Sale reports / North Dakota / Kist Livestock Auction / 2021-03-24

Kist Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Mar 24
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097
Receipts
2,460 head
355 vs last sale 2,105 538 vs year ago 1,922 · +28.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers 650 to 700 lbs. were steady and 700 to 750 lbs. were 3.00 lower. Feeder heifers 500 to 550 lbs. were 5.00 higher and 700 to 800 lbs. were steady to 5.00 lower. Other weights of steers and heifers not well tested for comparison Good buyer demand for todays offering especially the lighter weight feeders to go on pasture. Several nice strings of replacement heifers in todays offering. Feeders were in light to moderate flesh condition today.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $140.15/cwt on 1,089 head.
Average price
$140.15
1,089 head · 670 lb average
Value per head Derived
$939
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$114
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$23.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.84
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1670140.269391,084
Medium and Large 1-2705117.008255thin
One grade step is worth $23.26/cwt here — about $114 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 sale1,089 hd
140.15
ND average2 barns · 2,280 hd
139.32
+0.84
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

26 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 1380153.82/cwt153.00–157.0058529
HeifersMedium and Large 1416161.99/cwt155.00–163.2567435
HeifersMedium and Large 1821125.70/cwt121.00–128.001,03238
HeifersMedium and Large 1629144.52/cwt140.50–145.5090957
HeifersMedium and Large 1683136.37/cwt131.00–142.0093177
HeifersMedium and Large 1484152.47/cwt147.00–156.5073889
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement787137.48/cwt135.75–145.751,082242
SteersMedium and Large 1771136.68/cwt136.25–137.001,05438
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement702137.00/cwt137.00–137.0096256
SteersMedium and Large 1887133.10/cwt129.25–134.751,18163
SteersMedium and Large 1674149.67/cwt144.00–154.501,009229
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement818131.50/cwt131.50–131.501,07616
HeifersMedium and Large 1587146.47/cwt144.00–148.0086094
HeifersMedium and Large 1523154.22/cwt147.00–156.00807100
SteersMedium and Large 1570164.25/cwt153.00–169.0093668
SteersMedium and Large 1919128.35/cwt122.00–129.001,18083
SteersMedium and Large 1530172.91/cwt166.00–182.0091625
SteersMedium and Large 1824133.65/cwt129.00–135.501,10127
SteersMedium and Large 1735139.05/cwt134.00–145.001,02289
HeifersMedium and Large 1772127.50/cwt122.00–129.00984125
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2705117.00/cwt117.00–117.008255
SteersMedium and Large 1-2681137.50/cwt137.50–137.509366
SteersMedium and Large 1473182.18/cwt174.00–191.5086215
SteersMedium and Large 1625153.35/cwt148.00–159.00958119
HeifersMedium and Large 1720132.17/cwt126.00–134.50952126
SteersMedium and Large 1449190.00/cwt190.00–190.008535

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.