Sale reports / North Dakota / Kist Livestock Auction / 2020-02-05

Kist Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Feb 5
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097
Receipts
3,035 head
795 vs last sale 3,830 3,035 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 650 to 700 lbs. 5.00 higher. Steers above 700 lbs. were 3.00 lower with instances of 8.00 lower. Feeder heifers traded 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Demand was very good with the lighter weight feeders showing higher bidding by buyers. A few small lots of replacement heifers in today's offering. Expecting more replacement heifers in the next two weeks.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $152.97/cwt on 1,361 head.
Average price
$152.97
1,361 head · 696 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,065
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$154
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$8.31/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.67
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1697153.121,0681,338
Medium and Large 1-2631144.8091423
One grade step is worth $8.31/cwt here — about $154 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 sale1,361 hd
152.97
ND average4 barns · 3,591 hd
153.64
−0.67
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

28 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 1Fancy330181.00/cwt181.00–181.0059742
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy441171.50/cwt171.50–171.5075669
HeifersMedium and Large 1344154.00/cwt154.00–154.005306
HeifersMedium and Large 1471153.62/cwt150.00–159.5072433
HeifersMedium and Large 1439153.04/cwt147.00–158.5067236
HeifersMedium and Large 1537154.95/cwt152.00–156.5083275
HeifersMedium and Large 1655135.14/cwt127.00–137.25885128
HeifersMedium and Large 1727128.51/cwt125.00–131.00934133
SteersMedium and Large 1384209.17/cwt209.00–210.0080358
SteersMedium and Large 1490182.59/cwt174.75–186.75895151
SteersMedium and Large 1676155.29/cwt145.50–160.001,050158
SteersMedium and Large 1921124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,1429
SteersMedium and Large 1776137.92/cwt134.00–139.501,07026
SteersMedium and Large 1582165.10/cwt156.50–167.5096192
SteersMedium and Large 1830132.95/cwt124.50–136.251,103193
SteersMedium and Large 1878133.21/cwt127.00–135.251,170206
SteersMedium and Large 1724146.94/cwt140.00–152.751,064342
SteersMedium and Large 1-2596153.50/cwt153.50–153.509155
SteersMedium and Large 1539175.47/cwt174.75–176.0094644
HeifersMedium and Large 1773125.58/cwt116.00–128.00971202
HeifersMedium and Large 1567146.41/cwt137.00–152.75830209
HeifersMedium and Large 1619142.19/cwt131.50–147.00880213
SteersMedium and Large 1-2676133.00/cwt133.00–133.008995
SteersMedium and Large 1-2628146.00/cwt146.00–146.0091713
SteersMedium and Large 1606163.79/cwt162.00–166.2599359
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement678131.50/cwt131.50–131.5089220
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement782127.00/cwt127.00–127.0099325
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement711133.00/cwt133.00–133.0094616

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.