Name: Kist Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison will be made this week as the numbers were low for last weeks sale. Today's sale consisted of a few load lots of yearling steers and bunches of open yearling heifers. Today saw the first runs of spring calves come to market. With the dry conditions in the state it is expected to bring more calves to market next week. Buyer demand was good for the yearlings offered and those calves that were weaned and had shots. Most spring calves today were not weaned or had shots. Most spring calves came to market in light to medium flesh condition.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $298.94/cwt on 69 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −187.43 against this barn's trailing median of $486.37.

Average price

$298.94

69 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,605

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$18

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

$22.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.59

vs ND average

+4.63 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	522	308.66	1,611	39
Medium and Large 1-2	556	286.30	1,593	30

One grade step is worth $22.36/cwt here — about $18 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 sale69 hd

298.94

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ND average2 barns · 128 hd

308.53

−9.59

National average177 barns · 23,944 hd

294.31

+4.63

This barn, trailing median11 sales

486.37

−187.43

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

35 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,215	9
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,040	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	2,205	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	252.33/cwt	250.00–258.00	1,489	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,433	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	337	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,180	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	257.26/cwt	253.00–258.00	1,742	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	789	263.48/cwt	254.00–272.50	2,079	153
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	698	275.25/cwt	275.25–275.25	1,921	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	271.61/cwt	268.00–276.00	1,977	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	259.13/cwt	253.00–260.50	2,125	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	858	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	2,171	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	924	246.33/cwt	242.00–248.00	2,276	163
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	273.05/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,567	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	487	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,456	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	543	296.43/cwt	295.00–298.00	1,610	17
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,033	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,386	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	279.96/cwt	269.00–284.50	1,727	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	344	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	1,318	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	289	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,084	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	308.66/cwt	298.00–317.00	1,611	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	331.60/cwt	331.00–332.50	1,575	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	298	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,064	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	392	383.69/cwt	376.00–385.00	1,504	103
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	829	240.50/cwt	240.50–240.50	1,994	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,365	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	333.18/cwt	333.00–335.00	1,246	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	443	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,152	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	448	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,478	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	986	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,327	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	288.96/cwt	282.50–294.00	1,355	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	887	227.75/cwt	225.50–230.00	2,020	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	252.82/cwt	251.50–254.00	1,820	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	901	231.50/cwt	231.50–231.50	2,086	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	973	221.57/cwt	219.50–225.00	2,156	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,345	5

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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