Sale reports / North Dakota / Kist Livestock Auction / 2021-02-17

Kist Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Feb 17
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097
Receipts
2,376 head
665 vs last sale 1,711 2,637 vs year ago 5,013 · 52.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers 750 to 850 lbs. were 1.00 to 2.00 higher and 900 to 950 lb. steers were steady. Feeder heifers compared to last week in 700 to 750 lbs. were 2.00 higher. Other weights of steers and heifers not well tested for a comparison. Good demand for todays offering with several load lots of steers and heifers in the offering plus a fancy string of replacement quality heifers.. Numbers were down again this week due to extreme cold weather in the area. Feeders were in moderate to moderate plus flesh condition in todays offering.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $139.15/cwt on 1,167 head.
Average price
$139.15
1,167 head · 822 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,144
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$552
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$18.52/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.56
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2523145.007586thin
Medium and Large 1796140.771,1211,027
Large 11,036126.481,310134
One grade step is worth $18.52/cwt here — about −$552 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 sale1,167 hd
139.15
ND average2 barns · 1,625 hd
143.71
−4.56
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

29 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 11,036126.48/cwt123.00–127.251,310134
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy813124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,0085
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy741126.50/cwt126.50–126.509376
HeifersMedium and Large 1912114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,0406
HeifersMedium and Large 1846123.50/cwt123.50–123.501,04533
HeifersMedium and Large 1527147.05/cwt142.50–154.0077535
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement750158.50/cwt158.50–158.501,18915
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement873158.50/cwt158.50–158.501,38415
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement682140.00/cwt140.00–140.009556
SteersMedium and Large 1688147.81/cwt141.00–150.001,01796
SteersMedium and Large 1483179.20/cwt178.00–180.5086624
SteersMedium and Large 1819139.00/cwt130.00–144.251,138234
HeifersMedium and Large 1731130.45/cwt125.00–132.75954232
HeifersMedium and Large 1870122.80/cwt121.00–123.751,068130
SteersMedium and Large 1856127.91/cwt124.00–131.001,09527
SteersMedium and Large 1633154.67/cwt153.50–157.0097930
SteersMedium and Large 1587161.84/cwt160.00–169.5095067
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement812157.90/cwt156.00–161.001,28279
SteersMedium and Large 1768139.72/cwt128.50–145.251,073115
HeifersMedium and Large 1682132.49/cwt128.00–136.0090494
HeifersMedium and Large 1786125.13/cwt124.00–125.50984129
HeifersMedium and Large 1575148.09/cwt143.00–152.0085280
SteersMedium and Large 1925131.02/cwt124.00–132.001,212335
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2493135.00/cwt135.00–135.0066620
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2591124.00/cwt124.00–124.0073314
SteersMedium and Large 1-2523145.00/cwt145.00–145.007586
SteersMedium and Large 1529177.18/cwt176.50–177.5093719
HeifersMedium and Large 1630139.33/cwt126.00–143.50878138
SteersMedium and Large 1730143.64/cwt135.00–147.001,04969

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.