Sale reports / North Dakota / Kist Livestock Auction / 2023-04-12

Kist Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Apr 12
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097
Receipts
2,234 head
▼ 1,357 vs last sale 3,591▲ 1,288 vs year ago 946 · +136.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last feeder sale two weeks ago feeder steers 700 to 750 lbs. and 800 to 850 lbs. were 9.00 higher. No comparison for heifers this week due to low numbers two weeks ago. Very active bidding by buyers today as many feel that we are near the end of the fall run of calves. Most demand was for calves to put on pasture this summer. Most feeders were in light to moderate flesh condition today.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $221.13/cwt on 1,036 head.
Average price
$221.13
1,036 head · 727 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,608
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$147
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$23.57/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1727221.521,6101,019
Medium and Large 1-2739197.951,46317thin
One grade step is worth $23.57/cwt here — about $147 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 sale1,036 hd
221.13
—
ND average1 barns · 1,036 hd
221.13
+0.00
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

29 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—393255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,0026
HeifersMedium and Large 1—814189.75/cwt189.75–189.751,545133
SteersMedium and Large 1—478258.26/cwt250.00–265.001,23429
SteersMedium and Large 1—733222.32/cwt219.00–225.001,630256
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—803166.50/cwt166.50–166.501,33713
HeifersMedium and Large 1—429248.91/cwt247.50–250.001,06819
HeifersMedium and Large 1—519239.60/cwt234.00–249.001,24424
HeifersMedium and Large 1—476237.02/cwt235.00–238.001,12827
HeifersMedium and Large 1—632219.52/cwt218.00–222.501,38727
HeifersMedium and Large 1—681204.88/cwt204.50–206.001,39585
SteersMedium and Large 1—625236.33/cwt225.00–242.001,47761
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—535266.25/cwt260.00–278.001,42459
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—586256.20/cwt255.00–262.001,50151
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—629212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,3335
SteersMedium and Large 1—786215.46/cwt210.00–219.001,69474
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—785192.10/cwt185.00–199.001,50812
SteersMedium and Large 1—579246.22/cwt225.00–257.001,42630
SteersMedium and Large 1—928181.93/cwt179.00–185.501,68818
SteersMedium and Large 1—542234.25/cwt229.00–240.001,27046
SteersMedium and Large 1—661223.12/cwt220.00–228.001,47534
SteersMedium and Large 1—876198.71/cwt191.00–200.751,741123
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—717186.10/cwt181.00–186.501,33441
SteersMedium and Large 1—829204.50/cwt194.50–216.501,695215
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—666186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,23915
HeifersMedium and Large 1—774192.63/cwt185.25–198.501,491163
HeifersMedium and Large 1—559245.81/cwt233.00–249.001,37472
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—529220.96/cwt215.00–228.001,16919
HeifersMedium and Large 1—718201.28/cwt199.00–203.001,44592
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—681190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,29417

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.