Sale reports / North Dakota / Kist Livestock Auction / 2019-12-18

Kist Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Dec 18
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097
Receipts
5,223 head
▲ 451 vs last sale 4,772▲ 5,223 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today's sale was the last sale of this year. Many good strings of calves in today's sale. Compared to last week feeder steers traded mixed . 450 to 550 lbs. were 2.00 higher; 550 to 600 lbs. were 4.00 higher; 600 to 700 lbs. were steady to 2.00 lower; 700 to 750 lbs. were 7.00 lower and 750 to 800 lbs. were 2.00 lower. Feeder heifers 450 to 500 lbs. were 10.00 higher; 500 to 600 lbs. were steady; 600 to 650 lbs. were 6.00 higher and 650 to 700 lbs . were steady. Very good buyer demand for today's offering. The next scheduled feeder sale will be on January 1, 2020.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $152.50/cwt on 2,376 head.
Average price
$152.50
2,376 head · 643 lb average
Value per head Derived
$980
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$150
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$7.01/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.13
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1645152.779862,284
Medium and Large 1-2574145.7583692
One grade step is worth $7.01/cwt here — about $150 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 sale2,376 hd
152.50
—
ND average4 barns · 6,192 hd
152.63
−0.13
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

34 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
BullsMedium and Large 1—559137.50/cwt137.50–137.507694
BullsMedium and Large 1—683114.71/cwt112.00–117.0078313
HeifersLarge 1—1,082134.50/cwt134.50–134.501,4557
HeifersMedium and Large 1—386159.43/cwt155.00–167.0061529
HeifersMedium and Large 1—712132.91/cwt129.50–134.2594647
HeifersMedium and Large 1—418156.64/cwt150.50–163.5065591
SteersMedium and Large 1—354201.00/cwt201.00–201.0071218
SteersMedium and Large 1—956142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,35824
SteersMedium and Large 1—429177.76/cwt170.50–193.0076329
SteersMedium and Large 1—811140.14/cwt136.00–143.001,137105
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—735120.00/cwt120.00–120.008828
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—470148.68/cwt142.00–154.0069921
SteersMedium and Large 1—526165.55/cwt157.00–175.75871220
SteersMedium and Large 1—628154.91/cwt145.50–159.50973322
SteersMedium and Large 1—578161.20/cwt153.00–168.50932328
SteersMedium and Large 1—726141.44/cwt134.00–148.001,027429
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—578150.81/cwt149.50–153.0087230
SteersMedium and Large 1—771141.49/cwt132.00–145.751,091123
SteersMedium and Large 1—477174.22/cwt162.00–182.50831145
SteersMedium and Large 1—286200.00/cwt200.00–200.005727
SteersMedium and Large 1—678146.27/cwt139.00–153.25992534
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—408164.00/cwt164.00–164.006697
HeifersMedium and Large 1—664129.87/cwt125.00–135.50862135
HeifersMedium and Large 1—523140.70/cwt133.00–148.50736357
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—448144.00/cwt144.00–144.006456
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—617126.00/cwt126.00–126.007778
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—571123.00/cwt123.00–123.0070223
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—647140.57/cwt139.50–143.0090926
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—516130.57/cwt130.00–131.5067431
HeifersMedium and Large 1—573136.37/cwt131.50–143.00781243
HeifersMedium and Large 1—624136.59/cwt129.00–144.00852331
HeifersMedium and Large 1—874130.66/cwt128.00–131.501,14235
HeifersMedium and Large 1—766132.83/cwt126.00–135.001,01743
HeifersMedium and Large 1—478148.44/cwt139.00–154.50710126

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.