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Kist Livestock Auction

Name: Kist Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-10-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-14

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Oct 14

● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097

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Receipts

2,055 head

▲ 734 vs last sale 1,321▲ 1,138 vs year ago 917 · +124.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

This is the first reported feeder sale of the fall so no comparison can be made. Today's sale consisted of lots of yearling steers and heifers and the first run of spring calves. Demand was good for all classes of feeders.

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 $144.16/cwt on 1,076 head.

Average price

$144.16

1,076 head · 726 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,046

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$101

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

$28.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.35

vs ND average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	689	146.30	1,008	965
Large 1	1,061	126.85	1,346	96
Medium and Large 1-2	944	117.43	1,108	15thin

One grade step is worth $28.87/cwt here — about −$101 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 sale1,076 hd

144.16

—

ND average3 barns · 1,852 hd

142.81

+1.35

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

Every lot

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. 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	396	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	713	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	408	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	632	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	481	154.44/cwt	151.00–156.00	743	38
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	538	149.74/cwt	145.50–155.50	806	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	559	146.89/cwt	139.00–148.50	821	85
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	634	147.62/cwt	139.00–152.75	936	235
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	662	146.84/cwt	137.00–150.25	972	126
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	735	145.64/cwt	141.75–147.50	1,070	276
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	829	142.15/cwt	139.50–146.25	1,178	40
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	850	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,020	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	891	141.00/cwt	139.00–142.00	1,256	92
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	922	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	1,286	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	978	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	1,139	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	987	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,308	21
Steers	—	Large 1	1,026	129.83/cwt	125.50–130.50	1,332	67
Steers	—	Large 1	1,084	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,290	8
Steers	—	Large 1	1,163	120.32/cwt	116.75–122.50	1,399	21
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	347	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	468	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	424	134.20/cwt	132.50–137.00	569	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	494	133.83/cwt	131.50–139.00	661	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	538	134.13/cwt	129.50–135.00	722	95
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	572	131.48/cwt	127.50–137.50	752	115
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	632	131.66/cwt	122.00–135.00	832	159
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	780	135.21/cwt	132.00–138.50	1,055	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	827	127.92/cwt	127.00–132.50	1,058	42
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	866	134.44/cwt	132.00–135.75	1,164	37
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	879	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	941	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	930	129.10/cwt	127.00–131.50	1,201	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	963	124.27/cwt	124.25–124.50	1,197	136
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,033	122.48/cwt	119.50–124.50	1,265	30
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,074	121.47/cwt	117.00–123.00	1,305	21
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,141	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	1,363	10

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 Oct 14, 2020

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

Receipts 2,055Last week 1,321Year ago 917

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	538	145.50–155.50	149.74
85	—	559	139.00–148.50	146.89
276	—	735	141.75–147.50	145.64
126	—	662	137.00–150.25	146.84
9	—	408	155.00	155.00
92	—	891	139.00–142.00	141.00
7	—	396	180.00	180.00
235	—	634	139.00–152.75	147.62
38	—	481	151.00–156.00	154.44
21	—	987	132.50	132.50
40	—	829	139.50–146.25	142.15
5	—	922	139.50	139.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	1,026	125.50–130.50	129.83
21	—	1,163	116.75–122.50	120.32
8	—	1,084	119.00	119.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	850	120.00	120.00
11	—	978	116.50	116.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	879	107.00	107.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
115	—	572	127.50–137.50	131.48
25	—	424	132.50–137.00	134.20
28	—	494	131.50–139.00	133.83
19	—	930	127.00–131.50	129.10
37	—	866	132.00–135.75	134.44
42	—	827	127.00–132.50	127.92
159	—	632	122.00–135.00	131.66
95	—	538	129.50–135.00	134.13
136	—	963	124.25–124.50	124.27
3	—	347	135.00	135.00
19	—	780	132.00–138.50	135.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,141	119.50	119.50
21	—	1,074	117.00–123.00	121.47
30	—	1,033	119.50–124.50	122.48

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.