Name: West Fargo Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-01-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Last reported sale occured three weeks ago, therefore a trend comparison is not being made. Todays run consisted of a few large consignments with a few strings along with many

smaller packages. Demand for the larger consignments greatly exceeded the demand for the the smaller packages. The seats were full this week as there were many more individual

consignors watch their cattle sell, along with more farmer/feeders looking to get a start on filling their lots. Quality ranged from plain to very attractive

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $151.30/cwt on 1,117 head.

Average price

$151.30

1,117 head · 702 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,062

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$106

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

$21.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.83

vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	706	151.71	1,070	1,045
Medium and Large 1-2	647	146.19	946	68
Medium and Large 2	742	130.00	965	4thin

One grade step is worth $21.71/cwt here — about $106 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 sale1,117 hd

151.30

—

ND average4 barns · 6,337 hd

153.13

−1.83

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

43 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	716	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,002	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Fleshy	—	631	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	726	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	846	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	846	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	691	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	964	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	620	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	502	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	743	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	757	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	916	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	716	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	141.65/cwt	132.50–148.00	953	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,046	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	150.93/cwt	147.00–157.00	1,025	140
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	150.19/cwt	143.50–154.50	1,084	140
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	396	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	741	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	937	135.75/cwt	135.75–135.75	1,272	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	175.57/cwt	170.00–180.00	830	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	807	141.04/cwt	140.25–143.50	1,138	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	766	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,042	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	137.29/cwt	135.00–140.00	925	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	994	126.50/cwt	126.00–127.00	1,257	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	161.90/cwt	158.00–166.00	936	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	777	142.01/cwt	140.00–146.30	1,103	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	169.34/cwt	166.50–172.00	889	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	122.76/cwt	121.00–125.00	885	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	146.07/cwt	139.50–150.50	855	160
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	742	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	965	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	143.08/cwt	142.25–144.00	1,245	151
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	158.27/cwt	150.00–162.00	988	251
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	595	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	967	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	136.50/cwt	135.00–139.00	579	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	124.52/cwt	124.00–125.00	847	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	646	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	872	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	537	137.05/cwt	134.00–141.00	736	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	817	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	993	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	140.57/cwt	139.00–148.00	860	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	675	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	817	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	731	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	881	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	134.67/cwt	126.00–138.00	772	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	621	126.63/cwt	126.00–127.00	786	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	393	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	554	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	499	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	689	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	528	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	755	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	559	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	799	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	453	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	770	9

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 Jan 8, 2020

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

Receipts 2,650Last week 1,006Year ago 0

Last reported sale occured three weeks ago, therefore a trend comparison is not being made. Todays run consisted of a few large consignments with a few strings along with many

smaller packages. Demand for the larger consignments greatly exceeded the demand for the the smaller packages. The seats were full this week as there were many more individual

consignors watch their cattle sell, along with more farmer/feeders looking to get a start on filling their lots. Quality ranged from plain to very attractive

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	716	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	631	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	846	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	502	148.00	148.00
12	—	757	121.00	121.00
17	—	477	150.00	150.00
20	—	673	132.50–148.00	141.65
53	—	721	121.00–125.00	122.76
160	—	585	139.50–150.50	146.07
22	—	817	121.50	121.50
38	—	612	139.00–148.00	140.57
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	960	109.00	109.00
13	—	424	135.00–139.00	136.50
17	—	680	124.00–125.00	124.52
18	—	646	135.00	135.00
21	—	537	134.00–141.00	137.05
35	—	731	120.50	120.50
67	—	573	126.00–138.00	134.67
8	—	393	141.00	141.00
12	—	499	138.00	138.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	675	121.00	121.00
16	—	621	126.00–127.00	126.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	528	143.00	143.00
24	—	559	143.00	143.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	691	139.50	139.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
140	—	679	147.00–157.00	150.93
140	—	722	143.50–154.50	150.19
8	—	396	187.00	187.00
11	—	937	135.75	135.75
15	—	473	170.00–180.00	175.57
46	—	807	140.25–143.50	141.04
46	—	994	126.00–127.00	126.50
66	—	578	158.00–166.00	161.90
78	—	777	140.00–146.30	142.01
80	—	525	166.50–172.00	169.34
151	—	870	142.25–144.00	143.08
251	—	624	150.00–162.00	158.27
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	766	136.00	136.00
33	—	674	135.00–140.00	137.29
13	—	595	162.50	162.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	742	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	453	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	674	92.00	92.00

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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