Name: Kist Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-11-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today's receipts consisted of spring calves off the cow and very few strings of weaned calves. Compared to last week feeder steers 500 to 550 lb were 6.00 higher, 550 to 600 lbs. were 2.00 higher and 600 to 700 lbs. were steady to 1.00 higher. The only weights of heifers with numbers to make a comparison from last week were 600 to 650 lbs, that were 2.00 higher. Nice strings of feeders in today's sale with good buyer demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $152.68/cwt on 1,624 head.

Average price

$152.68

1,624 head · 629 lb average

Value per head Derived

$961

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$159

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$5.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.43

vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	630	152.74	962	1,608
Medium and Large 1-2	546	147.13	803	16thin

One grade step is worth $5.61/cwt here — about $159 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 sale1,624 hd

152.68

—

ND average4 barns · 7,515 hd

154.12

−1.43

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

23 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	809	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,044	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	178.32/cwt	165.00–180.50	842	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	143.42/cwt	133.50–147.50	1,047	194
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	151.49/cwt	141.75–155.75	945	395
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	751	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	841	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	570	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	131.27/cwt	126.00–134.50	882	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	781	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	172.37/cwt	170.00–178.00	724	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	276	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	435	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	142.11/cwt	135.00–146.00	668	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	138.49/cwt	132.00–143.50	728	167
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	163.54/cwt	159.50–167.00	868	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	146.83/cwt	141.00–155.00	991	389
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	854	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	614	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	838	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	916	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,282	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	134.73/cwt	133.00–135.75	776	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	134.83/cwt	130.50–137.50	835	176
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	304	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	578	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	776	141.84/cwt	136.00–147.75	1,101	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	157.83/cwt	150.00–159.75	890	259
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	715	6

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.

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