Sale reports / North Dakota / Kist Livestock Auction / 2022-03-16

Kist Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Mar 16
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097
Receipts
2,261 head
▲ 525 vs last sale 1,736▲ 156 vs year ago 2,105 · +7.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week the only measurable steers were the 600 to 650 lbs. at 7.00 lower. Feeder heifers 600 to 650 lbs. were 7.00 higher and 650 to 700 lbs. were 5.00 higher. Other weights of steers and heifers did not have the numbers for a comparison. Todays offering consisted of several load lots of steers and heifers along with smaller drafts. Buyer demand was moderate to good for the offering . Most feeders were in moderate to light flesh condition. Feeders were coming out of muddy conditions and this reflected on the quality and eye appeal this week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $158.98/cwt on 1,073 head.
Average price
$158.98
1,073 head · 658 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,047
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$231
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$4.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.57
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1665159.231,0591,016
Medium and Large 1-2536154.5682857
One grade step is worth $4.67/cwt here — about $231 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 sale1,073 hd
158.98
—
ND average3 barns · 2,345 hd
156.41
+2.57
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

32 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1—421187.00/cwt187.00–187.0078712
HeifersMedium and Large 1—521169.59/cwt167.50–174.0088424
HeifersMedium and Large 1—379188.50/cwt188.50–188.5071430
HeifersMedium and Large 1—482174.63/cwt166.00–181.0084295
HeifersMedium and Large 1—705156.68/cwt142.00–159.501,105103
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—790124.00/cwt124.00–124.009807
SteersMedium and Large 1—522200.98/cwt199.00–204.001,04913
SteersMedium and Large 1—363197.11/cwt192.50–200.0071615
SteersMedium and Large 1—770160.10/cwt157.00–163.001,233136
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—562175.00/cwt175.00–175.009845
SteersMedium and Large 1—567195.13/cwt186.00–197.001,10681
SteersMedium and Large 1—811148.80/cwt147.00–152.001,207117
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—436175.36/cwt171.00–178.0076520
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—697172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,1995
HeifersMedium and Large 1—890135.59/cwt132.00–135.751,207135
SteersMedium and Large 1Full—569165.00/cwt165.00–165.009395
SteersMedium and Large 1—418191.00/cwt191.00–191.007989
SteersMedium and Large 1—660167.97/cwt163.00–174.001,10952
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—703154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,0835
SteersMedium and Large 1—474202.86/cwt192.00–207.5096224
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—526161.47/cwt160.00–162.0084927
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—412162.00/cwt162.00–162.006675
SteersMedium and Large 1—725163.61/cwt155.00–167.001,18693
SteersMedium and Large 1—886146.63/cwt139.25–149.751,29997
HeifersMedium and Large 1—621167.78/cwt157.50–169.501,042164
HeifersMedium and Large 1—673161.14/cwt155.50–166.501,084210
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—355170.00/cwt170.00–170.0060410
HeifersMedium and Large 1—764142.18/cwt135.00–144.001,086139
SteersMedium and Large 1—627178.04/cwt172.00–183.001,116103
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—521178.00/cwt178.00–178.0092710
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—651134.00/cwt134.00–134.008728
HeifersMedium and Large 1—568169.75/cwt162.00–172.00964104

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.