Sale reports / North Dakota / Kist Livestock Auction / 2024-01-24

Kist Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Jan 24
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097
Receipts
4,416 head
▲ 3,603 vs last sale 813▲ 709 vs year ago 3,707 · +19.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week with limited receipts feeder steers this week 600 to 650 lbs. were 10.00 higher, 700 to 750 lbs. were 6.00 higher , 750 to 800 lbs. were 6.00 lower and 800 to 850 lbs. were 4.00 lower. Feeder heifers could not be compared due the low numbers last week. Buyer demand was very good this week as buyers are trying to fill orders. There is getting to be smaller numbers of light feeders coming to market for buyers to put on grass for the summer. This if reflected in the higher prices being paid by buyers. There seems to be much optimism in the future prices for the feeders being purchased today. Most feeders were in light to moderate plus flesh condition and the gap is lessening in what is being paid for red versus black calves.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $272.69/cwt on 2,627 head.
Average price
$272.69
2,627 head · 674 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,837
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$217
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$2.99/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.27
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2595275.401,640241
Medium and Large 1682272.421,8572,386
One grade step is worth $2.99/cwt here — about −$217 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 sale2,627 hd
272.69
—
ND average2 barns · 3,138 hd
272.42
+0.27
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

35 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—586260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,52410
BullsMedium and Large 1—778219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,70425
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy—602270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,62542
HeifersMedium and Large 1—384314.14/cwt312.50–316.001,20629
HeifersMedium and Large 1—587260.98/cwt251.00–274.001,53242
HeifersMedium and Large 1—432302.61/cwt288.00–307.001,30743
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—639268.49/cwt267.00–271.001,71697
SteersMedium and Large 1—570311.02/cwt299.50–319.001,773307
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—481347.60/cwt347.50–348.001,67244
SteersMedium and Large 1—439344.12/cwt332.50–349.001,51140
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—572279.14/cwt277.50–282.001,59775
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—747235.62/cwt235.00–238.001,76029
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—424314.00/cwt314.00–314.001,33140
SteersMedium and Large 1—778241.72/cwt231.00–255.001,881364
SteersMedium and Large 1—675269.30/cwt250.00–285.001,818448
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—788189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,4899
SteersMedium and Large 1—882214.25/cwt214.25–214.251,89066
SteersMedium and Large 1—732253.74/cwt227.50–265.001,857222
SteersMedium and Large 1—635289.66/cwt282.00–306.001,839358
SteersMedium and Large 1—473325.19/cwt308.00–335.001,53880
SteersMedium and Large 1—826229.47/cwt222.00–239.001,895210
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—390287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,12117
SteersMedium and Large 1—933212.80/cwt200.00–215.001,98592
HeifersMedium and Large 1—629246.12/cwt235.00–258.501,548101
HeifersMedium and Large 1—474294.67/cwt282.50–303.001,39784
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—564281.74/cwt280.00–283.001,58944
HeifersMedium and Large 1—787216.82/cwt215.00–217.001,70667
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—503268.46/cwt265.00–281.001,35051
SteersMedium and Large 1—528315.22/cwt298.00–326.001,664155
HeifersMedium and Large 1—520295.77/cwt289.00–304.501,538152
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—578238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,3766
HeifersMedium and Large 1—810210.90/cwt209.75–213.751,70877
HeifersMedium and Large 1—728226.25/cwt225.50–227.001,647109
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—495260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,2877
HeifersMedium and Large 1—676245.29/cwt237.50–250.501,658237

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.