Sale reports / North Dakota / Kist Livestock Auction / 2024-02-21

Kist Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Feb 21
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097
Receipts
2,842 head
317 vs last sale 3,159 218 vs year ago 2,624 · +8.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers 650 to 700 lbs. were 7.00 higher, 700 to 850 lbs. were 4.00 to 7.00 higher and 850 to 900 lbs. were 12.00 higher. Feeder heifers 550 to 600 lbs. were 4.00 higher and 850 to 900 lbs. were 12.00 higher. Good demand for todays offering which consisted of several load lot of steers and heifers. Also many small strings of feeders. It appears that the lots are being cleaned out and the last few feeders there are coming to market to make room for new calves being born. The market was higher today but did not deter buyers from bidding aggressively to fill orders. most feeders were in light to moderate flesh condition.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $275.77/cwt on 1,623 head.
Average price
$275.77
1,623 head · 679 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,872
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$259
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$8.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.57
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1690276.981,9111,383
Medium and Large 1-2615268.781,652240
One grade step is worth $8.20/cwt here — about $259 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 sale1,623 hd
275.77
ND average3 barns · 6,804 hd
278.34
−2.57
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

33 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 1876205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,79611
HeifersMedium and Large 1368353.85/cwt346.00–361.001,30215
HeifersMedium and Large 1811222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,80415
HeifersMedium and Large 1425316.92/cwt315.00–327.001,34722
HeifersMedium and Large 1465306.36/cwt303.00–310.001,42523
HeifersMedium and Large 1733248.00/cwt239.00–251.001,81834
SteersMedium and Large 1-2582270.67/cwt261.50–282.001,57557
SteersMedium and Large 1-2471288.30/cwt285.00–289.001,35830
SteersMedium and Large 1722262.54/cwt252.00–269.501,896264
SteersMedium and Large 1-2683252.18/cwt250.00–252.501,72245
SteersMedium and Large 1-2647277.29/cwt255.00–282.501,79472
SteersMedium and Large 1855237.11/cwt227.50–240.002,027104
SteersMedium and Large 1528334.42/cwt319.00–341.001,76671
SteersMedium and Large 1472330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,55813
SteersMedium and Large 1-2760212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,61514
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement692258.50/cwt258.50–258.501,78945
HeifersMedium and Large 1672257.92/cwt251.75–268.001,733168
HeifersMedium and Large 1585277.04/cwt273.00–286.501,621183
SteersMedium and Large 1683274.41/cwt269.00–285.501,874334
SteersMedium and Large 1389392.50/cwt392.50–392.501,5276
SteersMedium and Large 1416371.66/cwt350.00–396.001,54622
HeifersMedium and Large 1767228.87/cwt226.00–232.501,75536
HeifersMedium and Large 1638255.59/cwt253.00–260.001,63149
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2876205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,79611
SteersMedium and Large 1607302.73/cwt300.00–311.001,83875
SteersMedium and Large 1817242.25/cwt238.00–247.001,97998
SteersMedium and Large 1-2427314.62/cwt310.00–322.501,34313
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2417268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,11814
HeifersMedium and Large 1508299.81/cwt289.00–306.001,52336
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2528242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,28012
SteersMedium and Large 1-2746228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,7019
SteersMedium and Large 1762253.85/cwt249.50–255.001,934196
SteersMedium and Large 1583313.36/cwt301.50–325.501,827200

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.