Sale reports / North Dakota / Kist Livestock Auction / 2019-10-30

Kist Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Oct 30
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097
Receipts
5,158 head
2,678 vs last sale 2,480 5,158 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Todays receipts consisted of a few yearlings and the first big run of spring calves. Most calves coming in right off the cow. Compared to last week 550 to 650 lb.steers were 3.00 higher and 750 to 800 lb. steers were 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers 500 to 550 lbs. were 5.00 higher and 550 to 600 lb. heifers were 2.00 higher. Many nice strings of feeders in todays sale. The ground has frozen this week making it easier for buyers to place feeders in lots. The next sale will be on Wednesday Nov. 6.2019. There will also be feeder sale on Saturday Nov. 9,2019 Kist Livestock Auction plans on having two sales per week during the month of November to help sellers to move their feeder cattle to market due the wet fall conditions that existed this fall.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $148.59/cwt on 2,352 head.
Average price
$148.59
2,352 head · 626 lb average
Value per head Derived
$930
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$471
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$16.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.52
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1624149.039302,286
Medium and Large 1-2598133.3079750
Large 11,053133.001,40016thin
One grade step is worth $16.03/cwt here — about −$471 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 sale2,352 hd
148.59
ND average3 barns · 5,203 hd
151.11
−2.52
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

37 lots · USDA AMS · Kist Livestock Auction - Mandan, 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 1301152.00/cwt152.00–152.0045810
HeifersMedium and Large 1754124.50/cwt124.50–124.5093930
HeifersMedium and Large 1428141.34/cwt138.00–147.0060573
HeifersMedium and Large 1573133.83/cwt127.00–140.00767327
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2587120.00/cwt120.00–120.007045
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2451143.00/cwt143.00–143.0064516
SteersMedium and Large 1948137.50/cwt137.50–137.501,3046
SteersMedium and Large 1780144.45/cwt136.00–145.501,127114
SteersMedium and Large 1483152.90/cwt146.50–157.00739150
SteersMedium and Large 1671147.73/cwt137.00–151.75991488
SteersMedium and Large 1-2594134.00/cwt134.00–134.007966
SteersMedium and Large 1-2601133.00/cwt133.00–133.0079911
BullsMedium and Large 1535129.00/cwt129.00–129.0069012
HeifersMedium and Large 1814139.50/cwt139.50–139.501,1366
HeifersMedium and Large 1973133.07/cwt132.00–134.751,29526
HeifersMedium and Large 1482138.72/cwt135.00–142.5066962
HeifersMedium and Large 1614134.98/cwt124.50–140.25829314
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2426129.00/cwt129.00–129.005505
SteersMedium and Large 1524150.80/cwt147.00–156.00790122
SteersMedium and Large 1625147.40/cwt138.50–151.75921474
SteersMedium and Large 1-2472143.00/cwt143.00–143.006756
SteersMedium and Large 1-2673132.00/cwt132.00–132.008889
SteersLarge 11,053133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,40016
SteersMedium and Large 1433154.01/cwt148.00–162.5066793
HeifersLarge 11,017131.06/cwt129.00–132.501,33312
HeifersMedium and Large 1735139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,02214
HeifersMedium and Large 1381138.27/cwt137.50–140.0052753
HeifersMedium and Large 1684130.15/cwt126.50–133.0089096
HeifersMedium and Large 1518138.08/cwt132.00–140.50715476
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2374139.30/cwt138.00–140.0052115
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2519124.19/cwt122.00–125.5064518
SteersMedium and Large 1384177.20/cwt177.00–177.5068019
SteersMedium and Large 1803142.38/cwt138.00–144.251,143114
SteersMedium and Large 1730145.83/cwt143.50–147.001,065177
SteersMedium and Large 1573151.93/cwt131.00–159.75871529
SteersMedium and Large 1-2712122.00/cwt122.00–122.008696
SteersMedium and Large 1-2546135.00/cwt135.00–135.0073712

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.