Sale reports / North Dakota / Kist Livestock Auction / 2019-11-09

Kist Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Sat, Nov 9
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097
Receipts
2,418 head
2,740 vs last sale 5,158 2,418 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today's sale was a special feeder sale with many strings of quality calves that have had one to three rounds of shots before coming to this sale. Buyers are paying a premium for calves with a verified shot records. Since this is the first Saturday sale this month a comparison will be made to last Wednesday's sale. Feeder steers 550 to 600 lbs. were 5.00 higher, 650 to 700 lbs. were 10.00 higher and 700 to 750 lbs. were 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers 500 to 550 lbs. were steady and 600 to 650 lbs. were 3.00 higher. Very good demand for all weights of feeders today.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $155.51/cwt on 1,711 head.
Average price
$155.51
1,711 head · 623 lb average
Value per head Derived
$969
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$162
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$17.99/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.49
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1621155.869671,677
Large 11,060139.251,47611thin
Medium and Large 1-2584137.8780523
One grade step is worth $17.99/cwt here — about $162 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 sale1,711 hd
155.51
ND average3 barns · 7,553 hd
153.01
+2.49
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

25 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 1652126.50/cwt126.50–126.5082510
HeifersMedium and Large 1574135.85/cwt134.00–137.0078023
HeifersMedium and Large 1531140.17/cwt133.00–150.00744140
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2416132.13/cwt131.00–133.5055016
SteersMedium and Large 1390172.96/cwt168.00–180.0067519
SteersMedium and Large 1484164.91/cwt161.00–169.0079889
SteersMedium and Large 1583156.42/cwt147.00–164.00912424
SteersMedium and Large 1-2491144.00/cwt144.00–144.007078
HeifersMedium and Large 1369155.00/cwt155.00–155.005727
HeifersMedium and Large 1434146.58/cwt143.00–147.5063619
HeifersMedium and Large 1617131.58/cwt129.50–133.75812119
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2538131.55/cwt131.00–132.0070813
SteersMedium and Large 1775137.50/cwt137.50–137.501,06611
SteersMedium and Large 1521159.10/cwt151.50–165.0082986
SteersMedium and Large 1622150.65/cwt145.00–158.00937414
SteersMedium and Large 1-2590140.00/cwt140.00–140.008266
HeifersLarge 11,019137.44/cwt134.00–138.001,40129
HeifersMedium and Large 1978139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,35914
HeifersMedium and Large 1476150.02/cwt146.00–151.5071446
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2606119.00/cwt119.00–119.0072110
SteersLarge 11,060139.25/cwt139.25–139.251,47611
SteersMedium and Large 1415173.19/cwt172.00–175.0071920
SteersMedium and Large 1718152.04/cwt146.00–156.001,092188
SteersMedium and Large 1678158.39/cwt143.50–165.501,074426
SteersMedium and Large 1-2663131.00/cwt131.00–131.008699

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.