Sale reports / North Dakota / Kist Livestock Auction / 2020-04-29

Kist Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Apr 29
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097
Receipts
3,018 head
1,973 vs last sale 1,045 3,018 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last reported sale three weeks ago feeder steers below 700 lb were 2.00 to 8.00 lower on limited numbers for a good comparison. Feeder steers above 700 lbs were steady to 3.00 higher with instances of 12.00 higher on large numbers of heavy weight steers sold in load lots. Feeder heifers trended higher this week with many nice strings of replacement heifers and light weight heifers to go on pasture. Numbers too low three weeks ago for a good comparison this week. Demand was good for today's offering even with fewer buyers in attendance.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $126.06/cwt on 1,379 head.
Average price
$126.06
1,379 head · 798 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,006
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$77
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$26.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.38
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1762130.029901,147
Medium and Large 1-2789117.0092350
Large 11,030103.561,067182
One grade step is worth $26.46/cwt here — about −$77 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 sale1,379 hd
126.06
ND average3 barns · 3,805 hd
131.44
−5.38
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

31 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
SteersLarge 11,025104.00/cwt104.00–104.001,066174
SteersMedium and Large 1524165.06/cwt160.00–170.5086519
SteersMedium and Large 1710137.82/cwt131.00–140.5097983
SteersMedium and Large 1676137.38/cwt133.50–142.00929146
SteersMedium and Large 1912112.30/cwt108.00–116.001,024302
SteersLarge 11,14994.00/cwt94.00–94.001,0808
SteersMedium and Large 1427189.00/cwt189.00–189.008077
SteersMedium and Large 1490169.17/cwt165.00–171.5082924
SteersMedium and Large 1580153.29/cwt147.00–161.5088999
SteersMedium and Large 1832120.14/cwt114.00–126.751,000173
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy749124.25/cwt124.25–124.2593111
SteersMedium and Large 1882113.25/cwt113.25–113.2599921
SteersMedium and Large 1619144.91/cwt141.00–154.5089798
SteersMedium and Large 1775129.88/cwt116.50–135.501,007164
SteersMedium and Large 1-2789117.00/cwt117.00–117.0092350
HeifersMedium and Large 1909104.14/cwt102.00–106.0094713
HeifersMedium and Large 1620131.17/cwt125.50–138.00813104
HeifersMedium and Large 1716126.18/cwt125.00–129.00903144
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement833118.50/cwt118.50–118.5098716
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2580137.00/cwt137.00–137.007956
HeifersLarge 11,05196.50/cwt96.50–96.501,0149
HeifersMedium and Large 1539150.31/cwt142.00–151.7581047
HeifersMedium and Large 1825113.75/cwt112.00–118.00938137
HeifersMedium and Large 1672133.41/cwt126.50–138.50897264
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement784119.87/cwt119.00–121.00940125
HeifersLarge 11,23179.50/cwt79.50–79.509795
HeifersMedium and Large 1474148.55/cwt148.00–149.5070422
HeifersMedium and Large 1571148.42/cwt146.00–153.00847113
HeifersMedium and Large 1778117.21/cwt114.50–120.00912225
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement738124.00/cwt124.00–124.0091588
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2623120.00/cwt120.00–120.007487

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.