009009
SteersMedium and Large 1—437164.00/cwt164.00–164.0071711
SteersMedium and Large 1—594148.00/cwt148.00–148.0087911
SteersMedium and Large 1—493156.58/cwt155.00–157.0077214
SteersMedium and Large 1—616149.07/cwt144.50–152.5091814
SteersMedium and Large 1—717135.44/cwt133.50–140.0097118
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—507162.00/cwt162.00–162.0082112
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—525140.00/cwt140.00–140.007354
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—568139.00/cwt139.00–139.007906
SteersMedium and Large 2-3—401131.00/cwt131.00–131.005255

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.