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North Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

North Dakota · Weekly summary · Mon, Nov 20
● As filed26 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2100
← Nov 13Nov 20Nov 27 →

The state in one line

Counts as USDA filed them
North Dakota reported 26 priced lines covering 2,528 head across feeder cattle. USDA puts receipts at 2,859 head.

North Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon Nov 20, 2023
USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Bismarck, ND (LS-BM)
Receipts 2,859Last week 15,086Year ago 14,108

Only 1 reported auction this week as other locations did not host a feeder cattle auction because of the Thanksgiving holiday. Demand only moderate for the light offering. Extreme weakness in the Live and Feeder Cattle contracts has created much uncertainty as the market rolls back faster than it went up this spring and summer. Cattle feeders hopes of selling fat cattle at or near 200.00 this winter and spring are fading quickly, this week fat cattle topped at 177.00 which was 7.00 premium to the Dec Live Cattle contract. The optimism that was felt by all in the industry has been replaced with frustration as the futures contracts have pulled the cash market lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5—554185.00185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
48—579220.00–235.00229.39
53—421260.00–272.50263.15
68—476240.00–256.00248.61
92—388250.00–265.00258.23
93—630219.00–226.00220.50
317—520234.00–262.00245.79
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21—420237.50237.50
18—586215.00–217.50216.66
13—492225.00–230.00228.11
53—521210.00–230.00221.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
49—422295.00–317.00309.38
320—618230.00–256.50246.76
353—471262.00–314.00304.98
276—525242.00–277.50259.71
291—577258.00–279.50267.23
24—343312.50–322.50316.30
22—702234.00234.00
76—381302.50–329.00325.58
186—671215.00–239.50232.37
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
70—535221.00–245.00237.52
11—339275.00275.00
21—469265.00–272.50269.54
5—624220.00220.00
10—376280.00280.00
33—422272.50272.50
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.
Source: USDA AMS, as filed — nothing recomputed and nothing rounded. This summary aggregates the same sales the North Dakota barn reports cover, so it must never be added to a state total built from those barns.