Sale reports / North Dakota / Kist Livestock Auction / 2023-10-25

Kist Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Oct 25
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097
Receipts
2,480 head
158 vs last sale 2,322 255 vs year ago 2,225 · +11.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers traded mixed with 500 to 600 lbs steers 3.00 to 8.00 lower and 600 to 650 lbs. were 10.00 higher. The only weights of heifers for comparison were the 500 to 550 lbs. which were 11.00 lower. There are less and less yearlings in the offering as the fall progresses. There were many nice strings of spring calves in todays offering. Most are not weaned and lacking shots. Those with shots and weaned are what the buyers are paying a premium for. Good buyer demand this week with new buyers in attendance. Most calves in light to moderate flesh condition.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $275.47/cwt on 1,085 head.
Average price
$275.47
1,085 head · 596 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,643
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$484
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$71.91/cwt at this weight
vs the market
7.66
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1591277.911,6421,030
Medium and Large 1-2608236.461,43843
Large 11,032206.002,12612thin
One grade step is worth $71.91/cwt here — about −$484 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 sale1,085 hd
275.47
ND average3 barns · 4,354 hd
283.13
−7.66
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

41 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 1594210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2476
BullsMedium and Large 1636212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,3526
BullsMedium and Large 1526225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,1849
BullsMedium and Large 1477260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,24010
HeifersLarge 1Fleshy1,033182.50/cwt182.50–182.501,8858
HeifersLarge 11,099187.50/cwt187.50–187.502,0615
SteersMedium and Large 1637275.05/cwt268.00–282.501,752214
SteersMedium and Large 1389316.66/cwt307.50–325.001,23226
SteersMedium and Large 1888215.00/cwt212.50–217.501,90914
SteersMedium and Large 1823235.09/cwt233.00–236.501,93517
SteersMedium and Large 1653266.78/cwt255.00–272.501,74243
SteersMedium and Large 1715246.39/cwt240.50–251.001,76223
SteersMedium and Large 1421310.22/cwt277.50–320.001,30621
SteersMedium and Large 1316297.50/cwt297.50–297.509406
SteersMedium and Large 1993210.24/cwt208.00–214.002,0888
SteersMedium and Large 1579279.04/cwt269.00–288.001,616344
SteersMedium and Large 1-2683229.27/cwt225.00–235.001,56612
SteersMedium and Large 1478291.00/cwt275.00–302.501,39187
SteersMedium and Large 1909233.48/cwt228.00–234.502,12233
SteersMedium and Large 1275347.50/cwt347.50–347.509565
SteersMedium and Large 1-2615220.74/cwt220.00–222.501,35817
HeifersMedium and Large 1565236.85/cwt233.00–249.001,33884
SteersMedium and Large 1531287.20/cwt269.00–295.001,525189
HeifersMedium and Large 1881225.24/cwt212.50–230.001,98425
HeifersMedium and Large 1968211.00/cwt211.00–211.002,0429
HeifersMedium and Large 1475259.00/cwt237.50–280.001,230102
SteersLarge 11,032206.00/cwt206.00–206.002,12612
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2530220.00/cwt210.00–227.501,16639
SteersMedium and Large 1-2536261.72/cwt260.00–265.001,40314
HeifersMedium and Large 1524254.24/cwt242.50–267.001,332382
HeifersMedium and Large 1717225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,61310
HeifersMedium and Large 1778228.74/cwt222.50–232.001,78038
HeifersMedium and Large 1427288.46/cwt277.50–295.001,23250
HeifersMedium and Large 1373288.65/cwt285.00–291.001,07715
HeifersMedium and Large 1659220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,45020
HeifersMedium and Large 1345293.76/cwt288.00–298.001,01328
HeifersMedium and Large 1927222.00/cwt222.00–222.002,0586
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2420225.00/cwt225.00–225.0094512
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2562220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2366
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2731200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4629
HeifersMedium and Large 1616234.70/cwt219.00–242.501,446142

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.