Sale reports / North Dakota / Kist Livestock Auction / 2021-10-27

Kist Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Oct 27
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097
Receipts
3,415 head
2,576 vs last sale 5,991 395 vs year ago 3,810 · 10.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers 500 to 550 lbs. were 12.00 lower ; 550 to 600 lbs. were 6.00 lower and 600 to 700 lbs. were steady from last week. Feeder heifers 500 to 550 lbs. were steady; 550 to 600 lbs. were 2.00 higher and 600 to 650 lbs. were 1.00 lower. Other weights not well tested for a comparison. Moderate demand for todays offering. Buyers did not seem to be pushing the market as they did last week. Most feeders were in light to moderate flesh condition. There will be two feeder sales a week during the month of November as in past years. The sales will be on wednesdays and saturdays. Wednesday November 24th is special bred cow sale and no feeder sale will be held that day.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $164.47/cwt on 1,755 head.
Average price
$164.47
1,755 head · 598 lb average
Value per head Derived
$983
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$130
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$17.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.08
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1598164.789861,724
Medium and Large 1-2580147.5285631
One grade step is worth $17.25/cwt here — about $130 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 sale1,755 hd
164.47
ND average3 barns · 4,431 hd
168.55
−4.08
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

28 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 1574140.00/cwt140.00–140.008047
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy665126.00/cwt126.00–126.008388
HeifersLarge 11,017144.48/cwt143.00–147.001,46911
HeifersMedium and Large 1837146.89/cwt143.00–148.001,22918
HeifersMedium and Large 1764150.94/cwt147.00–153.501,15320
HeifersMedium and Large 1471157.10/cwt152.00–161.0074047
SteersMedium and Large 1723152.15/cwt148.00–153.001,10023
Dairy SteersLarge 392252.00/cwt52.00–52.004795
SteersMedium and Large 1575162.59/cwt146.50–176.00935482
SteersMedium and Large 1878149.85/cwt146.00–150.501,31627
SteersMedium and Large 1-2588146.00/cwt146.00–146.008586
SteersMedium and Large 1-2512154.94/cwt152.00–158.0079310
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added576163.00/cwt163.00–163.0093926
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2549140.50/cwt140.00–141.0077110
SteersMedium and Large 1-2622143.19/cwt141.50–145.0089115
SteersMedium and Large 1520167.62/cwt160.50–175.50872141
SteersMedium and Large 1625159.60/cwt146.00–170.50998437
SteersMedium and Large 1928142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,3229
HeifersMedium and Large 1522149.70/cwt143.00–161.00781230
HeifersMedium and Large 1575152.31/cwt144.50–158.00876316
SteersMedium and Large 1430190.00/cwt190.00–190.0081736
SteersMedium and Large 1482172.07/cwt168.00–178.00829116
HeifersMedium and Large 1681149.30/cwt140.50–152.751,01765
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2580140.00/cwt140.00–140.0081214
HeifersMedium and Large 1431159.33/cwt154.00–165.0068788
HeifersMedium and Large 1612147.72/cwt133.00–157.50904123
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy557178.50/cwt178.50–178.50994128
SteersMedium and Large 1665165.70/cwt150.50–171.501,102325

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.