Sale reports / North Dakota / Kist Livestock Auction / 2024-02-14

Kist Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Feb 14
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097
Receipts
3,159 head
▼ 716 vs last sale 3,875▲ 535 vs year ago 2,624 · +20.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week the only weights for comparison were feeder steers 650 to 750 lbs. which were 5.00 to 7.00 lower this week. Feeder heifers 550 to 600 lbs. were 17.00 lower, 600 to 650 lbs. were 3.00 higher and 650 to 700 lbs. were 6.00 lower. Many nice strings and load lots of feeders in todays offering as well as some nice strings of replacement heifers. Most were long time weaned and had two rounds of shots. Buyer demand was good for todays offering. Most feeders were in light to moderate plus flesh condition.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $258.88/cwt on 1,618 head.
Average price
$258.88
1,618 head · 738 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,911
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$537
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$0.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−23.11
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2535259.351,38841
Medium and Large 1744258.871,9251,577
One grade step is worth $0.48/cwt here — about −$537 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 sale1,618 hd
258.88
—
ND average3 barns · 5,019 hd
281.99
−23.11
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 1—771231.79/cwt222.50–247.501,78742
HeifersMedium and Large 1—431312.89/cwt300.00–322.501,34943
HeifersMedium and Large 1—323319.00/cwt319.00–319.001,03022
HeifersMedium and Large 1—525292.54/cwt273.50–302.001,53673
HeifersMedium and Large 1—808221.90/cwt221.00–222.001,79389
HeifersMedium and Large 1—630263.67/cwt240.00–277.501,661234
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—467266.59/cwt255.00–272.501,24519
SteersMedium and Large 1—478326.72/cwt325.00–337.501,56228
SteersMedium and Large 1—526321.92/cwt302.00–337.001,69399
SteersMedium and Large 1—829234.35/cwt229.50–247.751,943228
SteersMedium and Large 1—634296.48/cwt295.00–302.001,88076
SteersMedium and Large 1—776246.14/cwt235.00–261.501,910191
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—746234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,7467
SteersMedium and Large 1—679266.74/cwt253.00–282.501,811225
SteersMedium and Large 1—723258.71/cwt243.00–263.501,870290
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—773250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,9333
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—523262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,37015
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—680252.40/cwt252.40–252.401,71631
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy—651291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,89444
SteersMedium and Large 1—581307.76/cwt300.00–313.501,78885
SteersMedium and Large 1—882225.10/cwt211.25–232.751,985130
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—629226.99/cwt220.00–231.001,42817
SteersMedium and Large 1—920226.34/cwt221.00–228.502,082181
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—521263.84/cwt260.00–278.001,37536
HeifersMedium and Large 1—469305.24/cwt297.00–308.001,43299
HeifersMedium and Large 1—577272.87/cwt260.00–285.001,574102
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—489278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,3597
HeifersMedium and Large 1—663245.65/cwt235.00–257.001,629170
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—733246.61/cwt238.00–249.001,80899

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.