Sale reports / North Dakota / Kist Livestock Auction / 2023-11-08

Kist Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Nov 8
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097
Receipts
4,949 head
▲ 1,933 vs last sale 3,016▲ 601 vs year ago 4,348 · +13.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers under 600 lbs. were 3.00 to 6.00 lower and 600 to 650 lbs. were 12.00 lower this week. Feeder heifers 450 to 600 lbs. were 4.00 to 8.00 higher this week. Other weights not well tested for a comparison. Many nice strings and load lots of spring calves in todays offering. Good buyer demand for todays offering, especially if they were black and had two rounds of shots. Very few bunches of weaned calves coming to market . Most are right off the cow. Most feeders were in light to moderate flesh condition. Expecting a large sale next week again.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $281.25/cwt on 2,403 head.
Average price
$281.25
2,403 head · 553 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,556
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$195
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$39.55/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.23
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1552285.131,5752,167
Medium and Large 1-2562245.591,380236
One grade step is worth $39.55/cwt here — about $195 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 sale2,403 hd
281.25
—
ND average3 barns · 6,474 hd
288.48
−7.23
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

40 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 1—447250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,1189
HeifersLarge 1—1,037189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,9605
HeifersLarge 1—1,089193.00/cwt193.00–193.002,1027
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—477233.82/cwt220.00–255.001,11544
HeifersMedium and Large 1—486263.65/cwt242.50–267.001,281301
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—395249.78/cwt245.00–255.0098723
SteersMedium and Large 1—524289.18/cwt265.00–299.751,515597
SteersMedium and Large 1—624261.42/cwt248.00–275.001,631387
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—538248.40/cwt235.00–250.001,33651
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—582244.07/cwt235.00–255.001,42057
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—668222.18/cwt220.00–223.001,48437
SteersMedium and Large 1—786248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,9495
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—452250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,13012
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—729236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,7206
SteersMedium and Large 1—808239.30/cwt231.00–244.501,93431
SteersMedium and Large 1—576278.28/cwt261.00–291.251,603319
SteersMedium and Large 1—374300.45/cwt285.00–307.501,12471
SteersMedium and Large 1—466301.94/cwt271.00–324.001,407252
HeifersMedium and Large 1—970205.08/cwt200.00–206.001,98928
HeifersMedium and Large 1—650243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,58028
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—639242.86/cwt242.50–243.001,55228
SteersMedium and Large 1—341301.53/cwt292.50–315.001,02822
SteersMedium and Large 1—429330.99/cwt275.00–343.001,420218
SteersMedium and Large 1—976220.50/cwt220.50–220.502,15233
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—429236.72/cwt230.00–245.001,01647
HeifersMedium and Large 1—719228.26/cwt226.00–230.001,64190
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—435265.36/cwt262.50–270.001,15445
SteersMedium and Large 1—707257.39/cwt248.00–259.001,82043
HeifersMedium and Large 1—404288.22/cwt286.00–290.001,1649
HeifersMedium and Large 1—812223.80/cwt223.00–224.001,81710
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—568229.39/cwt220.00–237.501,30358
HeifersMedium and Large 1—517255.43/cwt248.00–264.001,321163
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy—617284.75/cwt284.75–284.751,75790
SteersMedium and Large 1—675267.27/cwt257.00–277.501,80499
HeifersMedium and Large 1—856218.50/cwt218.50–218.501,87032
HeifersMedium and Large 1—341261.72/cwt250.00–266.0089260
HeifersMedium and Large 1—624236.31/cwt231.00–238.001,47517
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—522227.90/cwt222.50–233.001,19059
HeifersMedium and Large 1—572250.05/cwt243.00–258.001,430302
HeifersMedium and Large 1—384274.55/cwt260.00–286.001,054120

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.