Sale reports / North Dakota / Kist Livestock Auction / 2021-12-01

Kist Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Dec 1
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097
Receipts
5,321 head
1,391 vs last sale 3,930 2,499 vs year ago 2,822 · +88.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week the market was much higher with steers 450 to 500 lbs. 2.00 higher; 500 to 700 lbs. were 5.00 to 7.00 higher and 750 to 800 lbs. were 7.00 higher. Heifers were all higher with 450 to 500 lbs. 5.00 higher; 500 to 600 lbs. were 10.00 higher and 600 to 650 lbs. were 5.00 higher. Very good demand for todays offering with new buyers at ringside. Many nice strings of heifers and steers as well as load lots in todays offering. Most feeders were in moderate flesh condition especially the heavier weights. Most calves are still coming right off the cow and being marketed. Shots are still proving to be necessary for premium prices from buyers. Sale previously scheduled for Saturday December 4th has been canceled. There will be two more Wednesday sales this year with last one scheduled for Wednesday December 15th.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $173.27/cwt on 2,832 head.
Average price
$173.27
2,832 head · 610 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,057
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$224
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$17.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.18
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1613173.851,0652,737
Medium and Large 1-2538156.4684195
One grade step is worth $17.40/cwt here — about $224 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 sale2,832 hd
173.27
ND average1 barns · 5,128 hd
171.09
+2.18
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

26 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
HeifersLarge 11,081140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,51318
HeifersMedium and Large 1950144.50/cwt144.50–144.501,3738
HeifersMedium and Large 1722130.00/cwt130.00–130.0093912
HeifersMedium and Large 1387169.00/cwt169.00–169.0065413
HeifersMedium and Large 1766139.25/cwt138.25–146.001,06748
HeifersMedium and Large 1418171.28/cwt166.00–173.25716108
SteersMedium and Large 1-2622145.25/cwt145.25–145.259039
SteersMedium and Large 1334215.00/cwt215.00–215.007187
SteersMedium and Large 1720160.69/cwt149.00–166.001,157289
SteersMedium and Large 1-2586151.94/cwt145.00–157.0089036
SteersMedium and Large 1673164.21/cwt158.00–168.501,105324
SteersMedium and Large 1578177.71/cwt170.00–184.251,027570
SteersMedium and Large 1439200.98/cwt196.00–208.0088239
SteersMedium and Large 1-2528165.00/cwt165.00–165.0087116
HeifersMedium and Large 1668144.40/cwt139.00–147.25965153
HeifersMedium and Large 1525158.28/cwt153.00–163.50831238
SteersMedium and Large 1358223.00/cwt223.00–223.007986
SteersMedium and Large 1617170.19/cwt154.00–183.001,050763
SteersMedium and Large 1-2469160.19/cwt158.50–163.5075134
SteersMedium and Large 1476194.63/cwt186.50–205.00926298
HeifersMedium and Large 1572151.99/cwt144.00–159.50869491
HeifersMedium and Large 1469162.68/cwt155.00–168.00763213
SteersMedium and Large 1523184.82/cwt170.00–191.00967208
SteersMedium and Large 1766162.75/cwt149.50–165.001,247233
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2517138.50/cwt138.50–138.5071614
HeifersMedium and Large 1630143.97/cwt136.00–147.50907206

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.