Sale reports / North Dakota / Kist Livestock Auction / 2023-03-29

Kist Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Mar 29
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097
Receipts
3,591 head
▲ 2,474 vs last sale 1,117▲ 1,821 vs year ago 1,770 · +102.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week there were more feeders to market this week. There is a break in the weather and most ranchers moved feeders to market this week ahead of another predicted storm next week. Due to low numbers of feeders last week it was hard to come up with a comparison but overall it was a mixed market this week with the more attractive feeders bringing a premium over the less attractive offering of steers and heifers. New buyers in attendance today and looking for feeders to go on pasture this summer. Buyer demand was very good for the load lots and quality strings of feeders today and only moderate on the less attractive feeders.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $212.17/cwt on 1,635 head.
Average price
$212.17
1,635 head · 713 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,514
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$404
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$14.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.42
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1726213.391,5491,500
Medium and Large 1-2576198.631,144135
One grade step is worth $14.76/cwt here — about $404 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 sale1,635 hd
212.17
—
ND average3 barns · 3,851 hd
217.59
−5.42
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

40 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
BullsMedium and Large 1—996137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,3655
BullsMedium and Large 1—854161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,37515
HeifersMedium and Large 1—708188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,33119
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—394211.00/cwt211.00–211.008317
HeifersMedium and Large 1—476232.88/cwt228.00–239.001,10936
HeifersMedium and Large 1—657202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,32768
SteersMedium and Large 1—772208.01/cwt188.00–212.501,606289
SteersMedium and Large 1—831195.21/cwt190.00–196.501,622333
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—696183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,27415
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—406219.18/cwt218.00–222.5089032
SteersMedium and Large 1—579235.19/cwt222.50–243.001,36295
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—719170.39/cwt170.00–172.001,22537
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—431267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,15126
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—521259.09/cwt257.00–265.001,35068
SteersMedium and Large 1—448257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,15110
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—563248.10/cwt246.00–249.001,39778
SteersMedium and Large 1—625222.67/cwt219.00–226.001,39224
SteersMedium and Large 1—718212.87/cwt205.00–217.501,528210
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—406246.00/cwt246.00–246.0099937
HeifersMedium and Large 1—756184.50/cwt184.50–184.501,39537
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—582190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,1069
SteersMedium and Large 1—516241.71/cwt240.00–252.001,24758
SteersMedium and Large 1—678213.70/cwt205.00–224.001,449142
SteersMedium and Large 1—923184.15/cwt174.00–186.001,700146
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—471186.00/cwt186.00–186.008768
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—751180.50/cwt180.50–180.501,35614
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—536215.28/cwt213.00–220.001,15442
SteersMedium and Large 1—478247.44/cwt242.50–255.001,18315
HeifersMedium and Large 1—617209.04/cwt203.00–217.751,290188
HeifersMedium and Large 1—514226.69/cwt206.00–239.001,165359
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—520175.89/cwt170.00–181.0091526
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—642185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,18820
HeifersMedium and Large 1—817159.83/cwt157.00–175.001,30638
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—792189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,4976
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—559180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,0066
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—662168.20/cwt160.50–175.501,113121
HeifersMedium and Large 1—397248.00/cwt248.00–248.0098553
HeifersMedium and Large 1—554221.70/cwt215.00–224.001,22867
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—736194.25/cwt194.25–194.251,43075
HeifersMedium and Large 1—406231.79/cwt221.00–233.5094175

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.