Name: Kist Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week the market had higher undertones in both the steer and heifer prices this week.Today's sale consisted of a number of drafts of yearling heifers and steers. Many nice strings of spring calves in today's offering. Compared to last week feeder steers 450 to 500 lbs. were 18.00 higher : 500 to 600 lbs. were steady to 1.00 lower and 600 to 650 lbs. were 9.00 higher. Feeder heifers not well tested for a comparison but most weights were higher this week. Spring calves with two rounds of shots and those of high quality brought a premium from buyers today. Demand by buyers was good today and new buyers in attendance this week. Harvest is about done in the state and farmer buyers should be showing up to fill their lots for the fall and winter. Expect a big run of spring calves next week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $306.58/cwt on 890 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −179.78 against this barn's trailing median of $486.37.

Average price

$306.58

890 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,682

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$138

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

$32.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.35

vs ND average

+5.89 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	308.46	1,690	838
Medium and Large 1-2	561	276.32	1,551	52

One grade step is worth $32.14/cwt here — about $138 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 sale890 hd

306.58

—

ND average3 barns · 1,913 hd

307.94

−1.35

National average185 barns · 40,108 hd

300.69

+5.89

This barn, trailing median11 sales

486.37

−179.78

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

39 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	1,067	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	2,273	6
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,039	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	2,265	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	334	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,194	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	320.25/cwt	305.00–335.00	1,358	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	297.11/cwt	265.00–315.00	1,711	415
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	319.60/cwt	282.50–331.00	1,662	423
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	322.95/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,227	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	238.91/cwt	235.00–250.00	1,374	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	663	243.29/cwt	235.00–249.00	1,613	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	278.67/cwt	270.00–281.00	1,335	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	254.20/cwt	245.00–260.00	1,347	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	449	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,268	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	646	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,502	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	652	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,558	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	756	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,845	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	272.76/cwt	251.00–287.50	1,808	162
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	288.00/cwt	269.00–294.50	1,814	270
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	262.14/cwt	260.00–264.00	1,872	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,396	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	281.40/cwt	280.00–282.00	1,643	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	286	409.67/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,172	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	395.64/cwt	395.00–396.00	1,503	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	888	244.31/cwt	241.00–248.50	2,169	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	305.12/cwt	294.00–319.00	1,407	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	603	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,646	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	489	304.75/cwt	300.00–309.00	1,490	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	808	244.50/cwt	244.50–244.50	1,976	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	352.38/cwt	347.50–375.00	1,328	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	278.37/cwt	260.00–293.50	1,467	303
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	249.05/cwt	247.50–252.00	1,831	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	786	260.94/cwt	257.00–269.00	2,051	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	361.50/cwt	343.00–385.00	1,547	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	609	257.57/cwt	252.50–260.00	1,569	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	342.46/cwt	323.00–349.50	1,640	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	341.52/cwt	335.00–347.50	1,434	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	247.41/cwt	240.00–249.00	1,893	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	885	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,106	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,673	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	265.43/cwt	255.00–273.00	1,500	181

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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