Sale reports / North Dakota / Kist Livestock Auction / 2021-03-31

Kist Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Mar 31
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097
Receipts
989 head
1,471 vs last sale 2,460 114 vs year ago 1,103 · 10.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers 650 to 700 lbs. were 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers 700 to 750 lbs. were 3.00 lower. Other weights of steers and heifers did not have numbers for a comparison this week. Todays offering consisted of mostly small bunches of feeders. Numbers were down this week due to very strong winds the previous two days and calves were not moved to the market this week. Good demand for the small number of feeders this week. Feeders were in light to moderate flesh this week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.15/cwt on 443 head.
Average price
$134.15
443 head · 710 lb average
Value per head Derived
$953
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$276
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$26.23/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.41
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1696135.83945395
Medium and Large 1-2622128.0079728
Large 11,114109.601,22120
One grade step is worth $26.23/cwt here — about −$276 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 sale443 hd
134.15
ND average3 barns · 2,658 hd
137.56
−3.41
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

21 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
HeifersLarge 11,114109.60/cwt108.50–110.501,22120
HeifersMedium and Large 1828125.50/cwt124.00–126.001,03923
HeifersMedium and Large 1572150.68/cwt144.50–154.5086225
HeifersMedium and Large 1882119.04/cwt118.50–120.001,05036
HeifersMedium and Large 1777125.85/cwt124.00–126.0097840
HeifersMedium and Large 1528157.59/cwt146.00–160.0083248
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2762105.00/cwt105.00–105.008005
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2592133.00/cwt133.00–133.0078723
SteersMedium and Large 1690152.86/cwt142.00–154.751,055136
SteersMedium and Large 1718148.54/cwt146.00–151.001,06729
SteersMedium and Large 1463164.00/cwt164.00–164.007596
SteersMedium and Large 1904120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0857
HeifersMedium and Large 1634144.44/cwt142.25–147.5091651
HeifersMedium and Large 1666137.44/cwt128.00–141.2591570
SteersMedium and Large 1965119.50/cwt119.50–119.501,1534
SteersMedium and Large 1536177.35/cwt174.00–178.5095120
SteersMedium and Large 1756140.05/cwt137.00–140.501,05924
HeifersMedium and Large 1730128.69/cwt126.50–131.50939102
SteersMedium and Large 1448169.00/cwt169.00–169.007576
SteersMedium and Large 1574159.02/cwt155.00–168.0091360
SteersMedium and Large 1829133.93/cwt126.00–137.501,11034

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.