Sale reports / North Dakota / Kist Livestock Auction / 2025-01-15

Kist Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Jan 15
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097
Receipts
5,173 head
52 vs last sale 5,225 4,360 vs year ago 813 · +536.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week the market traded mixed with steers 500 to 600 lbs. 4.00 to 6.00 lower; 600 to 750 lbs. 5.00 to 8.00 higher; 750 to 800 lbs. were 3.00 lower and 800 to 850 lbs. were 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers 500 to 550 lbs. were 4.00 lower; 550 to 600 lbs. were 14.00 higher and 650 to 700 lbs. were 19.00 higher. Other weights not well tested for a comparison this week. Very good demand for all classes of feeders this week with buyers bidding to fill their orders. Many load lots and strings of nice calves in today's offering. Not many yearlings in today's offering. Most feeders were in light to moderate plus flesh condition.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $351.34/cwt on 481 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits 135.03 against this barn's trailing median of $486.37.
Average price
$351.34
481 head · 559 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,963
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$153
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$29.32/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.29
vs ND average
+8.89 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1559352.441,968463
Medium and Large 1-2562323.121,81618thin
One grade step is worth $29.32/cwt here — about $153 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

11 sales
522496469442median 486.3712/1701/1402/0402/2503/25
Steers 500–600 lb: high $508.10, low $456.32, median $486.37 across 11 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale481 hd
351.34
ND average3 barns · 1,825 hd
351.63
−0.29
National average190 barns · 32,836 hd
342.45
+8.89
This barn, trailing median11 sales
486.37
−135.03
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1950–1000994235.50/cwt235.00–236.002,3418
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350332425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,41111
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400383385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,47511
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850812259.96/cwt257.00–261.002,11119
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450417397.88/cwt392.50–400.001,65921
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750719272.76/cwt258.00–290.001,96156
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450424353.53/cwt347.50–360.001,49910
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600590306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,80521
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550517307.53/cwt302.50–313.001,59024
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650602280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,6865
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500460322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,48410
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600562323.12/cwt322.00–327.001,81618
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800789266.50/cwt266.50–266.502,10368
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700655302.44/cwt289.00–305.251,981139
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600572320.20/cwt310.00–328.001,832149
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500480355.45/cwt335.50–367.501,706289
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550525333.73/cwt322.00–349.001,752318
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650618305.83/cwt280.00–314.001,890425
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900853275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,34613
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400382444.52/cwt440.00–447.501,69821
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450410421.21/cwt420.00–422.501,72725
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950918264.38/cwt263.50–264.752,42788
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500461408.34/cwt400.00–416.001,88294
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850810281.05/cwt279.00–284.002,277112
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550527366.88/cwt353.00–378.501,933171
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800779283.85/cwt278.50–293.002,211201
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600577343.98/cwt329.50–362.501,985292
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750721305.73/cwt285.00–312.502,204363
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650624333.27/cwt312.00–365.002,080491
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700669320.65/cwt310.00–336.502,145652

How this sale compares

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.