Sale reports / North Dakota / Kist Livestock Auction / 2020-12-02

Kist Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Dec 2
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097
Receipts
2,822 head
307 vs last sale 3,129 3,488 vs year ago 6,310 · 55.3%
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to Wednesday's sale two weeks ago feeder steers 450 to 500 lbs. were 7.00 higher and 500 to 750 lbs. were 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers 500 to 550 lbs. were steady and 550 to 650 lbs. were 5.00 to 8.00 higher. Very active market today for all weights of feeders. Very good demand for today's offering of feeders in light to moderate flesh condition.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $155.39/cwt on 1,586 head.
Average price
$155.39
1,586 head · 623 lb average
Value per head Derived
$967
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$139
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$2.93/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.72
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1624155.459701,555
Medium and Large 1-2545152.5283131
One grade step is worth $2.93/cwt here — about $139 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 sale1,586 hd
155.39
ND average1 barns · 3,440 hd
154.67
+0.72
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

27 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 11,131123.50/cwt123.00–124.501,39710
HeifersLarge 11,075124.49/cwt122.50–126.501,33812
HeifersLarge 11,008122.25/cwt119.00–125.501,23223
BullsMedium and Large 1666125.50/cwt125.50–125.508367
HeifersMedium and Large 1849124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,0536
HeifersMedium and Large 1381164.39/cwt161.00–166.006269
HeifersMedium and Large 1713131.99/cwt128.00–133.0094131
SteersMedium and Large 1586158.63/cwt144.00–166.75930269
HeifersMedium and Large 1486150.24/cwt141.00–156.0073059
SteersMedium and Large 1728141.24/cwt136.00–143.501,028160
SteersMedium and Large 1377198.66/cwt190.00–204.0074915
SteersMedium and Large 1433180.99/cwt173.00–185.5078422
HeifersMedium and Large 1530144.99/cwt138.00–149.00768182
SteersMedium and Large 1631153.57/cwt144.00–158.50969374
HeifersMedium and Large 1422159.09/cwt158.00–161.0067135
HeifersMedium and Large 1616136.65/cwt126.00–139.25842194
HeifersMedium and Large 1567143.16/cwt134.50–146.50812230
HeifersMedium and Large 1778124.09/cwt122.00–124.5096525
HeifersMedium and Large 1676134.55/cwt126.00–138.7591073
HeifersMedium and Large 1886123.74/cwt120.00–126.001,09615
SteersMedium and Large 1772143.06/cwt136.00–145.001,104142
SteersMedium and Large 1537166.29/cwt154.00–176.50893220
SteersMedium and Large 1-2682132.50/cwt132.50–132.5090414
SteersMedium and Large 1-2432169.00/cwt169.00–169.0073017
SteersMedium and Large 1828139.00/cwt138.00–140.001,15126
SteersMedium and Large 1480172.72/cwt166.00–181.50829118
SteersMedium and Large 1666149.09/cwt142.00–155.25993209

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.