Sale reports / North Dakota / Kist Livestock Auction / 2020-02-12

Kist Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Feb 12
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097
Receipts
4,483 head
1,448 vs last sale 3,035 4,483 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steer and heifers traded mixed. Feeder steers below 700 lbs. had instances of 5.00 lower and steers above 700 traded steady from last week. Feeder heifers below 700 lbs. were steady to 2.00 lower and heifers above 700 lbs. were steady to 3.00 higher. Most feeders are coming in on the higher weights with fewer light weight feeders suitable for pasture in the spring. Buyers actively bidding on today's offering.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $147.50/cwt on 2,259 head.
Average price
$147.50
2,259 head · 737 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,087
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$209
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$24.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.94
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1735147.771,0872,218
Medium and Large 1-2684137.7094227
Large 11,049123.501,29614thin
One grade step is worth $24.27/cwt here — about −$209 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 sale2,259 hd
147.50
ND average3 barns · 4,461 hd
153.44
−5.94
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

35 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 1986116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,1447
HeifersMedium and Large 1484153.14/cwt151.50–154.0074154
HeifersMedium and Large 1529153.23/cwt145.00–156.50811155
HeifersMedium and Large 1616139.92/cwt131.00–145.00862286
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement743132.50/cwt132.50–132.5098481
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2683123.00/cwt123.00–123.0084012
HeifersMedium and Large 1369168.00/cwt168.00–168.006205
HeifersMedium and Large 1422158.14/cwt156.00–160.5066730
HeifersMedium and Large 1867123.12/cwt120.25–124.001,067120
HeifersMedium and Large 1770129.42/cwt120.00–133.00997199
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement784127.00/cwt127.00–127.0099628
SteersMedium and Large 1415194.02/cwt191.00–201.0080541
SteersMedium and Large 1631159.53/cwt153.75–165.251,007108
SteersMedium and Large 1915129.37/cwt126.00–132.251,184195
SteersMedium and Large 1579169.43/cwt162.75–177.00981251
SteersMedium and Large 1-2496164.00/cwt164.00–164.008137
SteersLarge 11,049123.50/cwt123.50–123.501,29614
SteersMedium and Large 1506186.10/cwt176.00–190.50942100
SteersMedium and Large 1822134.34/cwt126.00–138.001,104160
SteersMedium and Large 1718147.14/cwt136.25–149.501,056245
SteersMedium and Large 1676149.70/cwt138.00–156.501,012391
SteersMedium and Large 1-2842124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,04410
BullsMedium and Large 1733129.50/cwt129.50–129.509495
SteersMedium and Large 1483182.19/cwt175.50–187.0088061
SteersMedium and Large 1994127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,262157
SteersMedium and Large 1881131.09/cwt123.50–133.001,155214
SteersMedium and Large 1766139.09/cwt132.50–143.501,065295
SteersMedium and Large 1-2657133.00/cwt133.00–133.0087410
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2425146.49/cwt146.00–147.0062312
HeifersMedium and Large 1810122.10/cwt118.00–124.0098929
HeifersMedium and Large 1568146.80/cwt140.00–152.25834108
HeifersMedium and Large 1717129.38/cwt125.50–132.00928163
HeifersMedium and Large 1672133.97/cwt123.50–137.75900299
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2495136.00/cwt136.00–136.006737
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2539138.23/cwt133.00–140.5074528

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.