Sale reports / North Dakota / Kist Livestock Auction / 2019-11-20

Kist Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Nov 20
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097
Receipts
3,279 head
14 vs last sale 3,265 3,279 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today's receipts consisted of a few yearlings and many smaller strings of spring calves off the cow. Compared to last week feeder steers traded steady to lower this week with 500 to 550 lbs. 5.00 lower, 600 to 650 lbs were steady and 650 to 750 lbs. were 3.00 lower. Feeder heifers 500 to 650 lbs. traded steady compared to last week. Good demand for today's offering.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $153.24/cwt on 1,583 head.
Average price
$153.24
1,583 head · 598 lb average
Value per head Derived
$916
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$149
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$7.81/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.10
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1599153.379191,557
Medium and Large 1-2528145.5676926
One grade step is worth $7.81/cwt here — about $149 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 sale1,583 hd
153.24
ND average4 barns · 7,133 hd
155.34
−2.10
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

32 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 1472169.26/cwt159.00–172.5079947
SteersMedium and Large 1576151.55/cwt145.00–155.00873267
SteersMedium and Large 1-2594134.00/cwt134.00–134.007967
BullsMedium and Large 1619110.00/cwt110.00–110.0068113
HeifersMedium and Large 1803135.18/cwt133.00–137.001,08511
HeifersMedium and Large 1380161.23/cwt154.00–164.0061329
BullsMedium and Large 175890.00/cwt90.00–90.0068216
HeifersMedium and Large 1716127.33/cwt124.00–135.0091213
HeifersMedium and Large 1673131.73/cwt126.00–134.5088754
HeifersMedium and Large 1622135.03/cwt127.00–143.00840206
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550129.00/cwt129.00–129.007109
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy500175.50/cwt175.50–175.5087813
SteersMedium and Large 1373183.42/cwt182.50–184.0068410
HeifersMedium and Large 1527139.94/cwt132.00–144.50737163
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2499133.00/cwt133.00–133.006645
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2532126.94/cwt124.50–128.0067517
SteersMedium and Large 1327170.00/cwt170.00–170.0055610
SteersMedium and Large 1438170.20/cwt164.00–179.0074546
SteersMedium and Large 1676146.81/cwt139.50–153.25992215
SteersMedium and Large 1623149.80/cwt142.50–153.50933426
SteersMedium and Large 1-2483151.00/cwt151.00–151.0072910
BullsMedium and Large 1595120.00/cwt120.00–120.007147
HeifersMedium and Large 1927138.50/cwt138.50–138.501,2847
HeifersMedium and Large 1415151.43/cwt144.00–158.0062825
HeifersMedium and Large 1480147.86/cwt141.50–153.00710130
HeifersMedium and Large 1579136.58/cwt127.50–140.50791219
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2414133.06/cwt132.00–134.0055115
SteersMedium and Large 1833142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,1835
SteersMedium and Large 1771138.61/cwt135.00–144.001,06924
SteersMedium and Large 1723143.30/cwt134.00–147.501,036147
SteersMedium and Large 1528162.09/cwt144.00–169.00856347
SteersMedium and Large 1-2528148.50/cwt148.50–148.507849

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.