Sale reports / North Dakota / Kist Livestock Auction / 2020-05-06

Kist Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, May 6
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097
Receipts
1,625 head
1,393 vs last sale 3,018 1,625 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers were mostly steady except 700 to 800 lbs were 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers 650 to 750 lbs. were 3.00 to 5.00 lower this week. Other weights not well tested for a comparison. Today's offering consisted off many smaller strings of feeders in light to moderate flesh condition. Moderate to good demand for today's offering with more buyers in attendance. Demand still best for lighter weight feeders to go on grass.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.47/cwt on 751 head.
Average price
$121.47
751 head · 733 lb average
Value per head Derived
$890
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$299
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$8.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.77
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2464129.3960026
Medium and Large 1742121.19900725
One grade step is worth $8.20/cwt here — about −$299 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 sale751 hd
121.47
ND average3 barns · 2,567 hd
122.24
−0.77
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 1438151.50/cwt151.50–151.506649
HeifersMedium and Large 1540138.38/cwt134.60–143.2574724
HeifersMedium and Large 1499150.50/cwt150.50–150.5075113
HeifersMedium and Large 1827112.27/cwt107.50–119.5092825
HeifersMedium and Large 1886105.58/cwt102.50–105.7593578
HeifersMedium and Large 1721123.50/cwt118.00–126.00890177
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2556113.50/cwt113.50–113.506314
HeifersMedium and Large 1760121.31/cwt117.00–125.0092241
HeifersMedium and Large 1675127.49/cwt121.50–129.75861102
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement867108.14/cwt107.25–114.0093871
SteersLarge 11,061111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,17840
SteersMedium and Large 1917113.49/cwt112.75–115.001,0419
SteersMedium and Large 1475179.37/cwt179.00–179.5085220
SteersMedium and Large 1624151.46/cwt148.50–155.0094580
SteersMedium and Large 1816126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,0286
SteersMedium and Large 1570160.61/cwt156.00–161.5091519
SteersMedium and Large 1686140.41/cwt133.00–143.5096359
SteersMedium and Large 1723141.32/cwt137.50–143.001,022119
SteersMedium and Large 1374190.00/cwt190.00–190.007114
SteersMedium and Large 1517170.24/cwt165.00–172.0088015
SteersMedium and Large 1875116.37/cwt111.00–117.001,01848
SteersMedium and Large 1770131.15/cwt125.00–134.751,010109
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2425136.70/cwt136.00–137.5058116
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy769120.50/cwt120.50–120.5092722
HeifersMedium and Large 1930101.42/cwt93.50–104.2594323
HeifersMedium and Large 1572139.53/cwt136.50–142.5079828
HeifersMedium and Large 1639129.82/cwt125.00–134.0083082
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement971104.25/cwt104.25–104.251,01230
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2506120.50/cwt120.50–120.506106

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.