Sale reports / North Dakota / Kist Livestock Auction / 2021-04-21

Kist Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Apr 21
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097
Receipts
1,245 head
209 vs last sale 1,036 1,245 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week there were not enough steers for comparison. Feeder heifers 650 to 700 lbs. were 2.00 lower and 700 to 750 lbs. were 1.00 higher. Other weights not well tested for a comparison. With the current drought conditions in the state today saw more heifers that were going to be held for replacement coming to market and going to feed lots.

Moderate to good demand for todays offering. Feeders were in light to moderate flesh condition.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.15/cwt on 730 head.
Average price
$134.15
730 head · 695 lb average
Value per head Derived
$933
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$169
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$12.49/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.17
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1698134.68940699
Medium and Large 1-2631122.1977131
One grade step is worth $12.49/cwt here — about $169 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 sale730 hd
134.15
ND average3 barns · 2,827 hd
135.32
−1.17
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 1-2554130.00/cwt130.00–130.007205
SteersMedium and Large 1470188.55/cwt184.00–190.5088617
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2785102.00/cwt102.00–102.008015
HeifersMedium and Large 1571145.99/cwt139.50–150.00834114
HeifersMedium and Large 1413155.00/cwt155.00–155.006409
HeifersMedium and Large 1545149.00/cwt149.00–149.0081223
BullsMedium and Large 1824119.50/cwt119.50–119.509859
HeifersMedium and Large 1852118.75/cwt118.75–118.751,0128
HeifersMedium and Large 1474152.12/cwt142.50–161.0072128
HeifersMedium and Large 1931116.58/cwt115.00–118.251,08529
SteersMedium and Large 1713144.10/cwt139.00–146.001,02740
SteersMedium and Large 1614157.25/cwt153.00–161.0096626
SteersMedium and Large 1777139.78/cwt139.50–140.501,08621
SteersMedium and Large 1683147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,00410
SteersMedium and Large 1813136.25/cwt136.25–136.251,10819
HeifersMedium and Large 1731133.35/cwt125.50–135.50975126
HeifersMedium and Large 1678135.51/cwt129.00–147.00919115
SteersMedium and Large 1533164.46/cwt162.00–168.0087713
HeifersMedium and Large 1822122.64/cwt122.25–123.001,008150
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2825100.00/cwt100.00–100.008255
SteersMedium and Large 1577163.92/cwt153.00–176.0094633
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2547133.00/cwt133.00–133.0072816
HeifersMedium and Large 1616146.01/cwt136.50–150.0089955
SteersMedium and Large 1-2586142.00/cwt142.00–142.008326
HeifersMedium and Large 1768125.65/cwt124.00–127.0096542

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.