Sale reports / North Dakota / Kist Livestock Auction / 2024-02-14

Kist Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Feb 14
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097
Receipts
3,159 head
▼ 716 vs last sale 3,875▲ 535 vs year ago 2,624 · +20.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week the only weights for comparison were feeder steers 650 to 750 lbs. which were 5.00 to 7.00 lower this week. Feeder heifers 550 to 600 lbs. were 17.00 lower, 600 to 650 lbs. were 3.00 higher and 650 to 700 lbs. were 6.00 lower. Many nice strings and load lots of feeders in todays offering as well as some nice strings of replacement heifers. Most were long time weaned and had two rounds of shots. Buyer demand was good for todays offering. Most feeders were in light to moderate plus flesh condition.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $258.88/cwt on 1,618 head.
Average price
$258.88
1,618 head · 738 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,911
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$537
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$0.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−23.11
vs ND average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2535259.351,38841
Medium and Large 1744258.871,9251,577
One grade step is worth $0.48/cwt here — about −$537 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 sale1,618 hd
258.88
—
ND average3 barns · 5,019 hd
281.99
−23.11
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

29 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2467266.59/cwt255.00–272.501,24519
Steers—Medium and Large 1478326.72/cwt325.00–337.501,56228
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2523262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,37015
Steers—Medium and Large 1526321.92/cwt302.00–337.001,69399
Steers—Medium and Large 1581307.76/cwt300.00–313.501,78885
Steers—Medium and Large 1634296.48/cwt295.00–302.001,88076
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy651291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,89444
Steers—Medium and Large 1679266.74/cwt253.00–282.501,811225
Steers—Medium and Large 1723258.71/cwt243.00–263.501,870290
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2746234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,7467
Steers—Medium and Large 1776246.14/cwt235.00–261.501,910191
Steers—Medium and Large 1829234.35/cwt229.50–247.751,943228
Steers—Medium and Large 1882225.10/cwt211.25–232.751,985130
Steers—Medium and Large 1920226.34/cwt221.00–228.502,082181
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1323319.00/cwt319.00–319.001,03022
Heifers—Medium and Large 1431312.89/cwt300.00–322.501,34943
Heifers—Medium and Large 1469305.24/cwt297.00–308.001,43299
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2489278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,3597
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2521263.84/cwt260.00–278.001,37536
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525292.54/cwt273.50–302.001,53673
Heifers—Medium and Large 1577272.87/cwt260.00–285.001,574102
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2629226.99/cwt220.00–231.001,42817
Heifers—Medium and Large 1630263.67/cwt240.00–277.501,661234
Heifers—Medium and Large 1663245.65/cwt235.00–257.001,629170
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement680252.40/cwt252.40–252.401,71631
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement733246.61/cwt238.00–249.001,80899
Heifers—Medium and Large 1771231.79/cwt222.50–247.501,78742
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement773250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,9333
Heifers—Medium and Large 1808221.90/cwt221.00–222.001,79389

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.