Sale reports / North Dakota / Kist Livestock Auction / 2023-03-15

Kist Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Mar 15
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097
Receipts
3,249 head
2,090 vs last sale 1,159 988 vs year ago 2,261 · +43.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeders were mixed. Feeder steers 700 to 750 lbs. were 11.00 lower and feeder heifers 650 to 700 lbs. were steady. These were the only two weights for a comparison this week due to the low numbers of feeders last week. There were only a few strings of quality feeders in todays offering. Most of todays offering were in moderate to lower quality and eye appeal. The long harsh winter appears to be reflecting in the appearance of feeders that came to market today. Only moderate demand for todays offering unless the quality was there. Most feeders were in moderate flesh condition.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $194.45/cwt on 1,345 head.
Average price
$194.45
1,345 head · 620 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,206
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$141
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$13.37/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.14
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1622195.301,2151,260
Medium and Large 1-2590181.931,07485
One grade step is worth $13.37/cwt here — about $141 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 sale1,345 hd
194.45
ND average2 barns · 1,794 hd
194.31
+0.14
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 1386227.50/cwt227.50–227.508786
HeifersMedium and Large 1978152.79/cwt149.00–156.001,49414
HeifersMedium and Large 1470206.35/cwt205.00–211.0097022
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2743158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,17414
HeifersMedium and Large 1530202.48/cwt195.00–214.001,073122
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2638175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,11735
SteersMedium and Large 1-2641190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,21815
SteersMedium and Large 1-2722179.20/cwt173.00–184.001,29461
SteersMedium and Large 1794183.53/cwt181.00–185.501,45723
SteersMedium and Large 1459259.12/cwt242.00–264.001,18940
SteersMedium and Large 1718200.35/cwt192.00–208.001,439170
SteersMedium and Large 1-2473203.50/cwt203.50–203.509636
SteersMedium and Large 1937180.75/cwt180.75–180.751,6948
SteersMedium and Large 1428252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,07910
SteersMedium and Large 1626232.27/cwt223.00–236.251,454161
SteersMedium and Large 1385257.06/cwt255.00–267.5099018
SteersMedium and Large 1979176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,72350
SteersMedium and Large 1521253.52/cwt241.00–261.001,32159
SteersMedium and Large 1868177.23/cwt172.00–182.001,53888
HeifersMedium and Large 1429225.59/cwt225.50–226.0096864
SteersMedium and Large 1-2564192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,0837
HeifersMedium and Large 1675185.43/cwt180.00–188.501,252224
HeifersMedium and Large 1577204.17/cwt195.00–209.001,178167
HeifersMedium and Large 1624195.28/cwt187.00–206.501,219386
SteersMedium and Large 1827183.42/cwt174.50–188.501,51771
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed607209.50/cwt209.50–209.501,27257
SteersMedium and Large 1681199.43/cwt190.50–212.001,35897
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2536192.62/cwt192.00–193.001,03218
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2432203.34/cwt200.00–205.0087818
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement711190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,35175
HeifersMedium and Large 1724176.34/cwt169.00–185.501,277123

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.