Sale reports / North Dakota / Kist Livestock Auction / 2021-10-13

Kist Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Oct 13
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097
Receipts
2,555 head
▲ 127 vs last sale 2,428▲ 500 vs year ago 2,055 · +24.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers 500 to 550 lbs. were 4.00 lower, 550 to 650 lbs. were 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Other weights not well tested for a comparison. Feeder heifers 450 to 500 lbs. were 4.00 higher, 550 to 600 lbs. were 7.00 higher. Other weights of heifers not well tested for a comparison. Very good demand for both heifers and steers today. Several load lots of steers today. Spring calves were in light to moderate flesh condition.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $166.12/cwt on 1,307 head.
Average price
$166.12
1,307 head · 645 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,072
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$170
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$31.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.92
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1643166.361,0701,297
Medium and Large 1-2918135.001,23910thin
One grade step is worth $31.36/cwt here — about −$170 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 sale1,307 hd
166.12
—
ND average2 barns · 3,178 hd
172.04
−5.92
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

31 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
BullsMedium and Large 1—445157.50/cwt157.50–157.507014
BullsMedium and Large 1—593144.00/cwt144.00–144.008545
HeifersMedium and Large 1—871144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,2545
HeifersMedium and Large 1—621155.00/cwt155.00–155.0096319
HeifersMedium and Large 1—720154.90/cwt153.50–156.001,11522
HeifersMedium and Large 1—917143.32/cwt141.00–145.001,31468
Dairy HeifersLarge 3—476135.00/cwt135.00–135.0064314
SteersMedium and Large 1—907158.92/cwt149.00–159.751,44165
Dairy SteersLarge 3—569148.50/cwt148.50–148.5084521
SteersMedium and Large 1—716164.44/cwt164.00–164.751,17762
SteersMedium and Large 1—573168.87/cwt161.00–175.50968216
SteersMedium and Large 1—803165.25/cwt165.25–165.251,32760
SteersMedium and Large 1—896159.12/cwt150.50–159.751,426129
SteersMedium and Large 1—612166.32/cwt164.50–169.001,018118
Dairy SteersLarge 3—443155.00/cwt155.00–155.0068716
SteersMedium and Large 1—467173.31/cwt164.50–182.00809118
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—918135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,23910
SteersMedium and Large 1—678163.09/cwt150.00–166.751,106175
SteersMedium and Large 1—789163.97/cwt154.00–165.251,29467
HeifersMedium and Large 1—765155.67/cwt153.00–156.251,19173
SteersMedium and Large 1—366172.09/cwt170.00–177.0063023
HeifersMedium and Large 1—654152.00/cwt152.00–152.009945
HeifersMedium and Large 1—974138.37/cwt132.50–143.001,34834
HeifersMedium and Large 1—830152.38/cwt150.50–155.501,26551
SteersMedium and Large 1—532167.99/cwt158.00–172.00894217
HeifersMedium and Large 1—584150.81/cwt142.00–157.00881123
SteersMedium and Large 1—434176.97/cwt174.00–179.0076847
HeifersMedium and Large 1—483154.59/cwt146.00–160.25747185
HeifersMedium and Large 1—372157.75/cwt154.00–159.0058727
HeifersMedium and Large 1—524149.22/cwt145.00–155.5078293
HeifersMedium and Large 1—442156.42/cwt154.00–158.0069133

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.