Sale reports / North Dakota / Kist Livestock Auction / 2020-02-19

Kist Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Feb 19
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097
Receipts
5,013 head
530 vs last sale 4,483 5,013 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 500 to 550 lbs. 2.00 lower and 550 to 600 lbs. were 9.00 higher. Feeder steers above 600 lbs. were 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers below 650 lbs. were 3.00 to 5.00 higher. 650 to 700 lb. heifers were 8.00 higher. Other weights not well tested for a comparison. Today's offering consisted of many larger drafts and many load lots of steers and heifers. 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 $151.06/cwt on 2,823 head.
Average price
$151.06
2,823 head · 731 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,104
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$310
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$3.62/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.59
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2515154.6779615thin
Medium and Large 1732151.041,1062,808
One grade step is worth $3.62/cwt here — about −$310 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 sale2,823 hd
151.06
ND average4 barns · 5,301 hd
149.47
+1.59
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

29 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 1445163.00/cwt163.00–163.007256
HeifersMedium and Large 1721132.45/cwt129.50–136.2595548
HeifersMedium and Large 1862121.38/cwt120.00–121.501,04676
HeifersMedium and Large 1529157.13/cwt143.00–162.00831107
HeifersMedium and Large 1487161.91/cwt160.00–168.00789126
HeifersMedium and Large 1576152.77/cwt148.00–164.00880269
SteersMedium and Large 1719150.67/cwt142.25–153.501,083363
SteersMedium and Large 1686153.59/cwt148.50–158.501,054461
SteersMedium and Large 1833137.92/cwt134.00–139.501,149620
SteersMedium and Large 1-2598148.00/cwt148.00–148.008855
SteersMedium and Large 1-2473158.00/cwt158.00–158.0074710
SteersMedium and Large 1926133.38/cwt133.25–133.501,235115
SteersMedium and Large 1879130.70/cwt128.50–131.001,14985
SteersMedium and Large 1969127.19/cwt126.00–127.751,23285
SteersMedium and Large 1521183.88/cwt177.00–190.50958118
SteersMedium and Large 1586178.78/cwt170.00–184.001,048175
SteersMedium and Large 1633162.70/cwt151.50–173.001,030289
SteersMedium and Large 1773141.97/cwt132.50–146.251,097360
HeifersMedium and Large 1632142.78/cwt137.50–147.50902308
HeifersMedium and Large 1764128.42/cwt124.00–129.00981356
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2431149.00/cwt149.00–149.0064211
HeifersMedium and Large 1667142.98/cwt136.50–145.75954154
SteersMedium and Large 1437185.86/cwt184.00–189.0081222
SteersMedium and Large 1489185.48/cwt184.00–186.0090754
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement872156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,3609
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement737159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,17229
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement805167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,34430
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement768146.11/cwt135.50–163.501,12293
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed607174.50/cwt174.50–174.501,05961

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.