Sale reports / North Dakota / Kist Livestock Auction / 2023-11-01

Kist Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Nov 1
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097
Receipts
3,016 head
536 vs last sale 2,480 1,277 vs year ago 4,293 · 29.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers 500 to 600 lbs. were 6.00 higher an 600 to 650 lbs. were steady from last week. Feeder heifers 450 to 550 lbs. were steady to 3.00 lower. Good buyer demand this week with higher prices paid for calves with two rounds of shots. Most calves are not weaned and coming right off the cow. Flesh condition was light to moderate and the storm last week and colder temps is showing on the lighter weight calves coming to market this week. Expecting a larger number of calves next week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $280.32/cwt on 1,279 head.
Average price
$280.32
1,279 head · 567 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,590
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$179
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$32.84/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.67
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1567285.871,6201,063
Medium and Large 1-2569253.031,441216
One grade step is worth $32.84/cwt here — about $179 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 sale1,279 hd
280.32
ND average2 barns · 1,692 hd
278.66
+1.67
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

31 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 11,002215.00/cwt215.00–215.002,15415
HeifersMedium and Large 1917215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,9728
HeifersMedium and Large 1390260.31/cwt250.00–277.501,01526
HeifersMedium and Large 1877231.00/cwt231.00–231.002,02642
HeifersMedium and Large 1608229.87/cwt219.00–244.501,39858
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2581205.66/cwt200.00–208.001,19544
SteersMedium and Large 1906232.00/cwt232.00–232.002,1027
SteersMedium and Large 1469309.54/cwt287.50–323.001,452175
SteersMedium and Large 1581284.74/cwt265.00–293.501,654130
SteersMedium and Large 1754225.61/cwt221.00–232.001,70112
SteersMedium and Large 1-2435275.36/cwt275.00–276.001,19834
SteersMedium and Large 1529293.27/cwt274.00–305.001,551295
SteersMedium and Large 1-2458279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,2786
SteersMedium and Large 1-2690229.25/cwt226.00–234.001,58245
SteersMedium and Large 1382322.33/cwt320.00–323.001,23126
SteersMedium and Large 1-2608241.80/cwt240.00–246.001,47024
SteersMedium and Large 1-2524267.16/cwt263.00–269.001,40040
SteersMedium and Large 1725226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,63911
SteersMedium and Large 1617274.28/cwt263.00–283.001,692265
HeifersMedium and Large 1472258.88/cwt247.00–266.001,222153
SteersMedium and Large 1961229.00/cwt229.00–229.002,2017
HeifersMedium and Large 1569241.63/cwt231.00–248.001,375163
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy654281.78/cwt280.00–284.001,84352
SteersMedium and Large 1-2580250.93/cwt247.00–253.001,45567
SteersMedium and Large 1443331.01/cwt322.50–332.001,46619
HeifersMedium and Large 1533250.79/cwt246.00–257.001,337201
SteersMedium and Large 1666246.13/cwt242.00–253.001,63964
HeifersMedium and Large 1444274.29/cwt259.00–279.001,21884
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2523220.25/cwt210.00–224.001,15234
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2465234.17/cwt230.00–242.001,089141
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2435238.06/cwt232.00–242.001,03663

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.