Sale reports / North Dakota / Kist Livestock Auction / 2023-03-08

Kist Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Mar 8
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097
Receipts
1,159 head
2,631 vs last sale 3,790 577 vs year ago 1,736 · 33.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

There was a smaller offering of feeders this week compared to last week due to bad weather conditions again this week. Compared to last week feeder steers 700 to 750 lbs. were 11.00 higher and 800 to 850 lbs. were 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers 650 to 700 lbs. were 6.00 lower. Other weights not well tested for a comparison this week. Good buyer demand for todays offering especially the load lots and larger strings. The futures keep showing increases and buyers have to pay to fill their orders. Most feeders were in light to moderate flesh condition.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $208.46/cwt on 674 head.
Average price
$208.46
674 head · 713 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,487
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$282
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$18.04/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.32
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1717209.371,502640
Medium and Large 1-2638191.331,22034
One grade step is worth $18.04/cwt here — about $282 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 sale674 hd
208.46
ND average3 barns · 2,464 hd
213.78
−5.32
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

25 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 1721175.61/cwt175.00–176.001,2668
HeifersMedium and Large 1414222.13/cwt215.00–225.0092011
HeifersMedium and Large 1474216.03/cwt214.00–217.001,02438
HeifersMedium and Large 1522198.83/cwt192.00–206.251,03853
HeifersMedium and Large 1586207.11/cwt205.00–211.001,21453
HeifersMedium and Large 1601201.75/cwt201.75–201.751,21367
SteersMedium and Large 1965175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,6898
SteersMedium and Large 1-2788186.68/cwt185.50–189.001,47115
SteersMedium and Large 1621229.37/cwt214.00–235.001,42486
SteersMedium and Large 1836188.75/cwt188.75–188.751,578154
SteersMedium and Large 1466235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,0957
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed479255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,22116
SteersMedium and Large 1705211.28/cwt210.25–213.001,490176
SteersMedium and Large 1273237.50/cwt237.50–237.506487
SteersMedium and Large 1934184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,71963
SteersMedium and Large 1672193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,29716
SteersMedium and Large 1571234.86/cwt234.50–239.001,34162
SteersMedium and Large 1-2519195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,01219
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed384270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,0379
SteersMedium and Large 1772204.25/cwt204.25–204.251,57726
SteersMedium and Large 1388225.00/cwt225.00–225.0087310
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2474177.50/cwt177.50–177.5084110
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2389197.50/cwt197.50–197.5076815
HeifersMedium and Large 1671185.12/cwt179.00–187.751,242111
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement746178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,32817

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.