Sale reports / North Dakota / Kist Livestock Auction / 2024-04-24

Kist Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Apr 24
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097
Receipts
1,274 head
839 vs last sale 435 116 vs year ago 1,158 · +10.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

The last reported feeder sale was three weeks ago with limited numbers of feeders so no comparison will be made to todays receipts. Buyers still actively bidding especially the light weight feeders to be put on pasture this summer. Todays offering consisted of a couple of load lots and many small consignments. Most feeders were in light to moderate flesh condition.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $326.47/cwt on 66 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits 159.90 against this barn's trailing median of $486.37.
Average price
$326.47
66 head · 558 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,823
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$246
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$25.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs ND average
+16.92 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1564330.661,86655
Medium and Large 1-2530305.511,61911thin
One grade step is worth $25.15/cwt here — about $246 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

11 sales
522496469442median 486.3712/1701/1402/0402/2503/25
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 sale66 hd
326.47
ND average1 barns · 66 hd
326.47
+0.00
National average173 barns · 10,802 hd
309.55
+16.92
This barn, trailing median11 sales
486.37
−159.90
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

26 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 1-2650–700669230.59/cwt207.50–254.001,54310
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600582255.47/cwt250.00–260.001,48717
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700681277.86/cwt275.00–281.251,89221
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600582276.13/cwt274.00–278.001,60715
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650637285.68/cwt271.00–292.501,82029
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750709275.45/cwt265.00–280.001,95353
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550543280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,5205
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550530305.51/cwt300.00–310.001,61911
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800756276.86/cwt261.00–284.502,093297
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550540341.50/cwt341.50–341.501,84420
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement750–800780244.50/cwt244.50–244.501,90727
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850836260.07/cwt257.00–264.002,17447
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950924223.00/cwt223.00–223.002,0616
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600578324.47/cwt317.50–333.001,87535
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850828222.34/cwt213.00–230.001,84166
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700658265.28/cwt254.00–271.001,74639
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650624271.23/cwt263.00–275.501,692137
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650625306.64/cwt297.00–317.001,91736
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750716241.34/cwt239.00–249.001,72813
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550513309.97/cwt295.00–317.001,59025
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500455322.99/cwt317.50–327.501,47013
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800794229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,8188
HeifersMedium and Large 1900–950924202.02/cwt197.50–205.001,8675
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450402328.00/cwt328.00–328.001,3195
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750733239.72/cwt230.00–245.001,75711
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy700–750705289.17/cwt288.00–291.002,03918

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.