Name: Kist Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-01-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers 550 to 600 lbs. were 2.00 lower, 600to 650 lbs. were steady, 650 to 700 lbs. were 12.00 higher and 700 to 750 lbs. and 800 to 850 lbs. were 6.00 higher. Feeder heifers 500 to 550 lbs. were 2.00 higher, 600 to 650 lbs. were 19.00 higher and 650 to 750 lbs. were 12.00 to 17.00 higher this week. Very good demand for todays offering which included several load lots as well as nice strings of calves in most weight classes. The nice weather this past week has allowed ranchers to get their calves to market. Most have a series of shots and weaned a long time. Buyers are pushing the market to get their orders filled again this week. Most feeders came in with light to moderate plus flesh condition.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $284.15/cwt on 2,325 head.

Average price

$284.15

2,325 head · 650 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,847

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$106

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$16.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.17

vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	650	284.98	1,852	2,206
Medium and Large 1-2	650	268.78	1,747	119

One grade step is worth $16.21/cwt here — about $106 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 sale2,325 hd

284.15

—

ND average3 barns · 4,043 hd

285.33

−1.17

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

34 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	564	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,283	8
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,083	188.50/cwt	188.50–188.50	2,041	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	919	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,820	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	324	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,092	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	324.39/cwt	322.00–325.00	1,249	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	791	207.56/cwt	201.00–223.50	1,642	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	308.27/cwt	298.50–319.00	1,757	242
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	334.43/cwt	327.50–350.00	1,448	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	260.17/cwt	248.00–272.35	1,884	264
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	289.86/cwt	278.00–301.00	1,823	447
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	282.02/cwt	270.00–291.75	1,898	598
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	487	331.07/cwt	311.00–338.50	1,612	175
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	681	262.97/cwt	257.00–267.00	1,791	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	317.88/cwt	301.00–334.00	1,666	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,644	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	301.08/cwt	295.00–304.00	1,439	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	345	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,259	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	362	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,267	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	280.68/cwt	272.00–287.00	1,600	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	243.91/cwt	236.00–245.50	1,766	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	916	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	2,098	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	874	227.73/cwt	224.50–229.00	1,990	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	554	301.50/cwt	301.50–301.50	1,670	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,586	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	257.58/cwt	244.00–259.75	1,700	248
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	318.44/cwt	305.00–322.00	1,369	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	762	249.22/cwt	233.00–260.00	1,899	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	813	235.29/cwt	220.00–243.00	1,913	135
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	297.78/cwt	279.00–312.50	1,566	220
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	300.64/cwt	285.00–305.00	1,398	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	262.18/cwt	252.50–266.00	1,513	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	265.50/cwt	246.00–274.00	1,667	296
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	694	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,752	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	803	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,807	67

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.

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