Sale reports / North Dakota / Kist Livestock Auction / 2023-03-22

Kist Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Mar 22
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097
Receipts
1,117 head
▼ 2,132 vs last sale 3,249▼ 781 vs year ago 1,898 · −41.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week most classes of feeders were higher this week but numbers were low for a good comparison this week. Buyers were actively bidding for the offering this week. Demand was very good good. Most feeders were in light to moderate flesh condition today.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $215.58/cwt on 649 head.
Average price
$215.58
649 head · 663 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,430
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$320
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$36.39/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.93
vs ND average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1666217.661,449612
Medium and Large 1-2623181.271,12937
One grade step is worth $36.39/cwt here — about $320 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale649 hd
215.58
—
ND average3 barns · 4,320 hd
210.65
+4.93
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

30 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2393217.50/cwt217.50–217.5085512
Steers—Medium and Large 1476244.04/cwt237.50–246.001,16237
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed504256.09/cwt255.50–257.001,29128
Steers—Medium and Large 1517248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,28210
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2581193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,1219
Steers—Medium and Large 1583233.63/cwt223.00–239.501,362121
Steers—Medium and Large 1626222.36/cwt218.00–227.001,39296
Steers—Medium and Large 1668220.34/cwt215.00–224.501,47296
Steers—Medium and Large 1723202.16/cwt190.00–211.001,46292
Steers—Medium and Large 1766183.46/cwt179.00–187.001,40515
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2776158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,22610
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy824180.50/cwt180.50–180.501,48714
Steers—Medium and Large 1825195.20/cwt188.00–196.501,61091
Steers—Medium and Large 1869179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,5564
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2890130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,1576
Steers—Medium and Large 1961175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,6828
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1348225.00/cwt225.00–225.007838
Heifers—Medium and Large 1394227.00/cwt227.00–227.0089412
Heifers—Medium and Large 1477225.32/cwt218.00–230.001,07553
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2494208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,02812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1547213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,16518
Heifers—Medium and Large 1559211.07/cwt196.00–215.501,18058
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625188.95/cwt184.00–192.001,18120
Heifers—Medium and Large 1657187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,23211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2699170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,1885
Heifers—Medium and Large 1703190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,3365
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2779154.50/cwt152.00–156.001,20413
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement783192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,50330
Heifers—Medium and Large 1814164.55/cwt163.00–165.001,33932
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement857177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,51715

This sale against other markets

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.