Sale reports / North Dakota / Kist Livestock Auction / 2022-09-28

Kist Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Sep 28
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097
Receipts
979 head
756 vs last sale 1,735 979 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

There were not enough feeders in todays offering for a comparison from last weeks sale. Todays offering consisted of yearling steers and heifers off of grass. Most were in moderate flesh condition. No spring calves again this week. Buyer demand was good again this week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $166.43/cwt on 436 head.
Average price
$166.43
436 head · 873 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,453
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$239
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$16.02/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1829169.931,409338
Medium and Large 1-2766156.781,20115thin
Large 11,070153.911,64883
One grade step is worth $16.02/cwt here — about −$239 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 sale436 hd
166.43
ND average1 barns · 436 hd
166.43
+0.00
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

22 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 1679176.69/cwt172.00–179.001,20010
HeifersMedium and Large 1622173.15/cwt166.00–179.501,07719
SteersMedium and Large 1799179.50/cwt179.50–179.501,43414
SteersMedium and Large 1810176.51/cwt175.00–179.501,43024
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2766156.78/cwt150.00–159.001,20115
HeifersMedium and Large 1776179.47/cwt168.00–180.751,39330
SteersMedium and Large 1961178.02/cwt169.00–179.751,71125
SteersMedium and Large 1739189.31/cwt187.00–193.001,39926
HeifersMedium and Large 1813172.82/cwt172.75–173.001,40534
HeifersMedium and Large 1727181.85/cwt177.50–182.251,32258
HeifersMedium and Large 1977161.49/cwt155.50–166.001,57840
HeifersMedium and Large 1920161.44/cwt158.00–164.001,48569
SteersLarge 11,074169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,8156
SteersLarge 11,003166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,66544
HeifersLarge 11,085146.22/cwt143.00–149.001,58613
HeifersLarge 11,105155.29/cwt155.00–156.001,71628
HeifersLarge 11,043155.37/cwt152.00–156.501,62142
HeifersMedium and Large 1482168.00/cwt168.00–168.008105
HeifersMedium and Large 1890165.34/cwt159.00–169.001,47269
HeifersMedium and Large 1545181.50/cwt181.50–181.509894
SteersMedium and Large 1879178.65/cwt172.00–180.251,570198
SteersMedium and Large 1657190.25/cwt185.00–191.501,25018

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.