Sale reports / North Dakota / Kist Livestock Auction / 2024-10-23

Kist Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Oct 23
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097
Receipts
1,727 head
738 vs last sale 989 753 vs year ago 2,480 · 30.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Most weights of yearlings and spring calves were higher this week. Buyer demand for today's offering of yearlings was good and very good for the strings of lighter weight spring calves. Buyers paying a premium for calves with spring and fall shots. This was the first sale with larger numbers of spring calves in the offering. Expecting a larger number of spring calves next week. Most calves were in light to moderate flesh condition this week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $306.67/cwt on 321 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits 179.70 against this barn's trailing median of $486.37.
Average price
$306.67
321 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,685
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$100
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$26.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.14
vs ND average
+7.63 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1547310.901,700270
Medium and Large 1-2563284.271,60051
One grade step is worth $26.63/cwt here — about $100 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale321 hd
306.67
ND average2 barns · 926 hd
309.81
−3.14
National average191 barns · 36,605 hd
299.04
+7.63
This barn, trailing median11 sales
486.37
−179.70
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

43 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 1-2600–650626233.93/cwt230.50–236.001,46423
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400377390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,47019
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400380341.46/cwt340.00–345.001,29820
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850805267.00/cwt267.00–267.002,14911
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650632277.97/cwt272.00–286.001,757144
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700657281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,84613
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600578273.15/cwt260.00–280.001,57929
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350330375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,23811
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500474307.47/cwt300.00–312.501,45725
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550531319.07/cwt310.00–325.001,694157
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450422331.26/cwt330.00–337.501,39828
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000978243.50/cwt243.50–243.502,381118
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550543298.93/cwt297.00–300.001,62322
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700673218.21/cwt203.00–240.001,46915
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800773217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,6819
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600563262.93/cwt251.00–271.001,48072
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700661250.44/cwt248.00–254.001,65532
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy550–600567284.43/cwt276.00–297.001,61351
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550527287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,51530
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450401315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,2637
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550514242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,2465
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900856256.37/cwt248.00–259.002,19551
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500472324.25/cwt317.50–331.001,530101
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950939242.00/cwt242.00–242.002,27210
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750726271.09/cwt270.00–273.001,96816
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450445271.53/cwt270.00–272.501,20818
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600569299.54/cwt293.00–309.001,704113
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600568238.50/cwt234.00–242.501,35511
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400386329.63/cwt317.50–334.001,27240
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500491256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,25725
SteersLarge 11100–11501,123221.00/cwt221.00–221.002,4828
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850830239.72/cwt239.50–240.001,99011
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450428370.32/cwt364.00–380.001,58547
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500477279.45/cwt278.00–286.001,333111
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400395287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,13611
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800770244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,8797
HeifersMedium and Large 1950–1000967224.10/cwt223.00–226.002,16711
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550535261.51/cwt259.00–270.001,39975
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750723209.88/cwt205.00–212.501,51720
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450429312.31/cwt312.00–312.501,34018
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350316362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,1465
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900893233.50/cwt233.50–233.502,08511
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750701252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,76719

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.