Sale reports / North Dakota / Kist Livestock Auction / 2023-10-18

Kist Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Oct 18
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097
Receipts
2,322 head
614 vs last sale 1,708 250 vs year ago 2,572 · 9.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week the only weight for comparison were steers 550 to 600 lbs. which were up 30.00 higher. Other weights of steers and heifers below 600 lbs. were much higher this week due the larger numbers of spring calves coming to market. Heifers above 600 lbs. were lower this week. Good buyer demand for todays offering especially the lighter weight steers and heifers. Flesh condition was light to medium on todays offering.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $288.91/cwt on 998 head.
Average price
$288.91
998 head · 535 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,546
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$325
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$31.57/cwt at this weight
vs the market
6.31
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1543292.961,590870
Medium and Large 1-2484261.391,265128
One grade step is worth $31.57/cwt here — about $325 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 sale998 hd
288.91
ND average2 barns · 1,600 hd
295.22
−6.31
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

33 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
Dairy SteersLarge 3764135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,0315
HeifersMedium and Large 1770240.85/cwt235.00–244.001,85529
HeifersMedium and Large 1868232.53/cwt228.00–236.002,01861
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy700207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,44913
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy890205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,8255
HeifersLarge 11,041208.86/cwt199.00–217.002,17416
HeifersMedium and Large 1839227.21/cwt220.00–232.001,90610
HeifersMedium and Large 1727244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,77414
SteersMedium and Large 1928228.00/cwt228.00–228.002,1166
SteersMedium and Large 1783250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,95810
SteersMedium and Large 1-2537265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,42330
SteersMedium and Large 1423337.37/cwt315.00–345.001,42765
SteersMedium and Large 1663267.81/cwt260.00–271.001,77660
SteersMedium and Large 1566287.19/cwt269.00–295.001,625151
SteersMedium and Large 1720259.50/cwt259.50–259.501,86826
SteersMedium and Large 1363346.59/cwt340.00–355.001,25832
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy564265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,49524
HeifersMedium and Large 1379293.33/cwt280.00–300.001,11253
SteersMedium and Large 1481311.97/cwt290.00–332.501,501161
SteersMedium and Large 1-2436262.50/cwt260.00–270.001,14532
SteersMedium and Large 1-2483259.21/cwt257.50–260.001,25266
HeifersMedium and Large 1575239.63/cwt237.50–245.001,37824
HeifersMedium and Large 1428274.93/cwt255.00–290.001,17759
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2521220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,14634
SteersMedium and Large 1611265.51/cwt259.00–285.001,622165
SteersMedium and Large 1336349.70/cwt345.00–355.001,17523
SteersMedium and Large 1524290.78/cwt277.50–302.501,524171
HeifersMedium and Large 1330284.82/cwt280.00–300.0094024
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2790225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,77821
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2430253.45/cwt250.00–260.001,09025
HeifersMedium and Large 1936221.34/cwt212.50–230.002,07225
HeifersMedium and Large 1473260.20/cwt250.00–265.001,23165
HeifersMedium and Large 1518265.33/cwt255.00–280.001,374192

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.