Sale reports / North Dakota / Kist Livestock Auction / 2024-04-03

Kist Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Apr 3
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097
Receipts
435 head
1,685 vs last sale 2,120 3,156 vs year ago 3,591 · 87.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

There is no comparison this week due to low numbers and the fact that the last reported sale was two weeks ago. Buyers still actively bidding for the offering this week. Todays offering consisted of small lots of steers and heifers. Most were in light to moderate flesh condition.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $284.06/cwt on 63 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits 149.49 against this barn's trailing median of $433.56.
Average price
$284.06
63 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,560
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+0.00
vs ND average
+13.47 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1549284.061,56063
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

11 sales
461442423403median 433.5612/1701/1402/0402/2503/25
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $447.34, low $417.40, median $433.56 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 sale63 hd
284.06
ND average1 barns · 63 hd
284.06
+0.00
National average179 barns · 13,329 hd
270.59
+13.47
This barn, trailing median11 sales
433.56
−149.49
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

21 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
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800772257.22/cwt249.00–265.001,98610
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement800–850820246.00/cwt246.00–246.002,01726
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650635266.52/cwt265.50–268.001,69225
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500470308.57/cwt290.00–325.001,45028
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600566291.12/cwt277.50–295.001,64828
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550536278.42/cwt271.00–292.001,49235
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400395339.00/cwt339.00–339.001,3399
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950904205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,8535
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700672297.97/cwt289.00–307.502,00210
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750731239.45/cwt238.50–245.001,75020
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350305395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,2055
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850837247.55/cwt236.00–253.002,07244
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550520353.72/cwt348.00–360.001,83920
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550525285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,4965
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450428334.99/cwt330.00–340.001,4346
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450442325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,43713
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700652271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,76715
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750737254.22/cwt254.00–255.001,8749
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500471370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,7437
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650614312.13/cwt305.00–325.001,91622
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600570337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,92413

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.