Sale reports / North Dakota / Kist Livestock Auction / 2020-01-08

Kist Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Jan 8
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097
Receipts
6,125 head
902 vs last sale 5,223 6,125 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today's sale consisted of many nice strings of feeders and many load lots of steers and heifers. Compared to the last feeder sale three weeks ago all weights of feeders traded higher. Feeder steers 550 to 600 lbs were 8.00 higher; 600 to 650 lbs. were 6.00 higher; 650 to 700 lbs. were 12.00 higher; 700 to 750 lbs. were 11.00 higher and 750 to 850 lbs. were 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Feeder heifers 550 to 600 lbs. were 5.00 higher; 600 to 650 lbs were steady to l.00 higher and 650 to 700 lbs. were 10.00 higher. Very good demand for today's offering.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $154.95/cwt on 3,408 head.
Average price
$154.95
3,408 head · 707 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,095
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$312
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$21.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.82
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1703155.471,0933,299
Medium and Large 1-2582144.7284353
Large 11,046134.311,40556
One grade step is worth $21.16/cwt here — about −$312 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 sale3,408 hd
154.95
ND average4 barns · 6,337 hd
153.13
+1.82
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

40 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 1657125.00/cwt125.00–125.008217
BullsMedium and Large 1582124.00/cwt124.00–124.0072214
HeifersMedium and Large 1339160.00/cwt160.00–160.005429
HeifersMedium and Large 1878125.01/cwt122.50–127.501,09812
HeifersMedium and Large 1945126.50/cwt126.50–126.501,19523
HeifersMedium and Large 1420149.15/cwt148.00–151.0062660
SteersLarge 11,045136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,42149
SteersMedium and Large 1339175.00/cwt175.00–175.005935
SteersMedium and Large 1383183.00/cwt183.00–183.007019
SteersMedium and Large 1422183.69/cwt182.50–184.5077531
SteersMedium and Large 1-2480165.00/cwt165.00–165.007924
SteersMedium and Large 1-2377165.00/cwt165.00–165.006225
SteersMedium and Large 1918142.84/cwt142.50–143.501,311188
SteersMedium and Large 1526167.66/cwt141.00–184.00882223
SteersMedium and Large 1668158.36/cwt143.00–165.001,058289
SteersMedium and Large 1833146.49/cwt142.00–149.001,220324
SteersMedium and Large 1-2562139.00/cwt139.00–139.007819
SteersMedium and Large 1-2503158.00/cwt158.00–158.0079513
SteersMedium and Large 1-2725130.00/cwt130.00–130.0094314
SteersLarge 11,056122.50/cwt122.50–122.501,2947
SteersMedium and Large 1773145.56/cwt137.00–156.501,125457
SteersMedium and Large 1725152.81/cwt138.00–161.001,108792
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2443123.00/cwt123.00–123.0054521
SteersMedium and Large 1589169.62/cwt156.00–174.50999355
SteersMedium and Large 1621160.63/cwt146.00–172.00998385
SteersMedium and Large 1469179.27/cwt158.50–184.5084197
SteersMedium and Large 1883140.36/cwt133.00–143.001,239144
SteersMedium and Large 1-2664132.50/cwt132.50–132.508808
HeifersMedium and Large 1531148.23/cwt140.50–150.5078779
HeifersMedium and Large 1729131.10/cwt127.00–135.00956151
HeifersMedium and Large 1620138.39/cwt131.50–146.50858168
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2864111.00/cwt111.00–111.009598
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2547126.00/cwt126.00–126.006899
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2390123.00/cwt123.00–123.0048013
HeifersMedium and Large 1478149.95/cwt144.50–163.0071791
HeifersMedium and Large 1836135.57/cwt135.25–135.751,133129
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2581128.67/cwt124.00–130.5074830
HeifersMedium and Large 1669139.57/cwt125.50–145.50934289
HeifersMedium and Large 1582141.80/cwt133.50–147.00825317
HeifersMedium and Large 1781130.52/cwt122.00–132.501,01967

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.