Sale reports / North Dakota / Kist Livestock Auction / 2023-01-04

Kist Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Jan 4
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097
Receipts
2,464 head
▼ 1,652 vs last sale 4,116▲ 2,464 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison will be made this week as the last sale was a month ago. Todays sale was a mix of weaned and unweaned calves in the offering. Several load lots of steers and heifers as well as mixed strings of calves in the offering. Buyer demand was good in spite of bad weather conditions south and east of the state and some buyers were having trouble getting trucks to move calves purchased. Most calves were in light to moderate plus flesh condition this week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $185.00/cwt on 1,442 head.
Average price
$185.00
1,442 head · 705 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,304
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$354
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$21.81/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 1713186.431,3291,347
Medium and Large 1-2592164.6397595
One grade step is worth $21.81/cwt here — about $354 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 sale1,442 hd
185.00
—
ND average1 barns · 1,442 hd
185.00
+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

33 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
SteersMedium and Large 1—783176.16/cwt168.00–185.001,379242
HeifersMedium and Large 1—671167.66/cwt159.00–172.501,12584
HeifersMedium and Large 1—416206.00/cwt206.00–206.008577
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—546169.00/cwt169.00–169.009235
HeifersMedium and Large 1—474191.31/cwt182.50–204.0090738
HeifersMedium and Large 1—541182.36/cwt182.00–184.0098745
HeifersMedium and Large 1—886162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,43575
SteersMedium and Large 1—423226.26/cwt225.00–227.509576
SteersMedium and Large 1—484216.28/cwt210.00–225.001,04712
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—676165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,1158
SteersMedium and Large 1—676192.14/cwt182.00–198.001,299160
SteersMedium and Large 1—933174.82/cwt169.50–177.001,631192
SteersMedium and Large 1—535216.08/cwt208.00–221.001,156120
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—633166.06/cwt164.00–172.001,05141
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—533167.00/cwt167.00–167.0089010
HeifersMedium and Large 1—840164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,37813
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—606156.00/cwt156.00–156.0094520
HeifersMedium and Large 1—618177.13/cwt163.00–183.501,095164
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—579156.61/cwt153.00–163.0090725
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—486181.37/cwt175.00–184.0088113
SteersMedium and Large 1—570201.98/cwt182.00–216.001,15178
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—468174.51/cwt172.50–176.0081717
HeifersMedium and Large 1—564183.22/cwt172.50–189.001,03389
HeifersMedium and Large 1—777163.84/cwt163.00–164.001,27397
SteersMedium and Large 1—731177.84/cwt168.00–185.001,300242
SteersMedium and Large 1—635190.47/cwt176.00–202.501,209272
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—696148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,0306
HeifersMedium and Large 1—702158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,10927
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—575155.87/cwt150.00–159.0089623
HeifersMedium and Large 1—972164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,59410
HeifersMedium and Large 1—949163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,5476
HeifersMedium and Large 1—395191.00/cwt191.00–191.007547
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—737159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,17215

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.