Sale reports / North Dakota / Kist Livestock Auction / 2020-01-29

Kist Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Jan 29
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097
Receipts
3,830 head
140 vs last sale 3,970 3,830 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers traded mixed with feeders below 650 lbs. 8.00 to 12.00 lower and above 650 lbs. 4.00 to 6.00 lower except 700 to 750 lbs. were 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers below 600 lbs. were steady to 5.00 higher and feeder heifers above 600 lbs. were 4.00 to 6.00 lower. Demand still good with new farm buyers each week. Today's offering consisted of smaller lots and several load lots of steers and heifers. Feeders carrying more tag the past few weeks but does seem to affect prices. Very few replacement heifers in the offering. This should change in February.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $156.74/cwt on 1,914 head.
Average price
$156.74
1,914 head · 667 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,045
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$155
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$4.18/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.24
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1668156.801,0481,883
Medium and Large 1-2585152.6289331
One grade step is worth $4.18/cwt here — about $155 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 sale1,914 hd
156.74
ND average4 barns · 5,713 hd
155.49
+1.24
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

22 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 1753132.50/cwt132.50–132.5099812
HeifersMedium and Large 1818123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,00613
HeifersMedium and Large 1415158.00/cwt158.00–158.0065626
HeifersMedium and Large 1486157.21/cwt155.00–164.0076467
HeifersMedium and Large 1622145.01/cwt137.00–148.00902178
HeifersMedium and Large 1581153.57/cwt143.50–157.00892180
SteersMedium and Large 1489180.79/cwt177.50–182.0088445
SteersMedium and Large 1770142.57/cwt137.75–148.001,098134
SteersMedium and Large 1628159.21/cwt145.50–165.251,000136
Dairy SteersLarge 392160.50/cwt60.50–60.5055720
SteersMedium and Large 1822142.10/cwt141.00–142.501,168107
SteersMedium and Large 1510186.10/cwt167.50–192.50949145
SteersMedium and Large 1679150.58/cwt145.00–157.001,022273
SteersMedium and Large 1582165.52/cwt154.50–175.75963412
SteersMedium and Large 1725150.07/cwt144.50–152.751,088534
SteersMedium and Large 1388187.78/cwt177.00–201.0072922
HeifersMedium and Large 1519156.64/cwt147.50–161.50813191
HeifersMedium and Large 1733133.67/cwt125.25–137.00980223
HeifersMedium and Large 1668138.00/cwt131.00–141.00922373
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2595136.90/cwt135.50–137.7581521
SteersMedium and Large 1-2585152.62/cwt150.00–153.0089331
SteersMedium and Large 1869141.43/cwt137.00–141.751,22975

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.