Sale reports / North Dakota / Kist Livestock Auction / 2024-11-06

Kist Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Nov 6
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097
Receipts
5,147 head
▲ 1,105 vs last sale 4,042▲ 198 vs year ago 4,949 · +4.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers 450 to 500 lbs. were 6.00 lower; 500 to 600 lbs. were 7.00 to 14.00 higher and 600 to 700 lbs were 11.00 to 16.00 higher. The only weights of feeders heifers for comparison were 500 to 550 lbs. Which were 18.00 higher this week. Buyers did not aggressively pursue the lighter weight calves this week due to the wet and cold weather conditions. Buyer demand was very good this week with more new buyers in attendance. Today had many large consignments and many load lots in the offering. Most calves were in moderate to light flesh condition. Many high quality strings of calves in today and more with two rounds of shots. Expecting a large number of calves for next weeks sale.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $325.59/cwt on 1,288 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −118.28 against this barn's trailing median of $443.87.
Average price
$325.59
1,288 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,793
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$118
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$17.70/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.85
vs ND average
+23.74 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1551325.701,7941,280
Medium and Large 1-2544308.001,6768thin
One grade step is worth $17.70/cwt here — about $118 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 sale1,288 hd
325.59
—
ND average3 barns · 2,750 hd
314.75
+10.85
National average187 barns · 26,509 hd
301.85
+23.74
This barn, trailing median6 sales
443.87
−118.28
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

39 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1310444.00/cwt444.00–444.001,37629
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1380408.88/cwt396.00–413.001,554128
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2383380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,45512
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2422338.32/cwt325.00–342.001,42840
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1432371.92/cwt367.00–395.001,607175
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1485336.40/cwt319.00–350.001,632285
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy498357.00/cwt357.00–357.001,778106
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1509326.75/cwt320.00–330.001,663183
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy525345.50/cwt345.50–345.501,814318
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2544308.00/cwt308.00–308.001,6768
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy571338.50/cwt338.50–338.501,933161
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1571311.87/cwt287.00–318.501,781618
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1629291.96/cwt278.00–306.001,836165
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2634263.38/cwt262.50–264.001,67024
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2652250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,63013
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1670288.78/cwt277.00–298.001,935191
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1712274.56/cwt273.00–284.001,95598
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2759220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,6705
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1789255.73/cwt252.50–265.002,01894
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1956233.00/cwt233.00–233.002,2277
Steers1000–1050Large 11,049221.00/cwt221.00–221.002,3187
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1239402.50/cwt402.50–402.5096216
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1295386.00/cwt386.00–386.001,13931
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1332357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,1877
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1376346.67/cwt341.00–352.501,303114
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1427328.30/cwt299.00–343.001,402260
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1474300.12/cwt277.00–305.001,423118
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2485257.72/cwt252.50–261.001,25023
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1521296.08/cwt279.00–302.001,543630
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2538255.97/cwt245.00–267.001,37742
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1569257.44/cwt251.00–261.001,46598
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy621275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,70878
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1738253.62/cwt249.00–255.001,87235
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1768248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,90515
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1884228.50/cwt228.50–228.502,0207
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1920225.29/cwt222.50–237.002,07332
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1Fleshy985206.00/cwt206.00–206.002,02941
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1988214.00/cwt214.00–214.002,11410
Heifers1000–1050Large 11,043220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,2956

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.