Sale reports / North Dakota / Kist Livestock Auction / 2021-01-27

Kist Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Jan 27
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097
Receipts
3,990 head
▼ 1,422 vs last sale 5,412▲ 160 vs year ago 3,830 · +4.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers 600 to 750 lbs. were steady and 750 to 950 lbs. were 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers were steady to for most weight classes from last week. Other weights of steers and heifers not well tested for a comparison. Good to very good demand for todays offering. Many good strings and load lots of steers and heifers in todays sale. The market was active with plenty of buyers at ringside actively bidding. Flesh condition was light to moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $145.61/cwt on 2,087 head.
Average price
$145.61
2,087 head · 750 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,092
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$204
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$20.78/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.11
vs ND average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1747145.781,0892,069
Large 11,035125.001,29418thin
One grade step is worth $20.78/cwt here — about −$204 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 sale2,087 hd
145.61
—
ND average3 barns · 5,036 hd
149.72
−4.11
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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1386208.00/cwt208.00–208.0080327
Steers—Medium and Large 1440181.25/cwt177.50–203.0079885
Steers—Medium and Large 1480178.21/cwt173.50–187.0085531
Steers—Medium and Large 1520176.98/cwt165.00–186.00920117
Steers—Medium and Large 1575158.26/cwt149.00–166.0091080
Steers—Medium and Large 1631155.99/cwt147.00–161.00984233
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy635143.51/cwt143.00–144.0091110
Steers—Medium and Large 1668148.06/cwt140.00–152.50989164
Steers—Medium and Large 1727142.94/cwt135.00–145.501,039115
Steers—Medium and Large 1779139.44/cwt132.50–144.251,086366
Steers—Medium and Large 1832135.35/cwt133.00–136.501,126279
Steers—Medium and Large 1889133.65/cwt129.50–134.001,188278
Steers—Medium and Large 1925131.17/cwt124.00–132.501,213199
Steers—Medium and Large 1960131.28/cwt126.00–132.251,26085
Steers—Large 11,035125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,29418
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1307154.00/cwt154.00–154.0047310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1405165.58/cwt165.00–167.0067135
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2432144.18/cwt143.00–145.0062314
Heifers—Medium and Large 1497161.97/cwt155.00–163.2580571
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2527123.14/cwt121.00–125.0064911
Heifers—Medium and Large 1529155.85/cwt153.50–157.0082463
Heifers—Medium and Large 1571152.47/cwt145.50–155.5087171
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2583123.50/cwt123.50–123.507205
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2623116.00/cwt116.00–116.007235
Heifers—Medium and Large 1624131.81/cwt127.00–141.0082291
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement630142.84/cwt141.00–146.5090064
Heifers—Medium and Large 1671132.61/cwt128.00–136.75890191
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2683116.74/cwt114.00–119.007979
Heifers—Medium and Large 1731126.54/cwt122.50–130.50925280
Heifers—Medium and Large 1761128.80/cwt125.50–130.0098023
Heifers—Medium and Large 1833120.80/cwt113.50–123.751,006144
Heifers—Medium and Large 1859121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,03911
Heifers—Medium and Large 1937115.51/cwt112.00–118.501,08213
Heifers—Large 11,057113.50/cwt113.50–113.501,20015

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.