Sale reports / North Dakota / Kist Livestock Auction / 2019-11-13

Kist Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Nov 13
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097
Receipts
3,265 head
▼ 1,238 vs last sale 4,503▲ 3,265 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today's receipts consisted of yearlings and spring calves. Good buyer demand with more buyers showing up each week. Compared to last week feeder steers 500 to 550 lbs. were 7.00 higher, 600 to 700 lbs. were 1.00 to 2.00 higher and 700 to 750 lbs. were 3.00 lower. Feeder heifers traded steady from last week. We will continue having two sales a week for the month of November . Next feeder sale will be Saturday November 16.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $154.02/cwt on 1,577 head.
Average price
$154.02
1,577 head · 635 lb average
Value per head Derived
$978
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$67
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$15.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.15
vs ND average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1630154.359731,538
Large 11,012143.031,44718thin
Medium and Large 1-2654138.6090621
One grade step is worth $15.76/cwt here — about $67 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 sale1,577 hd
154.02
—
ND average4 barns · 8,005 hd
153.87
+0.15
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

38 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1383184.00/cwt177.50–188.0070534
Steers—Medium and Large 1435184.50/cwt184.50–184.5080320
Steers—Medium and Large 1488168.55/cwt167.00–170.5082332
Steers—Medium and Large 1531166.83/cwt152.50–180.00886269
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2553140.00/cwt140.00–140.007745
Steers—Medium and Large 1574154.38/cwt148.50–165.0088680
Steers—Medium and Large 1619150.93/cwt137.00–160.25934459
Steers—Medium and Large 1676149.70/cwt141.00–158.001,012377
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2685138.16/cwt137.50–139.0094616
Steers—Medium and Large 1725145.74/cwt141.00–149.001,057159
Steers—Medium and Large 1779147.92/cwt144.00–149.001,15227
Steers—Medium and Large 1818148.48/cwt140.50–152.501,21565
Steers—Medium and Large 1884143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,26411
Steers—Medium and Large 1948145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,3755
Steers—Large 11,012143.03/cwt141.50–144.001,44718
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1306170.00/cwt170.00–170.005206
Heifers—Medium and Large 1380156.42/cwt150.00–159.0059428
Heifers—Medium and Large 1422156.72/cwt152.00–161.0066145
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2433130.00/cwt130.00–130.005639
Heifers—Medium and Large 1481149.39/cwt140.00–156.5071988
Heifers—Medium and Large 1527139.92/cwt130.00–150.00737131
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568138.14/cwt131.50–144.00785335
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2577126.74/cwt124.00–129.0073117
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625134.06/cwt129.00–139.50838207
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2649139.50/cwt139.50–139.5090534
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673134.26/cwt128.00–137.0090471
Heifers—Medium and Large 1727133.41/cwt131.00–135.0097060
Heifers—Medium and Large 1786126.00/cwt126.00–126.0099010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2812123.00/cwt123.00–123.009998
Heifers—Medium and Large 1826139.71/cwt139.00–140.001,15421
Heifers—Medium and Large 1967137.76/cwt136.00–139.501,33212
Heifers—Large 11,015135.17/cwt130.00–137.501,37222
Heifers—Large 11,073131.36/cwt127.00–138.501,40913
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1340162.00/cwt162.00–162.005513
Bulls—Medium and Large 1540130.00/cwt130.00–130.007028
Bulls—Medium and Large 1626131.00/cwt131.00–131.0082019
Bulls—Medium and Large 1691119.00/cwt119.00–119.008226
Bulls—Medium and Large 1801104.00/cwt104.00–104.008335

This sale against other markets

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.