Sale reports / North Dakota / Kist Livestock Auction / 2023-01-18

Kist Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Jan 18
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097
Receipts
4,992 head
1,529 vs last sale 6,521 235 vs year ago 4,757 · +4.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers were lower with 500 to 550 lbs. 9.00 lower; 600 to 700 lbs. were 6.00 to 10.00 lower and 700 to 800 lbs. were 4.00 to 8.00 lower. Feeder heifers 450 to 550 lbs. were steady; 550 to 600 ls. were 2.00 lower and 600 to 650 lbs. were steady. Todays offering consisted of many strings and load lots of quality calves which reflected in the prices the buyers were willing to pay as well as average or below average calves which brought lower prices in todays sale. Buyer demand was fair to good for todays offering with a few more buyers in attendance today. Most calves were weaned or backgrounded and flesh condition was light to moderate fleshed. The storm to the south and east of the state may be responsible for lower prices this week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $193.61/cwt on 2,815 head.
Average price
$193.61
2,815 head · 655 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,268
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$269
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$17.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.92
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1657193.991,2752,752
Medium and Large 1-2568176.991,00663
One grade step is worth $17.00/cwt here — about $269 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 sale2,815 hd
193.61
ND average3 barns · 6,177 hd
197.52
−3.92
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

31 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1315190.00/cwt190.00–190.0059912
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2570154.48/cwt147.50–164.0088116
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2738129.50/cwt129.50–129.5095618
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2471169.28/cwt165.00–173.0079732
HeifersMedium and Large 1580185.71/cwt167.50–199.001,077346
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2623131.24/cwt130.00–132.5081818
SteersMedium and Large 1369211.42/cwt200.00–231.0078050
SteersMedium and Large 1763176.20/cwt167.50–181.001,344386
SteersMedium and Large 1635197.18/cwt187.00–209.001,252648
SteersMedium and Large 1-2478189.00/cwt189.00–189.009039
SteersMedium and Large 1-2711150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,0679
SteersMedium and Large 1874169.25/cwt169.25–169.251,47944
SteersMedium and Large 1-2619170.99/cwt168.00–175.001,05812
SteersMedium and Large 1534213.00/cwt199.00–222.001,137141
SteersMedium and Large 1680189.89/cwt176.50–203.501,291606
SteersMedium and Large 1566216.33/cwt189.00–223.001,224240
SteersMedium and Large 1-2561181.16/cwt177.00–184.001,01615
SteersMedium and Large 1427225.90/cwt221.00–230.0096531
SteersMedium and Large 1737180.00/cwt172.00–185.001,327334
HeifersMedium and Large 1435196.62/cwt190.00–198.00855101
SteersMedium and Large 1-2514185.00/cwt185.00–185.0095118
HeifersMedium and Large 1399200.00/cwt200.00–200.0079810
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy865145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,2547
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy784153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,2007
SteersMedium and Large 1820172.42/cwt166.00–173.001,41482
HeifersMedium and Large 1636176.31/cwt168.50–188.001,121187
SteersMedium and Large 1477225.42/cwt211.00–228.001,075176
HeifersMedium and Large 1675175.26/cwt162.00–181.251,18392
HeifersMedium and Large 1731172.99/cwt172.75–174.001,26593
HeifersMedium and Large 1479192.74/cwt170.00–198.00923219
HeifersMedium and Large 1518194.25/cwt180.00–199.001,006153

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.