Sale reports / North Dakota / Kist Livestock Auction / 2024-10-23

Kist Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Oct 23
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097
Receipts
1,727 head
▲ 738 vs last sale 989▼ 753 vs year ago 2,480 · −30.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Most weights of yearlings and spring calves were higher this week. Buyer demand for today's offering of yearlings was good and very good for the strings of lighter weight spring calves. Buyers paying a premium for calves with spring and fall shots. This was the first sale with larger numbers of spring calves in the offering. Expecting a larger number of spring calves next week. Most calves were in light to moderate flesh condition this week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $306.67/cwt on 321 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −137.21 against this barn's trailing median of $443.87.
Average price
$306.67
321 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,685
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$100
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$26.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.14
vs ND average
+7.63 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1547310.901,700270
Medium and Large 1-2563284.271,60051
One grade step is worth $26.63/cwt here — about $100 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale321 hd
306.67
—
ND average2 barns · 926 hd
309.81
−3.14
National average191 barns · 36,605 hd
299.04
+7.63
This barn, trailing median6 sales
443.87
−137.21
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

43 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1330375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,23811
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1377390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,47019
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2380341.46/cwt340.00–345.001,29820
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2422331.26/cwt330.00–337.501,39828
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1428370.32/cwt364.00–380.001,58547
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1472324.25/cwt317.50–331.001,530101
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2474307.47/cwt300.00–312.501,45725
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1531319.07/cwt310.00–325.001,694157
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2543298.93/cwt297.00–300.001,62322
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1569299.54/cwt293.00–309.001,704113
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2578273.15/cwt260.00–280.001,57929
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2626233.93/cwt230.50–236.001,46423
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1632277.97/cwt272.00–286.001,757144
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1657281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,84613
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2673218.21/cwt203.00–240.001,46915
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1726271.09/cwt270.00–273.001,96816
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2773217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,6819
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1805267.00/cwt267.00–267.002,14911
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1856256.37/cwt248.00–259.002,19551
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1939242.00/cwt242.00–242.002,27210
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1978243.50/cwt243.50–243.502,381118
Steers1100–1150Large 11,123221.00/cwt221.00–221.002,4828
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1316362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,1465
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1386329.63/cwt317.50–334.001,27240
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2395287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,13611
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1429312.31/cwt312.00–312.501,34018
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2445271.53/cwt270.00–272.501,20818
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1477279.45/cwt278.00–286.001,333111
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2491256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,25725
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1535261.51/cwt259.00–270.001,39975
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1563262.93/cwt251.00–271.001,48072
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy567284.43/cwt276.00–297.001,61351
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2568238.50/cwt234.00–242.501,35511
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1661250.44/cwt248.00–254.001,65532
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1701252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,76719
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2723209.88/cwt205.00–212.501,51720
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1770244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,8797
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1830239.72/cwt239.50–240.001,99011
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1893233.50/cwt233.50–233.502,08511
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1967224.10/cwt223.00–226.002,16711
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1401315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,2637
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2514242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,2465
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1527287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,51530

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.