Sale reports / North Dakota / Kist Livestock Auction / 2019-11-13

Kist Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Nov 13
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097
Receipts
3,265 head
1,238 vs last sale 4,503 3,265 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today's receipts consisted of yearlings and spring calves. Good buyer demand with more buyers showing up each week. Compared to last week feeder steers 500 to 550 lbs. were 7.00 higher, 600 to 700 lbs. were 1.00 to 2.00 higher and 700 to 750 lbs. were 3.00 lower. Feeder heifers traded steady from last week. We will continue having two sales a week for the month of November . Next feeder sale will be Saturday November 16.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $154.02/cwt on 1,577 head.
Average price
$154.02
1,577 head · 635 lb average
Value per head Derived
$978
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$67
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$15.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.15
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1630154.359731,538
Large 11,012143.031,44718thin
Medium and Large 1-2654138.6090621
One grade step is worth $15.76/cwt here — about $67 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 sale1,577 hd
154.02
ND average4 barns · 8,005 hd
153.87
+0.15
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

38 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
SteersMedium and Large 1-2553140.00/cwt140.00–140.007745
SteersMedium and Large 1531166.83/cwt152.50–180.00886269
SteersMedium and Large 1818148.48/cwt140.50–152.501,21565
SteersMedium and Large 1779147.92/cwt144.00–149.001,15227
SteersMedium and Large 1948145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,3755
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2577126.74/cwt124.00–129.0073117
HeifersMedium and Large 1568138.14/cwt131.50–144.00785335
HeifersMedium and Large 1481149.39/cwt140.00–156.5071988
HeifersMedium and Large 1422156.72/cwt152.00–161.0066145
HeifersMedium and Large 1967137.76/cwt136.00–139.501,33212
HeifersLarge 11,015135.17/cwt130.00–137.501,37222
BullsMedium and Large 1540130.00/cwt130.00–130.007028
BullsMedium and Large 1340162.00/cwt162.00–162.005513
SteersMedium and Large 1-2685138.16/cwt137.50–139.0094616
SteersMedium and Large 1676149.70/cwt141.00–158.001,012377
SteersMedium and Large 1574154.38/cwt148.50–165.0088680
SteersMedium and Large 1488168.55/cwt167.00–170.5082332
SteersMedium and Large 1884143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,26411
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2649139.50/cwt139.50–139.5090534
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2812123.00/cwt123.00–123.009998
HeifersMedium and Large 1527139.92/cwt130.00–150.00737131
HeifersMedium and Large 1727133.41/cwt131.00–135.0097060
HeifersMedium and Large 1826139.71/cwt139.00–140.001,15421
HeifersMedium and Large 1306170.00/cwt170.00–170.005206
BullsMedium and Large 1626131.00/cwt131.00–131.0082019
BullsMedium and Large 1801104.00/cwt104.00–104.008335
SteersMedium and Large 1619150.93/cwt137.00–160.25934459
SteersMedium and Large 1725145.74/cwt141.00–149.001,057159
SteersMedium and Large 1383184.00/cwt177.50–188.0070534
SteersMedium and Large 1435184.50/cwt184.50–184.5080320
SteersLarge 11,012143.03/cwt141.50–144.001,44718
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2433130.00/cwt130.00–130.005639
HeifersMedium and Large 1625134.06/cwt129.00–139.50838207
HeifersMedium and Large 1673134.26/cwt128.00–137.0090471
HeifersMedium and Large 1380156.42/cwt150.00–159.0059428
HeifersMedium and Large 1786126.00/cwt126.00–126.0099010
HeifersLarge 11,073131.36/cwt127.00–138.501,40913
BullsMedium and Large 1691119.00/cwt119.00–119.008226

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.