Sale reports / North Dakota / Kist Livestock Auction / 2019-12-18

Kist Livestock Auction

Name: Kist Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-12-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-18

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Dec 18

● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097

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Receipts

5,223 head

▲ 451 vs last sale 4,772▲ 5,223 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today's sale was the last sale of this year. Many good strings of calves in today's sale. Compared to last week feeder steers traded mixed . 450 to 550 lbs. were 2.00 higher; 550 to 600 lbs. were 4.00 higher; 600 to 700 lbs. were steady to 2.00 lower; 700 to 750 lbs. were 7.00 lower and 750 to 800 lbs. were 2.00 lower. Feeder heifers 450 to 500 lbs. were 10.00 higher; 500 to 600 lbs. were steady; 600 to 650 lbs. were 6.00 higher and 650 to 700 lbs . were steady. Very good buyer demand for today's offering. The next scheduled feeder sale will be on January 1, 2020.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $152.50/cwt on 2,376 head.

Average price

$152.50

2,376 head · 643 lb average

Value per head Derived

$980

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$150

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$7.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.13

vs ND average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	645	152.77	986	2,284
Medium and Large 1-2	574	145.75	836	92

One grade step is worth $7.01/cwt here — about $150 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 sale2,376 hd

152.50

—

ND average4 barns · 6,192 hd

152.63

−0.13

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

34 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	286	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	572	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	354	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	712	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	408	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	669	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	429	177.76/cwt	170.50–193.00	763	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	470	148.68/cwt	142.00–154.00	699	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	477	174.22/cwt	162.00–182.50	831	145
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	526	165.55/cwt	157.00–175.75	871	220
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	578	161.20/cwt	153.00–168.50	932	328
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	578	150.81/cwt	149.50–153.00	872	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	628	154.91/cwt	145.50–159.50	973	322
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	647	140.57/cwt	139.50–143.00	909	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	678	146.27/cwt	139.00–153.25	992	534
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	726	141.44/cwt	134.00–148.00	1,027	429
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	735	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	882	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	771	141.49/cwt	132.00–145.75	1,091	123
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	811	140.14/cwt	136.00–143.00	1,137	105
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	956	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,358	24
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	386	159.43/cwt	155.00–167.00	615	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	418	156.64/cwt	150.50–163.50	655	91
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	448	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	645	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	478	148.44/cwt	139.00–154.50	710	126
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	516	130.57/cwt	130.00–131.50	674	31
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	523	140.70/cwt	133.00–148.50	736	357
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	571	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	702	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	573	136.37/cwt	131.50–143.00	781	243
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	617	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	777	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	624	136.59/cwt	129.00–144.00	852	331
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	664	129.87/cwt	125.00–135.50	862	135
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	712	132.91/cwt	129.50–134.25	946	47
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	766	132.83/cwt	126.00–135.00	1,017	43
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	874	130.66/cwt	128.00–131.50	1,142	35
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,082	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	1,455	7
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	559	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	769	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	683	114.71/cwt	112.00–117.00	783	13

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.

North Dakota feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Kist Livestock Auction - Mandan, ND

Wed Dec 18, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Bismarck, ND (LS-BM)

Receipts 5,223Last week 4,772Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	559	137.50	137.50
13	—	683	112.00–117.00	114.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,082	134.50	134.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	386	155.00–167.00	159.43
47	—	712	129.50–134.25	132.91
91	—	418	150.50–163.50	156.64
135	—	664	125.00–135.50	129.87
357	—	523	133.00–148.50	140.70
243	—	573	131.50–143.00	136.37
331	—	624	129.00–144.00	136.59
35	—	874	128.00–131.50	130.66
43	—	766	126.00–135.00	132.83
126	—	478	139.00–154.50	148.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	448	144.00	144.00
8	—	617	126.00	126.00
23	—	571	123.00	123.00
31	—	516	130.00–131.50	130.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	354	201.00	201.00
24	—	956	142.00	142.00
29	—	429	170.50–193.00	177.76
105	—	811	136.00–143.00	140.14
220	—	526	157.00–175.75	165.55
322	—	628	145.50–159.50	154.91
328	—	578	153.00–168.50	161.20
429	—	726	134.00–148.00	141.44
123	—	771	132.00–145.75	141.49
145	—	477	162.00–182.50	174.22
7	—	286	200.00	200.00
534	—	678	139.00–153.25	146.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	735	120.00	120.00
21	—	470	142.00–154.00	148.68
30	—	578	149.50–153.00	150.81
7	—	408	164.00	164.00
26	—	647	139.50–143.00	140.57

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.