Name: Kist Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week the only weight comparable were 600 to 650 lb. steers that were 10.00 lower this week. Both steers and heifers traded mixed this week as the market fluctuated up and down this past week. Buyer demand was good again this week with buyers bidding to get orders filled. There are less light weight calves suitable to go on grass this summer and buyers are bidding to get these calves. Most feeders are in light to moderate flesh condition. There was more interest today for heifers that could be used to make replacements.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $322.36/cwt on 243 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −164.01 against this barn's trailing median of $486.37.

Average price

$322.36

243 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,812

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$180

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

$30.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs ND average

+9.36 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	323.89	1,821	231
Medium and Large 1-2	560	293.00	1,641	12thin

One grade step is worth $30.89/cwt here — about $180 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

11 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $508.10, low $456.32, median $486.37 across 11 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale243 hd

322.36

—

ND average1 barns · 243 hd

322.36

+0.00

National average178 barns · 13,961 hd

313.00

+9.36

This barn, trailing median11 sales

486.37

−164.01

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

36 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	562	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,911	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	633	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,994	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	821	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,888	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,863	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,375	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	914	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,828	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	315.49/cwt	314.00–316.00	1,388	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	279.49/cwt	270.00–292.50	1,596	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	248.08/cwt	246.00–251.00	1,831	169
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	268.96/cwt	265.00–271.00	1,980	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	285.42/cwt	282.50–288.00	1,487	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	268.16/cwt	259.00–271.50	1,671	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	255.59/cwt	248.00–264.00	1,741	168
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,440	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	851	225.64/cwt	221.00–227.00	1,920	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	256.72/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,992	271
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,279	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,686	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	906	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	2,002	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	328.45/cwt	328.00–330.00	1,747	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	245.54/cwt	237.00–247.00	2,112	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	809	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,909	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	352.14/cwt	340.00–359.00	1,680	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	285.86/cwt	279.00–290.00	1,938	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	293.05/cwt	282.00–299.00	1,837	138
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	837	249.85/cwt	249.50–250.25	2,091	143
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	321.73/cwt	306.00–333.00	1,818	193
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	422	337.69/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,425	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,641	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	458	286.86/cwt	270.00–300.00	1,314	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	768	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,766	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	267.39/cwt	265.00–270.00	1,711	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	500	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,150	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	716	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,668	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	858	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,630	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	471	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,201	7

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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