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

Kist Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Mar 3
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097
Receipts
4,348 head
2,388 vs last sale 6,736 1,593 vs year ago 2,755 · +57.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week all weights of feeder steers were steady to 4.00 lower. Feeder heifers 550 to 600 lbs. were 5.00 lower; 650 to 750 lbs. were 1.00 to 4.00 higher and 750 to 800 weight heifers were 3.00 lower. Todays offering consisted of a few load lots of steers and nice strings of heifers and steers. There were many smaller lots of feeders in todays offering. Feeders were in light to moderate flesh condition. Buyer demand was moderate today for todays offering.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $146.08/cwt on 2,317 head.
Average price
$146.08
2,317 head · 731 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,069
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$199
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$20.12/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.44
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1728146.621,0672,218
Medium and Large 1-2589142.9184144
Large 11,001126.501,26655
One grade step is worth $20.12/cwt here — about −$199 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 sale2,317 hd
146.08
ND average3 barns · 6,753 hd
150.52
−4.44
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
SteersLarge 11,001126.50/cwt126.50–126.501,26655
BullsMedium and Large 1697130.00/cwt130.00–130.009068
HeifersMedium and Large 1431170.00/cwt170.00–170.0073319
HeifersMedium and Large 1859118.35/cwt118.00–120.001,01734
HeifersMedium and Large 1530152.15/cwt142.50–158.0080640
HeifersMedium and Large 1478157.12/cwt150.00–165.0075141
SteersMedium and Large 1962125.50/cwt125.50–125.501,20758
SteersMedium and Large 1418183.43/cwt177.50–188.0076724
SteersMedium and Large 1483180.04/cwt176.00–186.5087036
SteersMedium and Large 1-2479142.00/cwt142.00–142.006807
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2471144.00/cwt144.00–144.006786
HeifersMedium and Large 1764124.55/cwt117.00–130.00952193
SteersMedium and Large 1661151.18/cwt142.00–157.75999385
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement783126.00/cwt126.00–126.0098725
SteersMedium and Large 1827134.55/cwt129.50–135.501,113244
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2412142.00/cwt142.00–142.0058512
SteersMedium and Large 1-2577137.00/cwt137.00–137.007907
SteersMedium and Large 1635159.80/cwt153.00–164.001,015302
HeifersMedium and Large 1667135.88/cwt133.00–139.50906172
SteersMedium and Large 1771137.55/cwt129.00–142.751,061231
HeifersMedium and Large 1715132.36/cwt125.50–136.50946156
HeifersMedium and Large 1827122.07/cwt117.00–124.001,01082
SteersMedium and Large 1-2631143.00/cwt143.00–143.0090225
SteersMedium and Large 1-2548152.00/cwt152.00–152.008335
HeifersMedium and Large 1574145.71/cwt135.00–153.50836168
SteersMedium and Large 1573165.60/cwt155.00–171.00949102
SteersMedium and Large 1930127.47/cwt122.00–129.701,185220
SteersMedium and Large 1524176.76/cwt166.00–186.50926169
SteersMedium and Large 1859130.70/cwt118.00–133.251,123217
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2586130.50/cwt130.50–130.5076514
SteersMedium and Large 1724142.67/cwt132.00–146.001,033230
HeifersMedium and Large 1628141.12/cwt132.00–146.00886243
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2534140.00/cwt140.00–140.007487

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.