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Kist Livestock Auction

Name: Kist Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-04

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Dec 4

● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097

← Nov 30Dec 4Dec 11 →

Receipts

4,685 head

▲ 971 vs last sale 3,714▲ 2,091 vs year ago 2,594 · +80.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks auction feeder steers 500 to 550 lbs. were 8.00 higher; 600 to 650 lbs. were 7.00 lower; 650 to 700 lbs. were 13.00 lower and 700 to 750 lbs. were steady. Feeder heifers 400 to 450 lbs. were 12.00 lower; 500 to 550 lbs. were 3.00 lower and 600 to 650 lbs. were 2.00 higher. It was a very active market today and buyer demand was good for the offering of calves especially the lighter strings that will go to pasture next spring. Most calves were in light to moderate flesh condition.

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 $333.52/cwt on 496 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −110.36 against this barn's trailing median of $443.87.

Average price

$333.52

496 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,826

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$82

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

$27.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.75

vs ND average

+8.15 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	334.80	1,830	473
Medium and Large 1-2	569	307.17	1,747	23

One grade step is worth $27.62/cwt here — about $82 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale496 hd

333.52

—

ND average1 barns · 1,314 hd

332.77

+0.75

National average187 barns · 33,494 hd

325.37

+8.15

This barn, trailing median6 sales

443.87

−110.36

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

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	412.85/cwt	412.50–415.00	1,569	22
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	414	392.53/cwt	391.00–400.00	1,625	38
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	438	353.73/cwt	345.00–360.00	1,549	30
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	453	391.90/cwt	385.00–394.00	1,775	30
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	480	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,524	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	490	351.05/cwt	339.00–371.00	1,720	85
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	517	350.44/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,812	255
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	544	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,741	12
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	581	316.50/cwt	301.00–330.00	1,839	218
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	596	293.18/cwt	275.00–315.00	1,747	11
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	627	278.14/cwt	275.00–280.00	1,744	16
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	631	300.38/cwt	287.00–316.00	1,895	310
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	287.99/cwt	271.00–295.50	1,915	168
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	693	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,850	16
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	715	276.54/cwt	269.00–279.00	1,977	77
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	790	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	2,070	13
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	936	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	2,270	8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	339	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,280	12
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	379	362.10/cwt	352.50–364.00	1,372	30
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	328.01/cwt	317.50–333.00	1,407	43
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	468	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,568	45
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	475	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,325	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	315.86/cwt	300.00–326.00	1,513	139
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	529	310.77/cwt	294.00–320.00	1,644	202
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	530	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,426	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	560	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,478	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	565	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,723	58
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	581	291.77/cwt	265.00–305.00	1,695	254
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	616	248.98/cwt	243.00–256.00	1,534	26
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	284.00/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,766	226
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	707	245.93/cwt	242.00–247.00	1,739	58
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	802	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	2,069	33
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	889	235.99/cwt	231.00–242.00	2,098	11
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	975	235.64/cwt	229.00–238.50	2,297	13
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	717	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,703	11

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 Dec 4, 2024

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

Receipts 4,685Last week 3,714Year ago 2,594

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
30	450–500	453	385.00–394.00	391.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	400–450	438	345.00–360.00	353.73
5	450–500	480	317.50	317.50
12	500–550	544	320.00	320.00
11	550–600	596	275.00–315.00	293.18
16	600–650	627	275.00–280.00	278.14
16	650–700	693	267.00	267.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	350–400	380	412.50–415.00	412.85
38	400–450	414	391.00–400.00	392.53
85	450–500	490	339.00–371.00	351.05
255	500–550	517	330.00–360.00	350.44
218	550–600	581	301.00–330.00	316.50
310	600–650	631	287.00–316.00	300.38
168	650–700	665	271.00–295.50	287.99
77	700–750	715	269.00–279.00	276.54
13	750–800	790	262.00	262.00
8	900–950	936	242.50	242.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
45	450–500	468	335.00	335.00
58	550–600	565	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	339	377.50	377.50
30	350–400	379	352.50–364.00	362.10
43	400–450	429	317.50–333.00	328.01
139	450–500	479	300.00–326.00	315.86
202	500–550	529	294.00–320.00	310.77
254	550–600	581	265.00–305.00	291.77
226	600–650	622	275.00–290.00	284.00
58	700–750	707	242.00–247.00	245.93
33	800–850	802	258.00	258.00
11	850–900	889	231.00–242.00	235.99
13	950–1000	975	229.00–238.50	235.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	475	279.00	279.00
5	500–550	530	269.00	269.00
10	550–600	560	264.00	264.00
26	600–650	616	243.00–256.00	248.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	700–750	717	237.50	237.50

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.