Sale reports / North Dakota / Kist Livestock Auction / 2024-11-20

Kist Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Nov 20
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097
Receipts
1,663 head
3,403 vs last sale 5,066 3,808 vs year ago 5,471 · 69.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week we had a smaller number of feeders coming to market this week due to the storm conditions in the state. Compared to last week feeder steers 500 to 600 lbs. were 6.00 to 8.00 higher this week ; 600 to 650 lbs. were 8.00 higher this week. Feeder heifers 500 to 600 lbs. were 10.00 to 11.00 higher this week. Other weights of steers and heifers not well tested for a comparison. Buyer demand good for today's offering with new buyers in attendance. Offering consisted of mostly black hided calves in light to moderate flesh condition. The next scheduled sale is a special annual feeder calf sale that will be held on Saturday November 30, 2024.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $323.47/cwt on 347 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits 162.89 against this barn's trailing median of $486.37.
Average price
$323.47
347 head · 563 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,822
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$60
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$23.35/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.49
vs ND average
+14.21 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1562324.351,824334
Medium and Large 1-2586301.001,76413thin
One grade step is worth $23.35/cwt here — about $60 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
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 sale347 hd
323.47
ND average3 barns · 2,056 hd
318.98
+4.49
National average182 barns · 24,645 hd
309.26
+14.21
This barn, trailing median11 sales
486.37
−162.89
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

26 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350326362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,1829
HeifersMedium and Large 1900–950909234.20/cwt234.00–235.002,12910
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850804237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,90515
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450447332.00/cwt332.00–332.001,48420
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700660253.03/cwt248.00–258.001,67021
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400388342.22/cwt327.50–358.001,32844
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400374413.43/cwt405.00–417.501,54613
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750736268.33/cwt260.00–279.001,975101
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700672232.25/cwt230.00–233.001,56112
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600577319.90/cwt310.00–335.001,846226
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450429376.63/cwt374.00–383.001,61655
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850809265.50/cwt265.50–265.502,1489
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500474355.21/cwt337.50–363.001,68485
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350342435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,4889
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600568289.44/cwt277.00–299.001,644123
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450405300.82/cwt295.00–307.501,21815
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550532333.66/cwt324.00–345.001,775108
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600586301.00/cwt297.50–302.501,76413
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement650–700667273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,82169
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650606278.60/cwt273.00–280.001,68847
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600577277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,59814
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650637255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,6249
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700676273.10/cwt257.00–285.001,84666
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650608308.95/cwt292.00–313.501,878125
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500470321.40/cwt316.00–326.001,51185
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550528305.13/cwt294.00–311.001,611120

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.