Sale reports / North Dakota / Kist Livestock Auction / 2023-09-20

Kist Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Sep 20
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097
Receipts
1,970 head
812 vs last sale 1,158 235 vs year ago 1,735 · +13.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

This is the first reported sale of the fall so no comparisons will be made. Todays offering consisted of mostly yearling steers and heifers with a few strings of spring calves. Most of spring calves were not weaned and buyers were not pushing the market to obtain these calves. Buyer demand very good for the heavier yearling steers and heifers that were offered today. It appears that heifers are being pre checked and we should see more heifers in the next weeks.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $236.56/cwt on 982 head.
Average price
$236.56
982 head · 830 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,963
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$189
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$30.13/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.24
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1820240.321,970807
Medium and Large 1-2733227.721,66990
Large 11,027210.192,16085
One grade step is worth $30.13/cwt here — about −$189 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 sale982 hd
236.56
ND average2 barns · 2,680 hd
238.80
−2.24
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

32 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 1566210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,1895
HeifersLarge 11,021208.24/cwt202.00–222.002,12668
HeifersLarge 11,053218.00/cwt218.00–218.002,29617
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2930210.93/cwt209.00–214.001,96228
HeifersMedium and Large 1921229.32/cwt219.00–240.002,11258
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2586242.04/cwt232.50–247.001,41847
SteersMedium and Large 1656283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,85619
SteersMedium and Large 1785264.57/cwt255.00–273.002,07734
SteersMedium and Large 1965242.20/cwt238.00–246.002,337154
SteersMedium and Large 1909248.61/cwt246.00–249.252,260162
SteersMedium and Large 1885252.13/cwt247.50–253.502,231239
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned572239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,3676
SteersMedium and Large 1-2800240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,92015
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned486227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,1037
HeifersMedium and Large 1678255.14/cwt252.00–261.001,73020
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned425240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,0205
SteersMedium and Large 1613283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,73517
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned509247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,2607
SteersLarge 11,071217.00/cwt217.00–217.002,3247
SteersMedium and Large 1725282.32/cwt282.25–284.002,04770
HeifersMedium and Large 1879236.04/cwt230.00–240.002,075280
HeifersMedium and Large 1823240.39/cwt235.00–243.751,978156
SteersMedium and Large 1-2585245.60/cwt245.00–246.001,43727
SteersMedium and Large 1-2855216.23/cwt210.00–220.001,8498
HeifersMedium and Large 1974228.65/cwt225.50–233.002,22741
HeifersMedium and Large 1618259.11/cwt257.50–265.001,60119
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2770217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,6718
HeifersMedium and Large 1412275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,1336
HeifersMedium and Large 1726248.06/cwt246.00–250.001,801130
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned523230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,20312
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2891211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,8807
HeifersMedium and Large 1789247.38/cwt240.00–247.751,95280

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.