Sale reports / North Dakota / Kist Livestock Auction / 2024-10-09

Kist Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Oct 9
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097
Receipts
1,694 head
▲ 578 vs last sale 1,116▼ 14 vs year ago 1,708 · −0.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison will be made this week as the numbers were low for last weeks sale. Today's sale consisted of a few load lots of yearling steers and bunches of open yearling heifers. Today saw the first runs of spring calves come to market. With the dry conditions in the state it is expected to bring more calves to market next week. Buyer demand was good for the yearlings offered and those calves that were weaned and had shots. Most spring calves today were not weaned or had shots. Most spring calves came to market in light to medium flesh condition.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $298.94/cwt on 69 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −144.93 against this barn's trailing median of $443.87.
Average price
$298.94
69 head · 537 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,605
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$18
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$22.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.59
vs ND average
+4.63 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1522308.661,61139
Medium and Large 1-2556286.301,59330
One grade step is worth $22.36/cwt here — about $18 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 sale69 hd
298.94
—
ND average2 barns · 128 hd
308.53
−9.59
National average177 barns · 23,944 hd
294.31
+4.63
This barn, trailing median6 sales
443.87
−144.93
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
520474427381median 443.8703/0403/2510/1410/2110/28
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

35 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1289375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,08421
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1344383.00/cwt383.00–383.001,31813
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1392383.69/cwt376.00–385.001,504103
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1475331.60/cwt331.00–332.501,57577
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2487299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,4565
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1522308.66/cwt298.00–317.001,61139
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2543296.43/cwt295.00–298.001,61017
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2574273.05/cwt270.00–275.001,56713
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1617279.96/cwt269.00–284.501,727101
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1698275.25/cwt275.25–275.251,92175
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1728271.61/cwt268.00–276.001,97799
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1789263.48/cwt254.00–272.502,079153
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1820259.13/cwt253.00–260.502,12542
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1858253.00/cwt253.00–253.002,17167
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1924246.33/cwt242.00–248.002,276163
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1986236.00/cwt236.00–236.002,32711
Steers1000–1050Large 11,033231.00/cwt231.00–231.002,3869
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1298357.00/cwt357.00–357.001,06419
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1337350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,18012
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1374333.18/cwt333.00–335.001,24687
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2443260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,15215
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1448330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,47824
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1469288.96/cwt282.50–294.001,35537
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1508282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,4335
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2531257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,3657
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2570236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,3455
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1590252.33/cwt250.00–258.001,48973
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1677257.26/cwt253.00–258.001,74220
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1720252.82/cwt251.50–254.001,82089
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1829240.50/cwt240.50–240.501,99432
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1887227.75/cwt225.50–230.002,02010
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1901231.50/cwt231.50–231.502,08615
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1973221.57/cwt219.50–225.002,15616
Heifers1000–1050Large 11,040212.00/cwt212.00–212.002,2055
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1438277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,2159

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.