Sale reports / North Dakota / West Fargo Stockyards / 2020-02-19

West Fargo Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · West Fargo, North Dakota · Wed, Feb 19
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2096
Receipts
1,450 head
962 vs last sale 488 1,450 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Last reported sale occurred two weeks ago and cattle numbers were much smaller than todays larger offering. A comparison is not being made, however a definite higher undertone noted in all classes of steers and heifers. A number of larger consignments resulted in double drafts of both steers and heifers going through the ring. Buyers eagerly bid to obtain these uniform loads of high quality calves. Active bidding occurred through out the session. Flesh conditions were mostly moderate. Quality ranged from plain for many of the smaller consignments sold later in the day to high quality attractive calves for the larger consignments .

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $152.02/cwt on 651 head.
Average price
$152.02
651 head · 710 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,080
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$118
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$5.32/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.55
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2625156.6097891
Medium and Large 1724151.281,096560
One grade step is worth $5.32/cwt here — about −$118 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 sale651 hd
152.02
ND average4 barns · 5,301 hd
149.47
+2.55
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
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy793134.50/cwt134.50–134.501,06716
HeifersMedium and Large 1893118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,0543
HeifersMedium and Large 1375180.50/cwt180.50–180.506774
HeifersMedium and Large 1974112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,0915
HeifersMedium and Large 1404160.50/cwt160.50–160.506488
HeifersMedium and Large 1513151.97/cwt149.50–156.007808
HeifersMedium and Large 1770123.00/cwt123.00–123.0094712
SteersMedium and Large 1810141.55/cwt137.50–143.501,147100
SteersMedium and Large 1712152.45/cwt151.00–155.001,085187
SteersMedium and Large 1-2606155.00/cwt155.00–155.009393
SteersMedium and Large 1-2810131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,0613
SteersMedium and Large 1-2494167.50/cwt167.50–167.508275
SteersMedium and Large 1526183.75/cwt183.75–183.7596715
SteersMedium and Large 1621167.90/cwt161.00–170.001,04329
SteersMedium and Large 1888128.25/cwt128.25–128.251,13930
SteersMedium and Large 1687158.29/cwt157.00–161.501,08737
SteersMedium and Large 1576171.58/cwt166.00–177.0098862
SteersMedium and Large 1-2404183.41/cwt180.50–184.0074118
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2722123.37/cwt120.50–128.008918
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2677130.40/cwt129.00–132.0088314
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2628134.20/cwt130.50–136.5084330
SteersMedium and Large 1775142.06/cwt142.00–142.501,10184
SteersMedium and Large 1-2685150.24/cwt144.00–153.501,02956
SteersMedium and Large 1-2747140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0466
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2468142.50/cwt142.50–142.506674
HeifersMedium and Large 1462153.15/cwt151.50–156.5070825
HeifersMedium and Large 1730136.66/cwt133.00–139.2599868
HeifersMedium and Large 1566147.61/cwt146.50–148.7583571
HeifersMedium and Large 1678137.11/cwt136.00–139.5093093
HeifersMedium and Large 1616144.91/cwt140.50–146.50893140
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed357165.50/cwt165.50–165.505914

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.