Sale reports / North Dakota / West Fargo Stockyards / 2020-02-05

West Fargo Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · West Fargo, North Dakota · Wed, Feb 5
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2096
Receipts
488 head
977 vs last sale 1,465 488 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough feeders in most classes this week to make a meaningful comparison. Smaller offering today which were all sold in smaller packages. Calves in today were long time weaned and most carried double shot program. Flesh conditions mostly moderate. Demand ranged from moderate to good. Along with the smaller offering, the attendance at was also reduced.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $156.50/cwt on 165 head.
Average price
$156.50
165 head · 631 lb average
Value per head Derived
$987
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$256
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$17.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.85
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2431172.677449thin
Medium and Large 1642155.56999156
One grade step is worth $17.10/cwt here — about −$256 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 sale165 hd
156.50
ND average4 barns · 3,591 hd
153.64
+2.85
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

18 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 1810129.50/cwt129.50–129.501,0494
HeifersMedium and Large 1506146.00/cwt146.00–146.007396
HeifersMedium and Large 1732125.00/cwt125.00–125.0091516
HeifersMedium and Large 1352161.85/cwt161.00–164.0057018
HeifersMedium and Large 1562136.75/cwt136.50–137.0076920
HeifersMedium and Large 1471155.81/cwt150.00–157.0073423
SteersMedium and Large 1-2578152.00/cwt152.00–152.008793
SteersMedium and Large 1-2357183.00/cwt183.00–183.006536
SteersMedium and Large 1411190.00/cwt190.00–190.007819
SteersMedium and Large 1778136.84/cwt131.00–144.501,0659
SteersMedium and Large 1816124.50/cwt124.50–124.501,0169
SteersMedium and Large 1666152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,01211
HeifersMedium and Large 1665133.84/cwt132.00–136.0089045
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2437134.14/cwt131.00–136.005868
SteersMedium and Large 1476190.00/cwt190.00–190.0090413
SteersMedium and Large 1538179.26/cwt169.00–182.0096419
SteersMedium and Large 1628154.54/cwt152.50–155.0097139
SteersMedium and Large 1722141.08/cwt140.25–142.001,01947

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.