Sale reports / North Dakota / Kist Livestock Auction / 2021-03-10

Kist Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Mar 10
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097
Receipts
3,767 head
581 vs last sale 4,348 2,419 vs year ago 1,348 · +179.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers 600 to 700 lbs. were steady to 4.00 lower and 700 to 850 lbs. were steady to 1.00 higher. Feeder heifers 550 to 600 lbs. were 6.00 lower. 600 to 800 lbs. were steady to 2.00 lower. Todays offering consisted of small to medium strings with a few load lots of both steers and heifers. Feeders were in light to moderate flesh condition. Good buyer demand for todays offering with a few new buyers in attendance today.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.71/cwt on 1,601 head.
Average price
$134.71
1,601 head · 673 lb average
Value per head Derived
$906
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$248
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$1.31/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.50
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2487136.0066226
Medium and Large 1676134.699101,575
One grade step is worth $1.31/cwt here — about −$248 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 sale1,601 hd
134.71
ND average3 barns · 4,571 hd
135.21
−0.50
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

25 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 1809122.17/cwt120.50–124.0098888
HeifersMedium and Large 1531152.63/cwt146.50–158.50810107
HeifersMedium and Large 1583139.25/cwt135.00–149.25812139
HeifersMedium and Large 1611141.75/cwt132.50–146.50866233
HeifersMedium and Large 1724128.65/cwt120.00–132.75931242
HeifersMedium and Large 1781124.73/cwt119.00–127.00974323
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement824125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,03013
SteersMedium and Large 1871135.50/cwt135.50–135.501,18018
SteersMedium and Large 1572159.93/cwt148.00–167.0091572
SteersMedium and Large 1622158.93/cwt146.00–168.50989219
SteersMedium and Large 1515165.89/cwt165.00–167.0085411
SteersMedium and Large 1732143.89/cwt134.00–148.501,053383
SteersMedium and Large 1820133.66/cwt127.00–135.001,096120
SteersMedium and Large 1465182.64/cwt180.50–184.0084918
SteersMedium and Large 1362175.00/cwt175.00–175.006345
BullsMedium and Large 1-2645127.00/cwt127.00–127.008196
HeifersMedium and Large 1683134.62/cwt126.00–137.75919354
SteersMedium and Large 1-2588148.00/cwt148.00–148.0087014
SteersMedium and Large 1789136.65/cwt132.00–137.751,078318
HeifersMedium and Large 1419158.83/cwt156.00–164.0066558
SteersMedium and Large 1670147.08/cwt144.25–149.50985320
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2487136.00/cwt136.00–136.0066226
HeifersMedium and Large 1490152.86/cwt151.50–155.0074918
SteersMedium and Large 1-2483157.00/cwt157.00–157.0075814
SteersMedium and Large 1915117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,0715

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.