Sale reports / North Dakota / Kist Livestock Auction / 2020-12-09

Kist Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Dec 9
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097
Receipts
3,487 head
665 vs last sale 2,822 1,285 vs year ago 4,772 · 26.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers traded mostly lower except feeder steers 450 to 500 lbs. were 7.00 higher. Feeder steers 500 to 600 lbs. were steady to 3.00 lower; 600 to 700 lbs. were 5.00 to 10.00 lower and 700 to 800 lbs. were 6.00 lower. Feeder heifers 500 to 550 lbs. were 1.00 higher and feeder heifers 550 to 650 lbs. were steady to 3.00 lower. Buyers did not seem to push the prices due to the lower market the last few days. Moderate demand for today's offering. Buyers showed most interest in calves with shots and those that had been weaned for six weeks or more. Prices paid reflected this today. Most calves came in light to moderate flesh conditions.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $149.92/cwt on 1,625 head.
Average price
$149.92
1,625 head · 620 lb average
Value per head Derived
$930
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$423
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$38.91/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.19
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2503156.4178737
Medium and Large 1620150.019301,576
Large 11,029117.501,20912thin
One grade step is worth $38.91/cwt here — about −$423 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 sale1,625 hd
149.92
ND average3 barns · 4,899 hd
155.11
−5.19
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
SteersLarge 11,029117.50/cwt117.50–117.501,20912
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy501155.00/cwt155.00–155.0077728
BullsMedium and Large 1676123.13/cwt122.50–124.5083219
BullsMedium and Large 1549133.00/cwt133.00–133.007305
BullsMedium and Large 1415172.50/cwt172.50–172.507163
BullsMedium and Large 1373187.50/cwt187.50–187.506994
SteersMedium and Large 1757136.80/cwt133.00–138.501,036112
SteersMedium and Large 1524166.54/cwt156.00–180.00873148
SteersMedium and Large 1361197.50/cwt197.50–197.507134
SteersMedium and Large 1581155.10/cwt147.00–157.50901299
SteersMedium and Large 1430192.57/cwt190.00–196.008289
SteersMedium and Large 1329196.40/cwt185.00–215.0064617
HeifersMedium and Large 1428159.15/cwt158.00–169.0068136
HeifersMedium and Large 1686127.45/cwt123.00–129.50874102
SteersMedium and Large 1726135.44/cwt132.50–138.0098396
HeifersMedium and Large 1968117.50/cwt117.50–117.501,13715
SteersMedium and Large 1481179.44/cwt170.00–187.50863103
HeifersMedium and Large 1265180.00/cwt180.00–180.004776
HeifersMedium and Large 1524146.56/cwt139.00–153.00768121
HeifersMedium and Large 1477148.92/cwt142.00–173.00710157
SteersMedium and Large 1802135.50/cwt135.50–135.501,0875
SteersMedium and Large 1622147.80/cwt138.00–154.25919368
SteersMedium and Large 1670138.95/cwt131.00–143.50931415
HeifersMedium and Large 1858121.50/cwt121.50–121.501,0426
HeifersMedium and Large 1919110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0115
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2592125.55/cwt125.00–126.0074311
HeifersMedium and Large 1711128.68/cwt126.00–129.5091568
HeifersMedium and Large 1617136.93/cwt129.00–142.00845193
SteersMedium and Large 1-2518152.34/cwt147.00–158.0078917
HeifersMedium and Large 1377163.72/cwt161.00–168.006178
HeifersMedium and Large 1577139.55/cwt133.00–149.50805351
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2488135.00/cwt135.00–135.006595
SteersMedium and Large 1-2490159.87/cwt159.00–162.0078320
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2667123.50/cwt123.50–123.5082411

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.