Sale reports / North Dakota / Kist Livestock Auction / 2021-11-10

Kist Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Nov 10
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097
Receipts
4,569 head
3,105 vs last sale 1,464 3,353 vs year ago 1,216 · +275.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers and heifers traded mostly lower today. Feeder steers 500 to 600 lbs. were 3.00 lower and 600 to 700 lbs. were steady to 1.00 lower. Feeder heifers 500 to 550 lbs. were 10.00 lower; 550 to 600 lbs. were 2.00 lower and 600 to 650 lbs. were 4.00 higher. Other weights not well tested for a comparison. Moderate to good demand for todays offering. Most calves were in light to moderate flesh. Next sale will be on Saturday November 13th.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $164.24/cwt on 2,026 head.
Average price
$164.24
2,026 head · 596 lb average
Value per head Derived
$979
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$201
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$13.85/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.03
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1598164.649851,967
Medium and Large 1-2520150.7978459
One grade step is worth $13.85/cwt here — about $201 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 sale2,026 hd
164.24
ND average3 barns · 6,415 hd
166.27
−2.03
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

38 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 1520161.60/cwt145.00–168.0084065
BullsMedium and Large 1424189.00/cwt189.00–189.0080123
BullsMedium and Large 1672137.50/cwt135.00–138.0092423
BullsMedium and Large 1620146.00/cwt146.00–146.009055
HeifersLarge 11,141135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,5405
HeifersMedium and Large 1966141.62/cwt137.00–145.001,3687
SteersMedium and Large 1390197.46/cwt195.00–200.007708
SteersMedium and Large 1349210.00/cwt210.00–210.007339
SteersMedium and Large 1625159.77/cwt149.00–168.00999449
SteersMedium and Large 1576163.96/cwt152.00–170.00944486
SteersMedium and Large 1-2481155.67/cwt149.00–164.0074931
SteersMedium and Large 1480183.82/cwt174.00–188.5088266
SteersMedium and Large 1671159.55/cwt148.00–167.001,071302
SteersMedium and Large 1525169.78/cwt157.00–179.00891385
HeifersMedium and Large 1613148.58/cwt139.50–155.00911312
HeifersMedium and Large 1666142.41/cwt135.00–146.0094876
SteersMedium and Large 1831152.97/cwt151.00–155.001,27110
SteersMedium and Large 1719157.44/cwt149.50–166.001,132150
SteersMedium and Large 1-2615138.03/cwt135.00–140.0084921
SteersMedium and Large 1-2408167.50/cwt167.50–167.506837
HeifersMedium and Large 1429153.13/cwt145.00–164.00657182
HeifersMedium and Large 1524144.65/cwt137.00–149.00758459
SteersMedium and Large 1761152.37/cwt150.00–154.501,16030
SteersMedium and Large 1430199.51/cwt194.00–204.0085860
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement640157.50/cwt157.50–157.501,00876
HeifersMedium and Large 1368160.89/cwt155.00–163.0059228
HeifersMedium and Large 1472145.54/cwt140.00–150.0068775
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2579131.00/cwt131.00–131.007588
HeifersMedium and Large 1892154.78/cwt154.00–155.501,38125
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy745133.00/cwt133.00–133.0099112
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2433142.87/cwt142.00–146.0061950
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2828136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,12633
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2524135.00/cwt135.00–135.0070725
HeifersMedium and Large 1917149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,36612
HeifersMedium and Large 1570145.29/cwt135.50–156.50828275
HeifersMedium and Large 1750155.50/cwt155.50–155.501,16613
HeifersMedium and Large 1714140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0008
HeifersMedium and Large 1308180.00/cwt180.00–180.005549

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.