Sale reports / North Dakota / Kist Livestock Auction / 2021-02-03

Kist Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Feb 3
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097
Receipts
5,648 head
1,658 vs last sale 3,990 2,613 vs year ago 3,035 · +86.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers below 650 lbs. were steady to 3.00 lower, 650 to 750 lbs. were 1.00 to 3.00 higher and steers 750 to 950 lbs. were 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder heifers 600 to 650 lbs. were 8.00 higher, 650 to 750 lbs. were steady to 2.00 lower and 800 to 850 lb. heifers were 2.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good for todays offering. Feeders were in moderate to moderate plus flesh condition and many were carrying more tag than previous sales. The market was active with plenty of buyers actively bidding. Many nice strings and loads of feeders in todays offering.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $146.71/cwt on 2,606 head.
Average price
$146.71
2,606 head · 716 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,050
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$208
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$15.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.31
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1718147.031,0552,551
Medium and Large 1-2643131.7984755
One grade step is worth $15.24/cwt here — about $208 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 sale2,606 hd
146.71
ND average3 barns · 7,614 hd
150.01
−3.31
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

33 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 1530151.63/cwt140.00–158.00804136
HeifersMedium and Large 1444164.00/cwt164.00–164.007288
HeifersMedium and Large 1887119.22/cwt118.00–122.001,05742
HeifersMedium and Large 1470155.93/cwt146.00–160.0073391
HeifersMedium and Large 1811123.22/cwt120.50–124.50999102
HeifersMedium and Large 1727124.76/cwt118.00–127.50907159
SteersMedium and Large 1575167.19/cwt156.50–175.75961302
HeifersMedium and Large 1625140.66/cwt131.75–148.00879270
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement756137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,03620
SteersMedium and Large 1-2738121.00/cwt121.00–121.0089327
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2473132.47/cwt128.00–137.0062720
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2625122.58/cwt121.00–125.0076622
HeifersMedium and Large 1779124.92/cwt118.00–125.75973204
HeifersMedium and Large 1577149.16/cwt136.00–154.25861244
SteersMedium and Large 1999126.50/cwt126.50–126.501,26454
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2757106.00/cwt106.00–106.0080245
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2598125.00/cwt125.00–125.007486
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2513125.00/cwt125.00–125.006419
SteersMedium and Large 1684149.16/cwt143.50–152.501,020536
SteersMedium and Large 1718145.21/cwt135.00–147.501,043648
SteersMedium and Large 1360190.00/cwt190.00–190.006846
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement649139.50/cwt139.50–139.5090527
SteersMedium and Large 1-2671132.00/cwt132.00–132.008865
SteersMedium and Large 1-2525144.41/cwt143.00–145.0075823
SteersMedium and Large 1873130.95/cwt129.00–131.501,14318
SteersMedium and Large 1535177.08/cwt168.00–183.50947125
SteersMedium and Large 1779137.30/cwt133.00–141.501,070319
SteersMedium and Large 1624152.55/cwt149.00–157.00952112
SteersMedium and Large 1915127.50/cwt120.00–129.001,167161
SteersMedium and Large 1840132.72/cwt125.00–135.001,115255
SteersMedium and Large 1414187.87/cwt182.50–196.0077815
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement709127.64/cwt127.00–129.0090577
HeifersMedium and Large 1657132.07/cwt122.00–136.00868202

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.