Sale reports / North Dakota / Kist Livestock Auction / 2023-09-27

Kist Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Sep 27
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097
Receipts
813 head
1,157 vs last sale 1,970 166 vs year ago 979 · 17.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

There is no comparison in specific weights of feeders this week compared to last week due lower numbers in todays offering. Todays offering consisted mostly of small bunches of mixed feeders. Todays offering was of a lower quality than the offering last week and prices were lower overall this week. There was a small number of quality strings of feeders this week which brought prices similar to last week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $237.57/cwt on 385 head.
Average price
$237.57
385 head · 808 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,919
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$284
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$28.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.24
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1783240.051,880330
Large 11,021226.582,31341
Medium and Large 1-2756211.251,59614thin
One grade step is worth $28.80/cwt here — about $284 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 sale385 hd
237.57
ND average2 barns · 613 hd
240.81
−3.24
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

20 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 1-2470220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,0347
HeifersMedium and Large 1722243.68/cwt234.00–249.001,75985
HeifersMedium and Large 1864233.29/cwt230.00–237.002,01667
SteersMedium and Large 1-2715220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5735
SteersMedium and Large 1899232.00/cwt232.00–232.002,0864
HeifersLarge 11,021226.58/cwt222.00–230.002,31341
HeifersMedium and Large 1833240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,9995
HeifersMedium and Large 1528240.99/cwt237.50–245.001,27211
HeifersMedium and Large 1669251.31/cwt249.00–255.001,68113
HeifersMedium and Large 1969233.36/cwt226.00–235.502,26118
HeifersMedium and Large 1624253.89/cwt253.00–255.001,58427
SteersMedium and Large 1955232.00/cwt232.00–232.002,21625
SteersMedium and Large 1-2642227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,4616
SteersMedium and Large 1767253.23/cwt250.00–254.001,94221
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2669207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,3887
HeifersMedium and Large 1915229.45/cwt226.00–233.002,09947
SteersMedium and Large 1823252.58/cwt244.00–253.502,07949
SteersMedium and Large 1947234.00/cwt234.00–234.002,2165
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2842215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,8107
HeifersMedium and Large 1759244.16/cwt231.00–250.001,85357

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.