Sale reports / North Dakota / Kist Livestock Auction / 2023-10-04

Kist Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Oct 4
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097
Receipts
1,130 head
317 vs last sale 813 151 vs year ago 979 · +15.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the low number of feeders offered last week a comparison cannot be made this week. The quality strings of yearlings and load lots today compared to prices reported two weeks ago. Todays offering consisted of mostly yearlings right off the grass in moderate flesh condition. A small number of spring calves were offered today and there was very good demand for them. The good pasture conditions and harvesting is causing most sellers to hold onto their spring calves at this time. Expecting more spring calves next week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $251.47/cwt on 653 head.
Average price
$251.47
653 head · 793 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,994
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$134
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$54.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.39
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1805253.272,039583
Medium and Large 1-2622242.671,51060
Large 11,092198.992,17310thin
One grade step is worth $54.28/cwt here — about −$134 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 sale653 hd
251.47
ND average2 barns · 1,240 hd
251.86
−0.39
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

30 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
HeifersLarge 11,017211.09/cwt206.00–217.002,14729
HeifersMedium and Large 1915223.08/cwt222.00–224.002,04111
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2760210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,5965
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2411232.50/cwt232.50–232.509567
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2559220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2309
HeifersMedium and Large 1436281.59/cwt280.00–290.001,22819
SteersMedium and Large 1-2587260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,52618
SteersMedium and Large 1735256.45/cwt251.00–262.501,88569
SteersMedium and Large 1902235.50/cwt235.50–235.502,1245
SteersMedium and Large 1460322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,4849
SteersMedium and Large 1659276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,8199
SteersMedium and Large 1313360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,1274
SteersMedium and Large 1-2608225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,3689
SteersMedium and Large 1413340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,40411
SteersMedium and Large 1869231.07/cwt230.00–232.002,00825
SteersMedium and Large 1582285.96/cwt282.50–287.001,66451
SteersMedium and Large 1-2456255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,16310
SteersMedium and Large 1-2753233.55/cwt230.00–235.501,75917
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy775225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,74411
SteersLarge 11,092198.99/cwt195.00–203.002,17310
SteersMedium and Large 1786255.97/cwt255.00–256.002,01274
SteersMedium and Large 1959234.84/cwt225.00–236.002,252143
SteersMedium and Large 1832249.18/cwt242.00–250.002,073172
SteersMedium and Large 1-2654222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,4556
HeifersMedium and Large 1778236.83/cwt233.00–238.001,84317
HeifersMedium and Large 1726239.53/cwt232.00–243.501,73928
HeifersMedium and Large 1986219.23/cwt217.00–223.002,16230
HeifersMedium and Large 1880232.92/cwt225.50–241.002,05049
HeifersMedium and Large 1839236.32/cwt233.00–240.001,98367
HeifersMedium and Large 1584246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,43718

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.