Name: Kist Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-03-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers and heifers were 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Most weights not well tested for a good comparison. Numbers low again this week due to feeder futures trading lower again this week. Today's sale consisted of smaller lots of feeders that were light to moderately fleshed. Prices picked as the sale went on as buyers wanted to fill orders. Moderate to good demand for today's offering.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $133.17/cwt on 661 head.

Average price

$133.17

661 head · 651 lb average

Value per head Derived

$867

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$66

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$15.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.16

vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	648	133.49	865	647
Medium and Large 1-2	787	118.38	931	14thin

One grade step is worth $15.11/cwt here — about −$66 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 sale661 hd

133.17

—

ND average4 barns · 2,559 hd

133.00

+0.16

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

27 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	761	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	898	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	822	112.07/cwt	111.00–117.00	921	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	149.41/cwt	139.50–152.50	865	129
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	714	127.81/cwt	127.00–129.00	913	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	615	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	608	138.50/cwt	133.50–139.50	842	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	496	142.90/cwt	142.00–143.25	709	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	808	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	937	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	939	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,014	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	903	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	883	114.68/cwt	112.00–116.00	1,013	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	179.50/cwt	179.50–179.50	691	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	172.27/cwt	169.00–177.50	908	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	135.75/cwt	135.75–135.75	995	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	816	124.49/cwt	113.50–126.00	1,016	126
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	149.92/cwt	142.50–156.00	795	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	140.32/cwt	140.00–140.50	958	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	921	119.13/cwt	116.75–120.50	1,097	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	153.67/cwt	145.50–162.00	962	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	818	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	848	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	791	130.76/cwt	125.50–132.25	1,034	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	139.60/cwt	134.50–144.50	736	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	686	127.33/cwt	118.25–132.00	873	173
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	634	128.75/cwt	128.75–128.75	816	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	165.47/cwt	160.00–166.50	966	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	789	5

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.

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