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Kist Livestock Auction

Name: Kist Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-02

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Oct 2

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097

← Apr 24Oct 2Oct 9 →

Receipts

1,116 head

▼ 158 vs last sale 1,274▼ 14 vs year ago 1,130 · −1.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale of the fall marketing season, no recent comparison available. Very good demand for yearling steers and heifers, cattle feeders are eager to buy these yearlings right off grass, the market was active.

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 $295.71/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −148.16 against this barn's trailing median of $443.87.

Average price

$295.71

7 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,635

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+16.55

vs ND average

+8.89 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	295.71	1,635	7thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale7 hd

295.71

—

ND average3 barns · 86 hd

279.16

+16.55

National average167 barns · 15,497 hd

286.82

+8.89

This barn, trailing median6 sales

443.87

−148.16

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

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	446	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,253	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	553	295.71/cwt	294.00–297.00	1,635	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	627	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,756	24
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	686	262.90/cwt	260.00–263.50	1,803	23
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	687	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,621	12
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	746	263.47/cwt	261.00–265.50	1,965	11
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	758	266.64/cwt	255.50–268.00	2,021	38
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	801	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,914	8
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	823	256.83/cwt	250.00–263.50	2,114	33
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	872	248.99/cwt	248.00–250.00	2,171	38
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	910	244.08/cwt	230.00–245.50	2,221	79
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	982	236.61/cwt	232.50–238.50	2,324	218
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,000	235.75/cwt	235.75–235.75	2,358	61
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	276.24/cwt	275.00–277.50	1,315	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	261.00/cwt	257.50–266.00	1,493	20
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	617	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,561	22
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	668	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,536	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	674	257.58/cwt	245.00–262.00	1,736	73
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	729	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,779	8
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	784	233.09/cwt	232.00–233.50	1,827	22
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	833	235.95/cwt	230.00–238.00	1,965	51
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	880	230.02/cwt	225.00–234.00	2,024	28
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	943	224.75/cwt	224.00–226.50	2,119	33
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	968	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	2,222	11
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,007	217.73/cwt	217.25–219.50	2,193	24
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,061	204.69/cwt	192.50–217.50	2,172	46
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1-2	1,087	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	2,011	9
Heifers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,116	186.50/cwt	186.50–186.50	2,081	12
Heifers	1150–1200	Large 1	1,163	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	2,186	19
Heifers	1250–1300	Large 1	1,258	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	2,315	5

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 Oct 2, 2024

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

Receipts 1,116Last week 1,274Year ago 1,130

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	553	294.00–297.00	295.71
24	600–650	627	280.00	280.00
23	650–700	686	260.00–263.50	262.90
11	700–750	746	261.00–265.50	263.47
38	750–800	758	255.50–268.00	266.64
33	800–850	823	250.00–263.50	256.83
38	850–900	872	248.00–250.00	248.99
79	900–950	910	230.00–245.50	244.08
218	950–1000	982	232.50–238.50	236.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	446	281.00	281.00
12	650–700	687	236.00	236.00
8	800–850	801	239.00	239.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
61	1000–1050	1,000	235.75	235.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	1000–1050	1,007	217.25–219.50	217.73
46	1050–1100	1,061	192.50–217.50	204.69
12	1100–1150	1,116	186.50	186.50
19	1150–1200	1,163	188.00	188.00
5	1250–1300	1,258	184.00	184.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	476	275.00–277.50	276.24
20	550–600	572	257.50–266.00	261.00
22	600–650	617	253.00	253.00
73	650–700	674	245.00–262.00	257.58
8	700–750	729	244.00	244.00
22	750–800	784	232.00–233.50	233.09
51	800–850	833	230.00–238.00	235.95
28	850–900	880	225.00–234.00	230.02
33	900–950	943	224.00–226.50	224.75
11	950–1000	968	229.50	229.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	1050–1100	1,087	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	668	230.00	230.00

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.