Sale reports / North Dakota / Kist Livestock Auction / 2021-04-28

Kist Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Apr 28
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097
Receipts
927 head
318 vs last sale 1,245 2,091 vs year ago 3,018 · 69.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week there were not enough steers for a comparison but all weights were lower this week. Feeder heifers 550 to 600 lbs. were 14.00 lower and 700 to 750 lbs. were 2.00 lower. Other weights did not have numbers for comparison but were lower this week. Todays offering consisted of small bunches of light to medium fleshed feeders. Demand was moderate for todays offering. It appears that the run of feeders is done for the time being but if draught continues in the area and if numbers of feeders coming to market increases we will be reporting again before fall.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.14/cwt on 457 head.
Average price
$129.14
457 head · 670 lb average
Value per head Derived
$866
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$138
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$11.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
6.63
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1672129.53871441
Medium and Large 1-2619118.3873316thin
One grade step is worth $11.16/cwt here — about $138 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 sale457 hd
129.14
ND average3 barns · 1,899 hd
135.77
−6.63
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

23 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 1683128.10/cwt120.00–134.0087551
SteersMedium and Large 1509170.12/cwt165.00–173.5086613
SteersMedium and Large 1573150.00/cwt150.00–150.0086010
SteersMedium and Large 1-2605136.00/cwt136.00–136.008236
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2504119.00/cwt119.00–119.0060011
HeifersMedium and Large 1539138.82/cwt137.00–141.2574841
SteersMedium and Large 1877127.48/cwt125.00–129.001,11822
HeifersMedium and Large 1859118.85/cwt117.00–119.501,02124
HeifersMedium and Large 1577131.72/cwt122.00–136.50760101
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2873117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,0215
SteersMedium and Large 1970118.44/cwt116.50–119.501,14917
HeifersMedium and Large 1825116.61/cwt112.00–121.0096242
SteersMedium and Large 1637146.45/cwt143.00–148.7593315
SteersMedium and Large 1784132.33/cwt125.50–136.001,03745
SteersMedium and Large 1741139.25/cwt139.25–139.251,03227
SteersMedium and Large 1675138.00/cwt138.00–138.009325
HeifersMedium and Large 1712130.63/cwt127.25–132.50930131
HeifersMedium and Large 1773124.83/cwt123.50–126.5096522
HeifersMedium and Large 1637136.00/cwt136.00–136.0086613
HeifersMedium and Large 1437140.00/cwt140.00–140.006129
HeifersMedium and Large 1497137.00/cwt137.00–137.006817
Dairy SteersLarge 268771.00/cwt71.00–71.004886
SteersLarge 11,031120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,2375

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.