Name: Kist Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks auction feeder steers 500 to 550 lbs. were 8.00 higher; 600 to 650 lbs. were 7.00 lower; 650 to 700 lbs. were 13.00 lower and 700 to 750 lbs. were steady. Feeder heifers 400 to 450 lbs. were 12.00 lower; 500 to 550 lbs. were 3.00 lower and 600 to 650 lbs. were 2.00 higher. It was a very active market today and buyer demand was good for the offering of calves especially the lighter strings that will go to pasture next spring. Most calves were in light to moderate flesh condition.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $333.52/cwt on 496 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −152.85 against this barn's trailing median of $486.37.

Average price

$333.52

496 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,826

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$82

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

$27.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.75

vs ND average

+8.15 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	334.80	1,830	473
Medium and Large 1-2	569	307.17	1,747	23

One grade step is worth $27.62/cwt here — about $82 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 sale496 hd

333.52

—

ND average1 barns · 1,314 hd

332.77

+0.75

National average187 barns · 33,494 hd

325.37

+8.15

This barn, trailing median11 sales

486.37

−152.85

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	453	391.90/cwt	385.00–394.00	1,775	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	468	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,568	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	565	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,723	58
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,703	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	339	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,280	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	975	235.64/cwt	229.00–238.50	2,297	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,426	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,524	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	544	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,741	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	693	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,850	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	790	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	2,070	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,478	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	278.14/cwt	275.00–280.00	1,744	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	353.73/cwt	345.00–360.00	1,549	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,325	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	276.54/cwt	269.00–279.00	1,977	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	596	293.18/cwt	275.00–315.00	1,747	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	284.00/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,766	226
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	328.01/cwt	317.50–333.00	1,407	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	802	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	2,069	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	310.77/cwt	294.00–320.00	1,644	202
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	412.85/cwt	412.50–415.00	1,569	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	616	248.98/cwt	243.00–256.00	1,534	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	392.53/cwt	391.00–400.00	1,625	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	287.99/cwt	271.00–295.50	1,915	168
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	362.10/cwt	352.50–364.00	1,372	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	316.50/cwt	301.00–330.00	1,839	218
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	351.05/cwt	339.00–371.00	1,720	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	315.86/cwt	300.00–326.00	1,513	139
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	350.44/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,812	255
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	707	245.93/cwt	242.00–247.00	1,739	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	291.77/cwt	265.00–305.00	1,695	254
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	936	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	2,270	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	300.38/cwt	287.00–316.00	1,895	310
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	889	235.99/cwt	231.00–242.00	2,098	11

How this sale compares

North Dakota weighted averages

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