Sale reports / North Dakota / Kist Livestock Auction / 2023-11-15

Kist Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Nov 15
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097
Receipts
5,471 head
522 vs last sale 4,949 823 vs year ago 4,648 · +17.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers 450 to 600lbs. were 2.00 to 4.00 lower and 600 to 650 lbs. were 5.00 higher. 650 to 700 lbs. were 12 lower this week. Feeder heifers 450 to 500 lbs. and 550 to 600 lbs. were steady. 500 to 550 heifers were 11.00 higher this week. More calves again this week with shots and a few bunches weaned for a month or longer. Most calves are in light to moderate flesh condition. Buyer demand was moderate to good this week due the drop last week and a feeling of uncertainty on pushing the markets. The next feeder sale will be Saturday November 25th. There is a bred heifer and cow sale next Wednesday so no feeder sale that day.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $274.48/cwt on 2,297 head.
Average price
$274.48
2,297 head · 578 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,585
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$342
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$4.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.16
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1583274.691,6032,182
Medium and Large 1-2466270.491,261115
One grade step is worth $4.20/cwt here — about $342 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 sale2,297 hd
274.48
ND average3 barns · 6,199 hd
279.64
−5.16
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

29 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1509266.02/cwt230.00–273.751,354257
HeifersMedium and Large 1424266.65/cwt254.00–277.501,131179
HeifersMedium and Large 1480264.33/cwt245.00–280.751,269195
HeifersMedium and Large 1565250.24/cwt236.00–255.001,414256
HeifersMedium and Large 1693233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,6156
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2432246.68/cwt245.00–250.001,06634
SteersMedium and Large 1-2542245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,3287
SteersMedium and Large 1380330.83/cwt315.00–345.001,25739
SteersMedium and Large 1422321.90/cwt289.00–344.001,35841
SteersMedium and Large 1575272.79/cwt248.00–286.501,569804
SteersMedium and Large 1620265.97/cwt250.00–272.001,649381
SteersMedium and Large 1483298.85/cwt280.00–315.501,443314
SteersMedium and Large 1772251.37/cwt231.00–254.501,941106
SteersMedium and Large 1889204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,8147
SteersMedium and Large 1818243.53/cwt223.00–248.001,99217
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy712234.04/cwt231.00–237.501,66613
SteersMedium and Large 1709254.30/cwt252.50–256.501,80320
SteersMedium and Large 1-2465262.62/cwt257.50–265.001,22129
SteersMedium and Large 1522283.70/cwt263.00–306.001,481218
SteersMedium and Large 1683254.92/cwt248.75–258.501,741222
SteersMedium and Large 1-2577247.55/cwt244.00–250.001,42819
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2522238.64/cwt232.00–242.001,24648
SteersMedium and Large 1-2430280.81/cwt275.00–285.001,20746
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2487239.08/cwt233.00–244.001,16444
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2582227.82/cwt220.00–254.001,32695
HeifersMedium and Large 1711223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,58614
HeifersMedium and Large 1611233.87/cwt228.00–240.001,42980
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2612198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,21210
SteersMedium and Large 1-2398296.78/cwt295.00–300.001,18114

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.