Sale reports / North Dakota / Kist Livestock Auction / 2023-10-11

Kist Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Oct 11
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097
Receipts
1,708 head
578 vs last sale 1,130 393 vs year ago 1,315 · +29.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

There have not been the numbers in specific weights of steers and heifers for a good comparison again this week. Steers traded mixed from last week and heifers trended lower this week. Some nice strings and loads of yearlings in todays offering. More spring calves in todays offering but buyers are hesitant to push the market on these unweaned calves at this time. Yearlings coming off the grass are in medium to medium plus flesh condition and are appealing to the buyers. Expecting a larger run of spring calves next week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $238.48/cwt on 785 head.
Average price
$238.48
785 head · 710 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,693
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$418
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$37.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.23
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1706239.411,691751
Medium and Large 1-2688224.611,54524
Large 11,046201.752,10910thin
One grade step is worth $37.66/cwt here — about −$418 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 sale785 hd
238.48
ND average2 barns · 1,458 hd
240.71
−2.23
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
BullsMedium and Large 1879170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,4944
BullsMedium and Large 1931187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,7414
HeifersLarge 11,060199.50/cwt199.50–199.502,1155
HeifersLarge 11,031204.00/cwt204.00–204.002,1035
HeifersMedium and Large 1684238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,6287
HeifersMedium and Large 1954225.00/cwt225.00–225.002,1477
SteersMedium and Large 1578258.48/cwt255.00–269.001,494114
SteersMedium and Large 1-2477247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,1817
SteersMedium and Large 1711272.02/cwt268.00–274.501,934129
SteersMedium and Large 1868245.86/cwt230.75–249.002,134147
SteersMedium and Large 1674276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,8605
SteersMedium and Large 1441299.44/cwt297.50–302.001,32116
SteersMedium and Large 1-2556245.15/cwt240.00–249.001,36328
SteersMedium and Large 1-2415247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,0277
SteersMedium and Large 1533255.57/cwt250.00–261.001,36249
SteersMedium and Large 1636249.56/cwt239.00–257.001,58751
SteersMedium and Large 1490262.81/cwt250.00–268.001,28854
SteersMedium and Large 1779250.32/cwt241.00–255.501,95067
HeifersMedium and Large 1621234.10/cwt233.00–235.001,45473
HeifersMedium and Large 1714246.58/cwt240.00–249.001,76153
HeifersMedium and Large 1558239.09/cwt237.00–240.001,33456
HeifersMedium and Large 1476252.78/cwt235.00–259.001,20340
HeifersMedium and Large 1826229.26/cwt224.00–234.001,89460
HeifersMedium and Large 1532239.97/cwt229.00–249.001,27769
HeifersMedium and Large 1428241.74/cwt236.00–247.501,03530
HeifersMedium and Large 1886228.00/cwt228.00–228.002,02038
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2411223.00/cwt223.00–223.009176
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2780225.14/cwt223.00–229.001,75618
HeifersMedium and Large 1926227.78/cwt223.00–230.002,10971
HeifersMedium and Large 1757244.93/cwt240.00–248.251,854247

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.