Sale reports / North Dakota / Kist Livestock Auction / 2022-01-12

Kist Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Jan 12
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097
Receipts
7,281 head
2,127 vs last sale 5,154 379 vs year ago 6,902 · +5.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 650 lbs 5.00 to 10.00 higher, over 650 lbs steady to 3.00 higher except 750-800 lbs steady to 3.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 550 lbs steady to 2.00 higher, over 550 lbs 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Very good demand for this extremely large offering of long time weaned and fully preconditioned steers and heifers. Overall quality was very attractive, many long strings offered including full loads and multiple load lots. The market was very active, especially on light fleshed cattle to make yearlings of. There is snow on the ground finally, with more in the forecast, helping to brighten the prospects of a better grazing year. Yearling operators were wiling to chase the market higher as the supply of light cattle is diminishing. Flesh conditions ranged from moderate to moderate plus. The changing weather caused a little heavier fill on the warmed up cattle but buyers were not deterred as otherwise the cattle were very eye appealing. The temperatures were 50 to60 degrees warmer than last week and cattle producers were ready to get their cattle hauled to town and sold, which resulted in such a large sale this week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $173.22/cwt on 4,671 head.
Average price
$173.22
4,671 head · 712 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,233
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$269
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$27.81/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.62
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1716173.321,2414,523
Medium and Large 1-2534172.33920136
Large 11,038145.511,51012thin
One grade step is worth $27.81/cwt here — about −$269 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 sale4,671 hd
173.22
ND average2 barns · 5,667 hd
173.83
−0.62
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

49 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
SteersMedium and Large 1-2578165.00/cwt165.00–165.0095440
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy700156.50/cwt156.50–156.501,09678
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy590169.70/cwt160.00–175.001,00146
SteersMedium and Large 1-2669163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,0906
SteersLarge 11,038145.51/cwt145.00–146.001,51012
SteersMedium and Large 1-2493185.00/cwt185.00–185.0091223
SteersMedium and Large 1-2523171.97/cwt171.00–173.0089912
SteersMedium and Large 1-2413192.01/cwt190.00–199.0079322
SteersMedium and Large 1-2629153.58/cwt146.50–166.0096627
SteersMedium and Large 1778164.71/cwt157.00–169.001,281703
SteersMedium and Large 1821163.41/cwt156.75–166.501,342637
SteersMedium and Large 1880157.32/cwt155.75–159.001,384252
SteersMedium and Large 1626187.62/cwt177.50–195.751,175506
SteersMedium and Large 1679173.28/cwt163.00–179.001,177308
SteersMedium and Large 1529194.70/cwt175.75–200.501,030204
SteersMedium and Large 1417204.68/cwt203.00–209.0085415
SteersMedium and Large 1723169.02/cwt159.00–177.001,222907
SteersMedium and Large 1480206.33/cwt193.50–220.00990149
HeifersMedium and Large 1729146.83/cwt140.50–151.251,070181
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full505147.00/cwt147.00–147.0074213
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy609135.00/cwt135.00–135.008225
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy591145.03/cwt143.00–150.0085717
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy483153.00/cwt153.00–153.0073910
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy734145.50/cwt145.50–145.501,06847
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2431178.00/cwt177.00–178.5076717
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2889136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,2098
HeifersMedium and Large 1446185.00/cwt185.00–185.0082534
HeifersMedium and Large 1567168.86/cwt153.00–176.50957244
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2375187.50/cwt187.50–187.5070311
HeifersMedium and Large 1678151.58/cwt145.00–164.001,028157
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2495147.00/cwt147.00–147.007287
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2809134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,0846
HeifersLarge 1-21,070134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,4345
HeifersMedium and Large 1625160.61/cwt152.00–167.501,004429
HeifersMedium and Large 1819146.60/cwt141.00–148.001,20186
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2733143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,04815
HeifersLarge 1-21,120132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,4787
HeifersLarge 1-21,007134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,3495
HeifersMedium and Large 1529171.07/cwt157.00–175.25905186
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement669166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,11155
SteersMedium and Large 1-2296195.00/cwt195.00–195.005776
HeifersMedium and Large 1479175.62/cwt168.00–182.0084192
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy642165.75/cwt165.00–166.001,06428
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy491187.00/cwt187.00–187.009186
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy418180.00/cwt180.00–180.007529
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy768153.27/cwt152.00–156.001,17736
SteersMedium and Large 1573194.83/cwt182.00–204.001,116410
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement724154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,11524
SteersMedium and Large 1922159.19/cwt156.75–161.501,468229

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.