Sale reports / North Dakota / Kist Livestock Auction / 2020-11-18

Kist Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Nov 18
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097
Receipts
4,585 head
3,369 vs last sale 1,216 2,210 vs year ago 2,375 · +93.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last wednesdays sale feeder steers traded mixed with 500 to 650 lbs. steady to 1.00 higher; 650 to 700 lbs. were 1.00 lower and 700 to 750 lbs. were 8.00 lower. Feeder heifers 450 to 550 lbs. were 2.00 to 3.00 higher and 550 to 600 lbs. were 3.00 lower. Other weights of steers and heifers not well tested for a comparison. Very good demand for todays offering . Flesh conditions of todays feeders were light to moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $152.04/cwt on 2,256 head.
Average price
$152.04
2,256 head · 613 lb average
Value per head Derived
$931
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$378
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$25.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.95
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1610152.479302,210
Medium and Large 1-2635133.6184933
Large 11,030127.001,30813thin
One grade step is worth $25.47/cwt here — about −$378 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 sale2,256 hd
152.04
ND average3 barns · 6,836 hd
154.99
−2.95
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

34 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
HeifersLarge 11,030125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,28813
SteersLarge 11,030127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,30813
HeifersLarge 1-21,033114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,1788
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy600139.75/cwt139.75–139.7583928
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy466183.50/cwt183.50–183.5085534
HeifersMedium and Large 1393154.00/cwt154.00–154.006055
SteersMedium and Large 1629149.59/cwt141.00–157.50941394
SteersMedium and Large 1672143.74/cwt137.00–149.25966449
SteersMedium and Large 1819133.59/cwt130.50–136.001,09434
HeifersMedium and Large 1732128.45/cwt124.50–131.5094014
SteersMedium and Large 1768134.49/cwt125.50–137.001,03351
SteersMedium and Large 1578155.75/cwt140.00–164.50900721
SteersMedium and Large 1527163.96/cwt154.00–174.00864128
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2458126.00/cwt126.00–126.005779
SteersMedium and Large 1419179.50/cwt167.50–194.0075269
HeifersMedium and Large 1994126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,2527
HeifersMedium and Large 1673132.96/cwt120.00–143.50895250
SteersMedium and Large 1390203.00/cwt200.00–206.0079214
SteersMedium and Large 1-2680126.00/cwt126.00–126.0085711
SteersMedium and Large 1-2777122.00/cwt122.00–122.009487
HeifersMedium and Large 1772130.26/cwt124.00–131.501,00624
HeifersMedium and Large 1873125.03/cwt123.50–126.501,09227
SteersMedium and Large 1475165.10/cwt158.00–175.00784140
SteersMedium and Large 1724138.55/cwt134.00–143.001,003162
HeifersMedium and Large 1348156.00/cwt156.00–156.005436
HeifersMedium and Large 1521144.46/cwt130.00–152.00753307
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2579119.83/cwt119.00–121.0069422
HeifersMedium and Large 1425146.44/cwt138.00–156.0062257
SteersMedium and Large 1907126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,14314
HeifersMedium and Large 1576133.29/cwt124.00–139.00768312
HeifersMedium and Large 1475143.95/cwt136.00–147.50684139
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2539127.00/cwt127.00–127.006857
SteersMedium and Large 1-2536144.61/cwt143.00–147.0077515
HeifersMedium and Large 1620128.05/cwt118.00–131.75794174

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.