Name: Kist Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today's sale was mixed with feeder steers 400 to 450 lbs. 20.00 lower; 500 to 550 lbs. were 4.00 lower; 550 to 600 lbs. were 3.00 higher; 600 to 650 lbs. were 3.00 lower and 650 to 700 lbs. were 8.00 higher. Feeder heifers 500 to 550 lbs. were 15.00 higher and 600 to 650 lbs. were 15.00 lower. Many strings of high quality calves in today's offering that were weaned and had shots that brought a premium over the lower quality strings of feeders with no shot records or not weaned. Good buyer demand for today's offering with new buyers in attendance. Most calves were in light to moderate flesh condition. This is the last feeder calf sale for this year. The next feeder calf sale will January 8, 2025.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $341.05/cwt on 643 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −145.31 against this barn's trailing median of $486.37.

Average price

$341.05

643 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,884

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$169

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

$30.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.10

vs ND average

+14.42 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	342.84	1,894	605
Medium and Large 1-2	552	312.60	1,725	38

One grade step is worth $30.24/cwt here — about $169 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale643 hd

341.05

—

ND average3 barns · 2,983 hd

344.16

−3.10

National average173 barns · 17,754 hd

326.63

+14.42

This barn, trailing median11 sales

486.37

−145.31

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

44 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	1000–1050	1,018	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	2,301	11
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,035	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,391	14
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,120	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	2,509	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	699	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,713	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	850	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,806	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	273.64/cwt	270.00–277.00	1,735	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	315.31/cwt	312.50–320.00	1,703	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	282.43/cwt	277.50–287.00	1,785	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	805	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,803	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	494	305.24/cwt	300.00–307.50	1,508	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	469	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,360	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	369.01/cwt	360.00–377.50	1,576	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	272	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,142	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	820	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,886	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	890	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	2,216	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	368.63/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,382	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,807	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	307.95/cwt	305.00–311.00	1,761	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	448	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,420	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	247.61/cwt	227.50–300.00	1,533	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	2,091	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	281.27/cwt	273.00–283.00	2,025	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	290.83/cwt	285.00–301.00	1,541	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,815	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	283.61/cwt	272.00–288.00	1,756	148
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	320.39/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,688	206
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	342	471.63/cwt	465.00–472.50	1,613	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	382.71/cwt	367.50–390.00	1,806	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	321.33/cwt	312.50–330.00	1,510	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	856	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	2,131	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	411.65/cwt	405.00–415.00	1,581	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	244.50/cwt	244.50–244.50	2,020	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	309.12/cwt	290.00–314.00	1,926	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	335.01/cwt	320.00–343.00	1,913	397
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,340	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	234.52/cwt	230.00–241.00	1,792	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	250	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,113	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	832	254.97/cwt	246.00–257.00	2,121	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	281.27/cwt	279.00–285.00	1,648	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	263.32/cwt	250.00–271.00	1,751	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	338.70/cwt	321.00–357.00	1,463	135
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	401.07/cwt	375.00–418.00	1,713	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	357.79/cwt	340.00–367.00	1,850	208
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	294.25/cwt	274.00–297.75	1,992	267

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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