Sale reports / North Dakota / Kist Livestock Auction / 2024-01-17

Kist Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Jan 17
● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097
Receipts
813 head
▼ 3,115 vs last sale 3,928▼ 4,179 vs year ago 4,992 · −83.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Receipts were lower this week due to the extreme cold conditions and many sellers canceled bringing calves to the sale today. Compared to last week feeder steers 650 to 700 lbs. were 9.00 lower and 700 to 750 lbs. were 4.00 lower. Steers 750 to 850 lbs. were 4.00 higher. Heifers not well tested for a comparison this week. A few loads of calves in todays offering. Buyer demand was good today for the limited number of feeders. Expecting a larger number of feeders next week as the weather is supposed to warm up.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $250.57/cwt on 567 head.
Average price
$250.57
567 head · 740 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,854
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$365
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$8.68/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−27.11
vs ND average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1741250.681,858560
Medium and Large 1-2617242.001,4937thin
One grade step is worth $8.68/cwt here — about $365 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 sale567 hd
250.57
—
ND average3 barns · 3,197 hd
277.68
−27.11
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

14 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1577289.31/cwt275.00–300.001,66943
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2617242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,4937
Steers—Medium and Large 1645267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,7256
Steers—Medium and Large 1670258.63/cwt252.00–269.001,733117
Steers—Medium and Large 1728247.66/cwt243.25–253.001,803135
Steers—Medium and Large 1780248.50/cwt246.00–251.001,938141
Steers—Medium and Large 1846233.91/cwt224.00–235.001,979118
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2508240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2195
Heifers—Medium and Large 1578251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,45157
Heifers—Medium and Large 1618261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,61323
Heifers—Medium and Large 1660240.03/cwt234.50–249.001,58413
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2666227.89/cwt227.00–228.501,51817
Heifers—Medium and Large 1747222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,65861
Heifers—Medium and Large 1803209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,67825

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.