Sale reports / North Dakota / Kist Livestock Auction / 2021-11-03

Kist Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Nov 3
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097
Receipts
4,938 head
1,523 vs last sale 3,415 1,929 vs year ago 3,009 · +64.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers 450 to 500 lbs. were 6.00 higher; 500 to 600 lbs. were 3.00 higher; 600 to 650 lbs. were 2.00 higher an 650 to 700 lb. were 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers 500 to 550 lbs. were 7.00 higher; 550 to 600 lbs. were 5.00 lower and 600 to 650 lbs. heifers were 2.00 lower. Good demand for todays offering and more buyers in attendance. Most feeders are right off the cow and are in light to moderate flesh condition. Next feeder sale will on Saturday November 6th.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $165.06/cwt on 2,509 head.
Average price
$165.06
2,509 head · 596 lb average
Value per head Derived
$984
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$186
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$15.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.11
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1598165.479892,443
Medium and Large 1-2536149.8980366
One grade step is worth $15.58/cwt here — about $186 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 sale2,509 hd
165.06
ND average3 barns · 5,756 hd
167.17
−2.11
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

35 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 1560145.00/cwt145.00–145.008125
BullsMedium and Large 1687118.00/cwt118.00–118.008115
BullsMedium and Large 1632136.30/cwt132.50–151.0086114
BullsMedium and Large 1532152.00/cwt152.00–152.0080915
BullsMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed559145.00/cwt145.00–145.008118
HeifersLarge 11,060129.50/cwt129.50–129.501,37310
SteersMedium and Large 1439192.63/cwt168.50–200.0084662
SteersMedium and Large 1-2621141.50/cwt141.50–141.5087930
SteersMedium and Large 1481178.41/cwt167.00–183.00858164
SteersMedium and Large 1781155.58/cwt153.00–159.001,21587
SteersMedium and Large 1-2408173.00/cwt173.00–173.0070616
SteersMedium and Large 1721155.06/cwt152.50–156.501,11881
SteersMedium and Large 1-2465145.00/cwt145.00–145.0067410
SteersMedium and Large 1-2557143.00/cwt143.00–143.0079710
SteersMedium and Large 1628161.26/cwt148.00–165.501,013479
HeifersMedium and Large 1615145.20/cwt138.00–154.50893181
SteersMedium and Large 1576165.02/cwt147.00–176.25951748
HeifersMedium and Large 1885145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,2837
SteersMedium and Large 1835159.23/cwt158.50–159.751,33038
SteersMedium and Large 1517170.72/cwt148.00–182.50883341
SteersMedium and Large 1383194.52/cwt192.00–197.0074531
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2613128.00/cwt128.00–128.0078510
SteersMedium and Large 1672160.13/cwt153.00–166.001,076412
HeifersMedium and Large 1972142.72/cwt132.00–145.501,38743
HeifersMedium and Large 1481155.95/cwt145.00–166.75750235
HeifersMedium and Large 1390154.47/cwt149.00–160.5060258
HeifersMedium and Large 1523156.73/cwt146.00–161.50820529
HeifersLarge 11,016139.60/cwt136.00–143.501,41820
HeifersMedium and Large 1576147.34/cwt135.00–154.00849329
HeifersMedium and Large 1923147.67/cwt146.00–149.001,36320
HeifersMedium and Large 1653139.03/cwt137.00–140.0090833
HeifersMedium and Large 1732157.11/cwt156.50–157.251,15076
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2540140.67/cwt135.00–144.0076039
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2428136.91/cwt134.00–140.0058610
HeifersMedium and Large 1431155.50/cwt147.00–163.0067066

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.