Sale reports / North Dakota / Kist Livestock Auction / 2021-10-20

Kist Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Oct 20
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097
Receipts
5,991 head
3,436 vs last sale 2,555 2,490 vs year ago 3,501 · +71.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers 450 to 550 lbs. were 5.00 to 11.00 higher; 550 to 650 lbs. were 2.00 to 4.00 lower and 650 to 700 lbs. were 1.00 higher. Feeder heifers 450 to 600 lbs. were steady compared to last week. A very large run of spring calves in todays sale. Good buyer demand for the lighter steers and heifers today. Most feeders were in light to moderate flesh condition. Several load lots of calves and yearlings in todays offering.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $173.46/cwt on 2,825 head.
Average price
$173.46
2,825 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$942
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$63
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 3
$20.85/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.12
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1546174.359522,686
Medium and Large 1-2477156.57747126
Large 3579153.5088913thin
One grade step is worth $20.85/cwt here — about $63 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 sale2,825 hd
173.46
ND average2 barns · 3,721 hd
173.59
−0.12
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

34 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 1384165.00/cwt165.00–165.006344
BullsMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed515149.50/cwt149.50–149.5077018
HeifersLarge 11,056139.50/cwt130.00–139.501,47312
HeifersMedium and Large 1788148.81/cwt147.00–152.001,17311
HeifersMedium and Large 1272162.50/cwt162.50–162.5044215
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2489140.50/cwt140.50–140.5068711
SteersMedium and Large 1244192.50/cwt192.50–192.5047010
SteersMedium and Large 1342208.41/cwt190.00–214.5071371
SteersLarge 3579153.50/cwt153.50–153.5088913
SteersMedium and Large 1415203.13/cwt185.00–210.50843169
SteersMedium and Large 1622161.61/cwt154.50–167.001,005189
SteersMedium and Large 1719164.16/cwt160.00–165.001,180129
SteersMedium and Large 1468177.18/cwt169.50–194.00829514
SteersMedium and Large 1830153.84/cwt149.00–158.751,277137
SteersMedium and Large 1372186.61/cwt175.00–210.00694149
SteersMedium and Large 1533179.01/cwt168.00–187.50954499
SteersMedium and Large 1575166.32/cwt153.00–171.50956623
SteersMedium and Large 1269210.00/cwt210.00–210.005659
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2324145.00/cwt145.00–145.0047027
HeifersMedium and Large 1309171.00/cwt166.00–173.0052828
SteersMedium and Large 1-2369135.00/cwt135.00–135.0049816
SteersMedium and Large 1-2563153.00/cwt153.00–153.008616
HeifersMedium and Large 1808143.73/cwt141.50–147.501,16140
SteersMedium and Large 1658164.47/cwt151.00–168.001,082187
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2407140.16/cwt139.00–141.0057017
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2513127.54/cwt119.50–132.0065417
SteersMedium and Large 1-2516157.23/cwt156.00–159.0081127
SteersMedium and Large 1-2479161.10/cwt154.00–163.0077277
HeifersMedium and Large 1426157.83/cwt142.50–164.00672265
HeifersMedium and Large 1473154.18/cwt145.00–167.50729415
HeifersMedium and Large 1573150.12/cwt145.00–162.00860218
HeifersMedium and Large 1526150.05/cwt140.50–159.00789494
HeifersMedium and Large 1624148.84/cwt142.00–153.00929164
HeifersMedium and Large 1372169.03/cwt163.00–174.00629134

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.