Name: Kist Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Due to low numbers of feeders today no comparison can be made. Overall most weight were lower than last week on a weak test. Today's sale consisted of a few load lots of heavier steers and small bunches of spring calves. Not real good quality of lower weight calves in today's offering. Very few spring calves with shots. Most came in right off the cow, It appears to be near the end of yearlings coming to market this fall. More calves expected next week. Buyer demand only moderate for today's offering.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $281.46/cwt on 163 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −204.91 against this barn's trailing median of $486.37.

Average price

$281.46

163 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,579

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$178

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

$7.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−18.43

vs ND average

−17.87 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	579	284.22	1,647	102
Medium and Large 1-2	530	276.84	1,468	61

One grade step is worth $7.38/cwt here — about $178 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

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 sale163 hd

281.46

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ND average2 barns · 424 hd

299.89

−18.43

National average188 barns · 32,793 hd

299.33

−17.87

This barn, trailing median11 sales

486.37

−204.91

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

31 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	Large 1	1050–1100	1,052	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	2,251	8
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,021	216.72/cwt	211.00–220.50	2,213	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	811	231.50/cwt	231.50–231.50	1,877	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	506	258.25/cwt	257.50–259.00	1,307	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	391	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,271	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	463	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,192	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	271.29/cwt	269.00–280.00	1,712	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,456	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	887	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,218	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	928	244.50/cwt	244.50–244.50	2,269	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	308.25/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,621	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	988	233.99/cwt	231.50–235.00	2,312	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	324.54/cwt	324.00–325.00	1,525	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	341	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,151	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	514	284.27/cwt	274.00–287.50	1,461	44
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,020	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	2,387	115
Steers	Large 1	1150–1200	1,159	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	2,503	5
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,125	218.00/cwt	216.00–220.00	2,453	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	594	277.61/cwt	271.00–299.00	1,649	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	260.96/cwt	255.00–265.00	1,143	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	257.62/cwt	250.00–268.00	1,476	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	919	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,654	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	263.03/cwt	257.50–267.50	1,518	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	789	233.27/cwt	231.00–239.00	1,841	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	934	231.50/cwt	231.50–231.50	2,162	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	749	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,843	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,447	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	287.80/cwt	282.50–292.50	1,344	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,260	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	872	228.64/cwt	227.50–229.00	1,994	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	562	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,349	13

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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