Sale reports / North Dakota / Kist Livestock Auction / 2023-02-15

Kist Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Feb 15
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097
Receipts
2,624 head
▼ 1,050 vs last sale 3,674▼ 169 vs year ago 2,793 · −6.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers 550 to 600 lbs. were 2.00 lower; 650 to 700 lbs. were 7.00 higher and 700 to 850 lbs. were steady. Feeder heifers 550 to 600 lbs. were 5.00 higher and 650 to 700 lbs. were 3.00 higher. Other weights of steers and heifers did not have the numbers for a comparison this week. Buyer demand was only moderate this week with fewer buyers in attendance due to the storm that went through last night that resulted in bad road conditions. It appears that another storm in predicted for next week. Most feeders were in light to moderate plus flesh condition. A few bunches of replacement heifers were in todays offering.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $204.18/cwt on 1,471 head.
Average price
$204.18
1,471 head · 691 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,412
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$211
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$6.73/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.80
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1694204.381,4181,427
Medium and Large 1-2611197.651,20844
One grade step is worth $6.73/cwt here — about $211 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 sale1,471 hd
204.18
—
ND average3 barns · 5,085 hd
207.98
−3.80
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

43 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—730194.55/cwt190.00–203.001,420124
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—697204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,42215
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—751175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,31410
SteersMedium and Large 1—624218.57/cwt209.00–226.001,36466
SteersMedium and Large 1—878176.93/cwt176.00–179.001,55399
SteersMedium and Large 1—671209.16/cwt197.00–225.001,403268
SteersMedium and Large 1—437241.52/cwt217.50–249.001,05560
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—556214.76/cwt212.50–216.501,19414
SteersMedium and Large 1—995155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,5424
SteersMedium and Large 1—938171.98/cwt169.00–173.001,61335
SteersMedium and Large 1—821181.40/cwt175.25–185.501,489223
SteersMedium and Large 1—583225.24/cwt222.00–228.001,313113
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—519247.57/cwt242.00–248.001,28596
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—412210.00/cwt210.00–210.008657
SteersMedium and Large 1—480243.45/cwt239.00–249.001,16944
HeifersMedium and Large 1—353210.00/cwt210.00–210.0074116
HeifersMedium and Large 1—448203.57/cwt200.00–210.0091214
HeifersMedium and Large 1—991143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,4179
HeifersMedium and Large 1—842160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,3479
BullsMedium and Large 1—531215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,1426
BullsMedium and Large 1—646190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,2275
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—820198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,62416
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—657189.50/cwt189.50–189.501,24537
SteersMedium and Large 1—518233.52/cwt228.00–238.001,21055
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—670190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,27313
HeifersMedium and Large 1—576196.51/cwt189.00–200.001,132176
SteersMedium and Large 1—769188.00/cwt177.50–196.001,446203
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—768215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,65176
HeifersMedium and Large 1—468213.43/cwt207.00–217.00999110
HeifersMedium and Large 1—705177.68/cwt172.00–180.501,25377
HeifersMedium and Large 1—625194.31/cwt187.00–195.501,214130
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—750167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,2535
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—734178.50/cwt178.50–178.501,31024
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—435188.53/cwt185.00–191.0082017
HeifersMedium and Large 1—521203.72/cwt199.00–208.001,06159
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—597178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,0635
HeifersMedium and Large 1—898155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,3928
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—717167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,1975
HeifersMedium and Large 1—686181.05/cwt171.00–183.001,242161
HeifersMedium and Large 1—764168.18/cwt163.50–174.501,28521
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—484198.00/cwt198.00–198.0095826
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—332194.00/cwt194.00–194.0064410
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—541192.44/cwt192.00–193.001,04154

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.