Sale reports / North Dakota / Kist Livestock Auction / 2021-01-27

Kist Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Jan 27
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097
Receipts
3,990 head
▼ 1,422 vs last sale 5,412▲ 160 vs year ago 3,830 · +4.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers 600 to 750 lbs. were steady and 750 to 950 lbs. were 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers were steady to for most weight classes from last week. Other weights of steers and heifers not well tested for a comparison. Good to very good demand for todays offering. Many good strings and load lots of steers and heifers in todays sale. The market was active with plenty of buyers at ringside actively bidding. Flesh condition was light to moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $145.61/cwt on 2,087 head.
Average price
$145.61
2,087 head · 750 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,092
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$204
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$20.78/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.11
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1747145.781,0892,069
Large 11,035125.001,29418thin
One grade step is worth $20.78/cwt here — about −$204 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 sale2,087 hd
145.61
—
ND average3 barns · 5,036 hd
149.72
−4.11
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 1—1,057113.50/cwt113.50–113.501,20015
SteersLarge 1—1,035125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,29418
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—635143.51/cwt143.00–144.0091110
HeifersMedium and Large 1—307154.00/cwt154.00–154.0047310
HeifersMedium and Large 1—859121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,03911
HeifersMedium and Large 1—937115.51/cwt112.00–118.501,08213
SteersMedium and Large 1—727142.94/cwt135.00–145.501,039115
SteersMedium and Large 1—960131.28/cwt126.00–132.251,26085
HeifersMedium and Large 1—571152.47/cwt145.50–155.5087171
HeifersMedium and Large 1—624131.81/cwt127.00–141.0082291
SteersMedium and Large 1—925131.17/cwt124.00–132.501,213199
SteersMedium and Large 1—480178.21/cwt173.50–187.0085531
HeifersMedium and Large 1—833120.80/cwt113.50–123.751,006144
HeifersMedium and Large 1—731126.54/cwt122.50–130.50925280
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—630142.84/cwt141.00–146.5090064
SteersMedium and Large 1—779139.44/cwt132.50–144.251,086366
SteersMedium and Large 1—832135.35/cwt133.00–136.501,126279
SteersMedium and Large 1—520176.98/cwt165.00–186.00920117
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—527123.14/cwt121.00–125.0064911
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—432144.18/cwt143.00–145.0062314
SteersMedium and Large 1—889133.65/cwt129.50–134.001,188278
SteersMedium and Large 1—440181.25/cwt177.50–203.0079885
SteersMedium and Large 1—575158.26/cwt149.00–166.0091080
SteersMedium and Large 1—631155.99/cwt147.00–161.00984233
HeifersMedium and Large 1—761128.80/cwt125.50–130.0098023
SteersMedium and Large 1—386208.00/cwt208.00–208.0080327
HeifersMedium and Large 1—671132.61/cwt128.00–136.75890191
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—683116.74/cwt114.00–119.007979
HeifersMedium and Large 1—405165.58/cwt165.00–167.0067135
HeifersMedium and Large 1—529155.85/cwt153.50–157.0082463
SteersMedium and Large 1—668148.06/cwt140.00–152.50989164
HeifersMedium and Large 1—497161.97/cwt155.00–163.2580571
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—583123.50/cwt123.50–123.507205
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—623116.00/cwt116.00–116.007235

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.