Sale reports / North Dakota / Kist Livestock Auction / 2021-01-06

Kist Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Jan 6
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097
Receipts
4,920 head
837 vs last sale 4,083 1,205 vs year ago 6,125 · 19.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last auction three week ago feeder steers 550 to 650 lbs. were 1.00 to 5.00 higher. 650 to 800 lbs. were steady to 3.00 lower. Feeder heifers 500 to 600 lbs. were 1.00 to 3.00 lower and 600 to 700 lbs. were 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Other weights not well tested from last sale. Very good demand for todays offering. More long time weaned calves in todays sale and are desired by buyers. Most calves are coming in heavier this time of year due to the nice weather conditions this fall. Most calves were in moderate flesh condition.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $144.39/cwt on 2,944 head.
Average price
$144.39
2,944 head · 744 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,074
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$279
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$16.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1737144.961,0692,829
Medium and Large 1-2640133.1185243
Large 11,047128.711,34872
One grade step is worth $16.25/cwt here — about −$279 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 sale2,944 hd
144.39
ND average1 barns · 2,944 hd
144.39
+0.00
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 11,082115.11/cwt113.00–117.501,24512
SteersLarge 11,028121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,24412
SteersLarge 11,051130.25/cwt130.25–130.251,36960
HeifersMedium and Large 1373161.79/cwt156.00–167.0060310
HeifersMedium and Large 1435159.70/cwt158.00–161.5069522
HeifersMedium and Large 1923124.35/cwt120.00–126.001,14828
SteersMedium and Large 1489177.89/cwt170.00–183.0087031
HeifersMedium and Large 1722127.85/cwt123.00–130.50923173
SteersMedium and Large 1880134.37/cwt124.00–138.001,182403
HeifersMedium and Large 1627134.66/cwt126.00–138.00844259
SteersMedium and Large 1624157.00/cwt144.00–164.75980341
SteersMedium and Large 1726141.86/cwt129.00–146.501,030662
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2581122.03/cwt116.00–127.5070913
SteersMedium and Large 1-2721119.48/cwt115.00–123.0086116
SteersMedium and Large 1425184.00/cwt184.00–184.007826
SteersMedium and Large 1390186.00/cwt186.00–186.0072516
SteersMedium and Large 1513180.23/cwt172.00–183.0092595
SteersMedium and Large 1826136.13/cwt128.50–140.001,124172
SteersMedium and Large 1-2629137.00/cwt137.00–137.008625
SteersMedium and Large 1-2670131.00/cwt131.00–131.008785
HeifersMedium and Large 1880123.15/cwt122.75–125.501,08489
HeifersMedium and Large 1530144.98/cwt139.00–149.00768130
SteersMedium and Large 1773139.66/cwt130.25–145.251,080524
SteersMedium and Large 1914134.07/cwt128.75–134.751,225199
HeifersMedium and Large 1483149.73/cwt144.50–153.0072331
HeifersMedium and Large 1983121.94/cwt120.00–124.501,19953
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2488134.03/cwt131.00–136.0065415
HeifersMedium and Large 1765127.85/cwt125.00–129.25978194
SteersMedium and Large 1673143.50/cwt135.50–157.25966184
HeifersMedium and Large 1661131.55/cwt128.00–134.00870173
SteersMedium and Large 1575163.72/cwt151.00–168.00941196
SteersMedium and Large 1-2544145.00/cwt145.00–145.0078910
SteersMedium and Large 1-2578146.00/cwt146.00–146.008447
HeifersMedium and Large 1581136.68/cwt130.00–144.50794152

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.