Sale reports / North Dakota / West Fargo Stockyards / 2019-12-18

West Fargo Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · West Fargo, North Dakota · Wed, Dec 18
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2096
Receipts
1,006 head
414 vs last sale 1,420 1,006 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steer under 700 lbs. traded 3.00-10.00 higher; feeder steers 700-900 lbs traded 5.00-8.00

lower. Feeder heifers sold steady to 2.00 lower. Todays smaller offering all were sold in small packages. Demand ranged from

moderate to good. Most all calves were weaned for some time, and most had a complete shot program. Flesh conditions of the

run ranged from light to moderate Next feeder cattle sale is scheduled for Jan. 8, 2020. Expecting a large offering for this sale.

Happy Holidays!

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $151.19/cwt on 236 head.
Average price
$151.19
236 head · 620 lb average
Value per head Derived
$938
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$128
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$5.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.44
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2529156.1982631
Medium and Large 1634150.43954205
One grade step is worth $5.75/cwt here — about −$128 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 sale236 hd
151.19
ND average4 barns · 6,192 hd
152.63
−1.44
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

31 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy825112.00/cwt112.00–112.009248
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy67790.00/cwt90.00–90.006095
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy898110.00/cwt110.00–110.009888
BullsMedium and Large 1-2746114.00/cwt114.00–114.008504
HeifersMedium and Large 1771124.00/cwt124.00–124.009563
HeifersMedium and Large 1440145.00/cwt145.00–145.0063811
HeifersMedium and Large 1660126.57/cwt123.75–127.5083512
HeifersMedium and Large 1730124.01/cwt122.50–125.5090516
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2563124.00/cwt124.00–124.006989
SteersMedium and Large 1720135.36/cwt134.50–135.7597536
SteersMedium and Large 1460184.00/cwt184.00–184.008463
SteersMedium and Large 1822124.75/cwt124.75–124.751,0256
SteersMedium and Large 1-2495163.50/cwt163.50–163.508097
SteersMedium and Large 1782125.98/cwt122.00–133.2598511
SteersMedium and Large 1681140.02/cwt137.00–141.5095412
SteersMedium and Large 1629145.39/cwt144.00–146.0091513
SteersMedium and Large 1429182.00/cwt182.00–182.0078117
SteersMedium and Large 1533169.36/cwt165.50–175.0090329
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2495131.00/cwt131.00–131.006483
SteersMedium and Large 1-2524159.48/cwt158.00–160.0083611
SteersMedium and Large 1578158.47/cwt151.00–161.0091640
SteersMedium and Large 1-2403175.00/cwt175.00–175.007053
SteersMedium and Large 1-2603137.00/cwt137.00–137.008264
SteersMedium and Large 1-2590145.00/cwt145.00–145.008566
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2647120.00/cwt120.00–120.0077613
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3436110.00/cwt110.00–110.004806
HeifersMedium and Large 2-361394.98/cwt90.00–100.005826
HeifersMedium and Large 1623129.28/cwt127.00–133.5080520
HeifersMedium and Large 1506137.89/cwt131.00–141.0069825
HeifersMedium and Large 1463143.82/cwt139.00–145.0066638
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed659149.50/cwt149.50–149.5098530

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.