Sale reports / North Dakota / Kist Livestock Auction / 2020-11-21

Kist Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Sat, Nov 21
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097
Receipts
1,452 head
3,133 vs last sale 4,585 923 vs year ago 2,375 · 38.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Saturdays sale feeder steers 550 to 600 lbs. were 5.00 higher; 600 to 700 lbs. were steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder heifers 550 to 650 lbs. were 3.00 to 5.00 lower.Other weights not well tested for a comparison. Nice bunches of feeders todays in light to moderate flesh. Good demand for todays offering. No feeder sale next Wednesday due to bred cow/heifer sale. Next feeder sale will be on Saturday November 28th.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $149.27/cwt on 947 head.
Average price
$149.27
947 head · 630 lb average
Value per head Derived
$940
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$187
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$3.84/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.32
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1633149.36945924
Medium and Large 1-2521145.5275823
One grade step is worth $3.84/cwt here — about $187 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 sale947 hd
149.27
ND average3 barns · 7,013 hd
153.59
−4.32
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

20 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 1478135.38/cwt133.00–140.2564731
HeifersMedium and Large 1666122.04/cwt120.00–122.5081347
HeifersMedium and Large 1433138.75/cwt135.00–145.0060150
HeifersMedium and Large 1537135.69/cwt133.00–138.5072964
HeifersMedium and Large 1623126.62/cwt123.25–131.0078992
HeifersMedium and Large 1577130.70/cwt126.00–136.0075499
SteersMedium and Large 1435167.50/cwt167.50–167.507297
SteersMedium and Large 1537162.52/cwt159.50–172.0087337
SteersMedium and Large 1485171.58/cwt166.00–173.5083271
SteersMedium and Large 1776141.56/cwt137.50–142.001,09980
SteersMedium and Large 1714138.46/cwt135.00–140.50989134
SteersMedium and Large 1672146.21/cwt140.00–151.50983174
SteersMedium and Large 1575153.71/cwt142.00–158.75884206
SteersMedium and Large 1624147.24/cwt137.00–153.00919215
SteersMedium and Large 1-2446145.00/cwt145.00–145.006474
SteersMedium and Large 1-2528145.00/cwt145.00–145.007665
SteersMedium and Large 1-2653133.00/cwt133.00–133.008685
SteersMedium and Large 1-2477153.00/cwt153.00–153.007309
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2491125.00/cwt125.00–125.006145
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2590122.00/cwt122.00–122.0072019

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.