Sale reports / North Dakota / Kist Livestock Auction / 2021-12-08

Kist Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Dec 8
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097
Receipts
2,957 head
2,364 vs last sale 5,321 530 vs year ago 3,487 · 15.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week all weights of steers were higher with 450 to 500 lbs. 14.00 higher; 550 to 650 were 6.00 to 7.00 higher and 650 to 750 lbs. were 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers 500 to 600 lbs. were 1.00 to 2.00 higher; and 650 to 700 were 8.00 higher. Very good demand for todays offering with buyers aggressively bidding for the offering. Most feeders were in light to moderate flesh condition. Last feeder sale of the year will be next Wednesday.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $183.07/cwt on 1,539 head.
Average price
$183.07
1,539 head · 597 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,092
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$185
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$20.37/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.25
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1598183.861,1001,479
Medium and Large 1-2559163.4991560
One grade step is worth $20.37/cwt here — about $185 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 sale1,539 hd
183.07
ND average3 barns · 6,060 hd
182.82
+0.25
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

29 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 1651150.00/cwt150.00–150.009776
HeifersLarge 11,003141.50/cwt141.50–141.501,41913
HeifersLarge 11,122136.79/cwt134.00–137.501,53515
HeifersMedium and Large 1386175.87/cwt172.00–178.0067926
HeifersMedium and Large 1422174.95/cwt169.00–179.0073834
HeifersMedium and Large 1627150.74/cwt145.00–156.0094586
SteersMedium and Large 1963153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,4738
SteersMedium and Large 1482208.74/cwt191.00–216.251,006175
SteersMedium and Large 1441217.29/cwt211.00–219.0095869
SteersMedium and Large 1721165.87/cwt156.00–169.251,196195
SteersMedium and Large 1-2639158.16/cwt156.00–160.001,01111
SteersMedium and Large 1672169.00/cwt154.00–176.501,136183
SteersMedium and Large 1571184.52/cwt169.00–194.751,054399
SteersMedium and Large 1310242.50/cwt242.50–242.507524
SteersMedium and Large 1-2515167.04/cwt160.50–173.0086044
SteersMedium and Large 1828148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,2257
SteersMedium and Large 1363235.67/cwt225.00–239.0085523
SteersMedium and Large 1527194.45/cwt183.50–202.501,02582
SteersMedium and Large 1918152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,3952
SteersMedium and Large 1285252.50/cwt252.50–252.507206
SteersMedium and Large 1-2776144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,1175
HeifersMedium and Large 1659152.87/cwt149.50–157.001,007157
SteersMedium and Large 1629176.30/cwt162.00–184.751,109298
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2357165.00/cwt165.00–165.0058917
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2461153.00/cwt153.00–153.0070528
HeifersMedium and Large 1576153.12/cwt147.00–159.50882172
HeifersMedium and Large 1459169.27/cwt153.00–179.00777104
HeifersMedium and Large 1537160.76/cwt157.00–165.50863136
SteersMedium and Large 1762162.86/cwt159.00–163.501,24128

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.