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Kist Livestock Auction

Name: Kist Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-06

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Mar 6

● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097

← Feb 28Mar 6Mar 13 →

Receipts

2,175 head

▲ 866 vs last sale 1,309▲ 1,016 vs year ago 1,159 · +87.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week the only weight comparable were 600 to 650 lb. steers that were 10.00 lower this week. Both steers and heifers traded mixed this week as the market fluctuated up and down this past week. Buyer demand was good again this week with buyers bidding to get orders filled. There are less light weight calves suitable to go on grass this summer and buyers are bidding to get these calves. Most feeders are in light to moderate flesh condition. There was more interest today for heifers that could be used to make replacements.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $322.36/cwt on 243 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −121.51 against this barn's trailing median of $443.87.

Average price

$322.36

243 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,812

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$180

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

$30.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs ND average

+9.36 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	323.89	1,821	231
Medium and Large 1-2	560	293.00	1,641	12thin

One grade step is worth $30.89/cwt here — about $180 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale243 hd

322.36

—

ND average1 barns · 243 hd

322.36

+0.00

National average178 barns · 13,961 hd

313.00

+9.36

This barn, trailing median6 sales

443.87

−121.51

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

6 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $505.84, low $395.00, median $443.87 across 6 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

36 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	328	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,279	8
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	374	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,440	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	422	337.69/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,425	10
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,686	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	458	286.86/cwt	270.00–300.00	1,314	16
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	352.14/cwt	340.00–359.00	1,680	92
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	532	328.45/cwt	328.00–330.00	1,747	17
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	560	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,641	12
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	562	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,911	21
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	321.73/cwt	306.00–333.00	1,818	193
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	627	293.05/cwt	282.00–299.00	1,837	138
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	633	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,994	40
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	640	267.39/cwt	265.00–270.00	1,711	23
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	678	285.86/cwt	279.00–290.00	1,938	101
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	736	268.96/cwt	265.00–271.00	1,980	68
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	768	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,766	18
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	776	256.72/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,992	271
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	821	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,888	7
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	837	249.85/cwt	249.50–250.25	2,091	143
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	860	245.54/cwt	237.00–247.00	2,112	34
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	906	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	2,002	13
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	440	315.49/cwt	314.00–316.00	1,388	26
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	466	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,375	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	471	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,201	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	500	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,150	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	285.42/cwt	282.50–288.00	1,487	68
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	279.49/cwt	270.00–292.50	1,596	40
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	268.16/cwt	259.00–271.50	1,671	115
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	681	255.59/cwt	248.00–264.00	1,741	168
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	716	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,668	22
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	738	248.08/cwt	246.00–251.00	1,831	169
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Replacement	809	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,909	7
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	817	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,863	5
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	851	225.64/cwt	221.00–227.00	1,920	22
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	858	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,630	5
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	914	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,828	19

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.

North Dakota feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Kist Livestock Auction - Mandan, ND

Wed Mar 6, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Bismarck, ND (LS-BM)

Receipts 2,175Last week 1,309Year ago 1,159

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	550–600	562	340.00	340.00
40	600–650	633	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	800–850	821	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	328	390.00	390.00
5	350–400	374	385.00	385.00
8	400–450	435	387.50	387.50
92	450–500	477	340.00–359.00	352.14
17	500–550	532	328.00–330.00	328.45
193	550–600	565	306.00–333.00	321.73
138	600–650	627	282.00–299.00	293.05
101	650–700	678	279.00–290.00	285.86
68	700–750	736	265.00–271.00	268.96
271	750–800	776	250.00–270.00	256.72
143	800–850	837	249.50–250.25	249.85
34	850–900	860	237.00–247.00	245.54
13	900–950	906	221.00	221.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	422	330.00–345.00	337.69
16	450–500	458	270.00–300.00	286.86
12	550–600	560	293.00	293.00
23	600–650	640	265.00–270.00	267.39
18	750–800	768	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	400–450	440	314.00–316.00	315.49
6	450–500	466	295.00	295.00
68	500–550	521	282.50–288.00	285.42
40	550–600	571	270.00–292.50	279.49
115	600–650	623	259.00–271.50	268.16
168	650–700	681	248.00–264.00	255.59
169	700–750	738	246.00–251.00	248.08
5	800–850	817	228.00	228.00
22	850–900	851	221.00–227.00	225.64
19	900–950	914	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
7	800–850	809	236.00	236.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	471	255.00	255.00
10	500–550	500	230.00	230.00
22	700–750	716	233.00	233.00
5	850–900	858	190.00	190.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.