Sale reports / North Dakota / Kist Livestock Auction / 2020-10-21

Kist Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Oct 21
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097
Receipts
3,501 head
1,446 vs last sale 2,055 1,021 vs year ago 2,480 · +41.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Todays sale consisted of many yearlings as well as spring calves. Compared to last week feeder steers traded lower today with 600 to 750 lbs 6.00 to 10.00 lower. Feeder heifers 500 to 600 lbs. traded 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Demand for todays offering was moderate for the run of unweaned spring calves.. The weather report of a coming blizzard to the area had buyers reluctant to push the market today.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $139.01/cwt on 2,206 head.
Average price
$139.01
2,206 head · 742 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,032
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$257
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$16.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.66
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1747139.691,0432,095
Medium and Large 1-2511127.1765081
Large 11,054123.321,30030
One grade step is worth $16.38/cwt here — about −$257 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 sale2,206 hd
139.01
ND average3 barns · 4,237 hd
144.67
−5.66
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

46 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
SteersMedium and Large 1431158.77/cwt151.50–162.2568451
SteersMedium and Large 1772136.88/cwt133.00–139.501,05735
HeifersMedium and Large 1378134.67/cwt132.00–136.0050922
HeifersMedium and Large 1949120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,1397
HeifersMedium and Large 1572128.04/cwt119.00–136.00732331
HeifersMedium and Large 1523133.15/cwt130.50–136.00696137
SteersMedium and Large 1916136.54/cwt132.50–137.251,251323
HeifersMedium and Large 1979122.69/cwt121.75–124.501,20130
SteersMedium and Large 1383166.07/cwt165.00–169.0063631
HeifersMedium and Large 1718130.63/cwt125.00–135.0093848
HeifersMedium and Large 1609127.52/cwt127.00–128.0077735
SteersMedium and Large 1980133.09/cwt127.50–133.501,304514
SteersMedium and Large 1829136.18/cwt125.50–140.501,12995
SteersMedium and Large 1478151.54/cwt149.00–162.0072467
SteersMedium and Large 1618138.78/cwt134.00–141.00858208
SteersMedium and Large 1657139.37/cwt132.25–144.25916144
SteersMedium and Large 1714135.06/cwt130.00–138.00964102
SteersLarge 11,046123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,2879
SteersLarge 11,058123.45/cwt122.50–124.501,30621
HeifersLarge 11,110117.81/cwt117.50–118.001,30813
HeifersLarge 11,034119.50/cwt119.50–119.501,2369
HeifersLarge 1994122.75/cwt122.75–122.751,2208
HeifersLarge 11,072115.50/cwt115.50–115.501,2387
HeifersMedium and Large 1665127.01/cwt120.50–135.0084570
HeifersMedium and Large 1437136.70/cwt128.00–142.0059775
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned716117.75/cwt117.75–117.758437
HeifersMedium and Large 1826130.12/cwt125.00–132.001,07530
HeifersMedium and Large 1473133.29/cwt130.00–137.5063088
HeifersMedium and Large 1792132.00/cwt129.75–134.501,045111
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2418120.98/cwt119.00–124.0050635
SteersMedium and Large 1-2468133.31/cwt133.00–134.0062422
SteersMedium and Large 1-2360143.00/cwt143.00–143.005158
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2694115.00/cwt115.00–115.0079811
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2923110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0155
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2553115.00/cwt115.00–115.006368
SteersMedium and Large 1-2438122.00/cwt122.00–122.005346
BullsMedium and Large 1575136.50/cwt136.50–136.5078510
HeifersMedium and Large 1886124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,0997
SteersMedium and Large 1-2590119.57/cwt119.00–120.0070528
SteersMedium and Large 1-2534126.14/cwt122.50–128.0067417
SteersMedium and Large 1310184.00/cwt184.00–184.005704
SteersMedium and Large 1867134.72/cwt132.50–135.751,16822
SteersMedium and Large 1570143.70/cwt126.00–152.00819349
SteersMedium and Large 1518149.69/cwt141.00–159.50775150
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2353119.00/cwt119.00–119.004205
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2478113.01/cwt110.00–115.5054016

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.