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 1445157.50/cwt157.50–157.507014
BullsMedium and Large 1593144.00/cwt144.00–144.008545
HeifersMedium and Large 1871144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,2545
HeifersMedium and Large 1621155.00/cwt155.00–155.0096319
HeifersMedium and Large 1720154.90/cwt153.50–156.001,11522
HeifersMedium and Large 1917143.32/cwt141.00–145.001,31468
Dairy HeifersLarge 3476135.00/cwt135.00–135.0064314
SteersMedium and Large 1907158.92/cwt149.00–159.751,44165
Dairy SteersLarge 3569148.50/cwt148.50–148.5084521
SteersMedium and Large 1716164.44/cwt164.00–164.751,17762
SteersMedium and Large 1573168.87/cwt161.00–175.50968216
SteersMedium and Large 1803165.25/cwt165.25–165.251,32760
SteersMedium and Large 1896159.12/cwt150.50–159.751,426129
SteersMedium and Large 1612166.32/cwt164.50–169.001,018118
Dairy SteersLarge 3443155.00/cwt155.00–155.0068716
SteersMedium and Large 1467173.31/cwt164.50–182.00809118
SteersMedium and Large 1-2918135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,23910
SteersMedium and Large 1678163.09/cwt150.00–166.751,106175
SteersMedium and Large 1789163.97/cwt154.00–165.251,29467
HeifersMedium and Large 1765155.67/cwt153.00–156.251,19173
SteersMedium and Large 1366172.09/cwt170.00–177.0063023
HeifersMedium and Large 1654152.00/cwt152.00–152.009945
HeifersMedium and Large 1974138.37/cwt132.50–143.001,34834
HeifersMedium and Large 1830152.38/cwt150.50–155.501,26551
SteersMedium and Large 1532167.99/cwt158.00–172.00894217
HeifersMedium and Large 1584150.81/cwt142.00–157.00881123
SteersMedium and Large 1434176.97/cwt174.00–179.0076847
HeifersMedium and Large 1483154.59/cwt146.00–160.25747185
HeifersMedium and Large 1372157.75/cwt154.00–159.0058727
HeifersMedium and Large 1524149.22/cwt145.00–155.5078293
HeifersMedium and Large 1442156.42/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.