Name: Kist Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale of the fall marketing season, no recent comparison available. Very good demand for yearling steers and heifers, cattle feeders are eager to buy these yearlings right off grass, the market was active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $295.71/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −190.66 against this barn's trailing median of $486.37.

Average price

$295.71

7 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,635

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+16.55

vs ND average

+8.89 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	295.71	1,635	7thin

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

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 sale7 hd

295.71

—

ND average3 barns · 86 hd

279.16

+16.55

National average167 barns · 15,497 hd

286.82

+8.89

This barn, trailing median11 sales

486.37

−190.66

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

30 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 1	900–950	910	244.08/cwt	230.00–245.50	2,221	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	982	236.61/cwt	232.50–238.50	2,324	218
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	446	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,253	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	801	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,914	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	687	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,621	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	266.64/cwt	255.50–268.00	2,021	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	295.71/cwt	294.00–297.00	1,635	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	746	263.47/cwt	261.00–265.50	1,965	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	872	248.99/cwt	248.00–250.00	2,171	38
Heifers	Large 1	1250–1300	1,258	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	2,315	5
Heifers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,116	186.50/cwt	186.50–186.50	2,081	12
Heifers	Large 1	1150–1200	1,163	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	2,186	19
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,007	217.73/cwt	217.25–219.50	2,193	24
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,061	204.69/cwt	192.50–217.50	2,172	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	276.24/cwt	275.00–277.50	1,315	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	686	262.90/cwt	260.00–263.50	1,803	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,756	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	256.83/cwt	250.00–263.50	2,114	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,779	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	968	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	2,222	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	261.00/cwt	257.50–266.00	1,493	20
Heifers	Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,087	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	2,011	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,536	6
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,000	235.75/cwt	235.75–235.75	2,358	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,561	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	784	233.09/cwt	232.00–233.50	1,827	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	230.02/cwt	225.00–234.00	2,024	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	943	224.75/cwt	224.00–226.50	2,119	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	833	235.95/cwt	230.00–238.00	1,965	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	257.58/cwt	245.00–262.00	1,736	73

How this sale compares

North Dakota weighted averages

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