Name: Kist Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week the only weigh of steers with numbers for comparison were 650 to 700 lbs. that were 4.00 higher this week. The only weights of heifers for a comparison were 450 to 500 lbs. and 550 to 600 lbs. that were steady from last week. Other weights of steers and heifers did not have the numbers for a comparison this week. Todays offering consisted of small lots of steers and heifers and most were carrying a lot of tag. It appeared that todays offering was a coral clean out with an impeding storm coming in this week and to make room for new born calves. Buyers still pushing the market this week to get orders filled even though the quality of the offering this week was lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $320.67/cwt on 224 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −165.70 against this barn's trailing median of $486.37.

Average price

$320.67

224 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,787

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$180

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

$47.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.37

vs ND average

+2.38 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	340.19	1,859	131
Medium and Large 1-2	572	293.17	1,678	93

One grade step is worth $47.02/cwt here — about $180 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale224 hd

320.67

—

ND average3 barns · 988 hd

331.04

−10.37

National average173 barns · 12,551 hd

318.29

+2.38

This barn, trailing median11 sales

486.37

−165.70

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

40 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,860	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	271.10/cwt	265.00–273.00	1,312	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	339	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,085	7
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,043	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,846	20
Heifers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,140	178.90/cwt	168.00–185.00	2,039	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	605	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,736	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	679	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,105	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	328.61/cwt	327.50–330.00	1,397	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,299	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	372	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,014	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	783	223.18/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,747	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	315.14/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,525	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	543	298.01/cwt	293.00–305.00	1,618	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	260.17/cwt	252.00–272.00	1,738	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	314.65/cwt	295.00–327.50	1,507	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	356.03/cwt	330.00–375.00	1,673	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,514	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	613	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,686	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	650	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,690	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	916	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,162	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,411	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	411	375.17/cwt	370.00–381.00	1,542	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	707	243.28/cwt	238.00–246.00	1,720	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	291.93/cwt	280.00–296.00	1,693	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	554	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,451	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	877	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,026	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	258.73/cwt	251.00–271.00	2,132	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	291.87/cwt	283.00–304.00	1,985	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	268.60/cwt	257.50–275.00	1,955	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	268.06/cwt	254.00–277.00	2,080	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	745	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,781	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	305.22/cwt	295.00–320.00	1,947	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	346.66/cwt	325.00–358.00	1,834	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	271.63/cwt	262.00–281.50	1,719	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	649	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,525	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	398	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,254	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	305.64/cwt	304.00–311.00	1,620	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	239.94/cwt	230.00–242.50	1,852	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	330.97/cwt	328.00–334.50	1,890	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	287.53/cwt	270.00–296.00	1,645	109

How this sale compares

North Dakota weighted averages

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