Sale reports / North Dakota / Kist Livestock Auction / 2019-12-04

Kist Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Dec 4
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097
Receipts
6,310 head
3,935 vs last sale 2,375 6,310 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today's receipts consisted of many big strings of feeder calves off the cow with a few strings of weaned calves. Compared to the sale two weeks ago feeder steers traded lower with 450 to 500 lbs. 9.00 lower; 500 to 600 lbs. 3.00 to 5.00 lower; 600 to 650 lbs. 3.00 lower and 650 to 800 lbs. 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder heifers 500 to 550 were steady and 600 to 700 lbs. were 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Calves with shots are still bringing a premium from the buyers. Very good demand for today's offering . More farm buyers showing up to to buy this week after the big storm last week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $150.07/cwt on 2,880 head.
Average price
$150.07
2,880 head · 619 lb average
Value per head Derived
$929
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$136
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$11.44/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 1620150.299322,825
Medium and Large 1-2573138.8679555
One grade step is worth $11.44/cwt here — about $136 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 sale2,880 hd
150.07
ND average2 barns · 3,556 hd
149.92
+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

33 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 1756120.00/cwt120.00–120.009075
HeifersMedium and Large 1331163.22/cwt147.50–167.0054035
HeifersMedium and Large 1473141.95/cwt134.00–148.00671181
HeifersMedium and Large 1617133.46/cwt125.00–136.75823548
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2728115.00/cwt115.00–115.008377
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy661133.50/cwt133.50–133.5088213
SteersMedium and Large 1814136.94/cwt136.00–138.501,11529
SteersMedium and Large 1481169.58/cwt163.50–175.50816143
SteersMedium and Large 1710142.46/cwt130.00–147.751,011354
SteersMedium and Large 1621148.06/cwt141.00–169.00919647
SteersMedium and Large 1-2617135.52/cwt133.50–136.0083627
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy598135.00/cwt135.00–135.0080710
HeifersMedium and Large 1407152.00/cwt152.00–152.0061916
HeifersMedium and Large 1712128.63/cwt122.50–133.25916177
HeifersMedium and Large 1578136.41/cwt129.00–144.50788446
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2490126.50/cwt126.50–126.506206
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2582123.62/cwt121.00–124.5071922
SteersMedium and Large 1872130.50/cwt130.50–130.501,1388
SteersMedium and Large 1363179.73/cwt172.50–183.0065246
SteersMedium and Large 1531159.21/cwt152.00–172.00845307
SteersMedium and Large 1575152.42/cwt147.50–158.50876555
SteersMedium and Large 1-2564141.00/cwt141.00–141.0079516
BullsMedium and Large 1644128.50/cwt128.50–128.508288
HeifersMedium and Large 1368149.00/cwt149.00–149.005489
HeifersMedium and Large 1667128.38/cwt122.50–131.00856136
HeifersMedium and Large 1527138.54/cwt132.00–144.00730233
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Full657120.00/cwt120.00–120.0078819
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2545130.72/cwt126.50–142.0071218
SteersMedium and Large 1306185.00/cwt185.00–185.005666
SteersMedium and Large 1431179.13/cwt174.00–185.0077243
SteersMedium and Large 1762138.91/cwt129.50–145.501,058192
SteersMedium and Large 1673145.49/cwt136.50–150.50979482
SteersMedium and Large 1-2484143.50/cwt143.50–143.5069512

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.