Sale reports / North Dakota / Kist Livestock Auction / 2025-01-22

Kist Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Jan 22
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097
Receipts
2,477 head
2,696 vs last sale 5,173 1,939 vs year ago 4,416 · 43.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week the number of feeders were down due to a cold spell a few days before the sale. Feeder steers 550 to 600 lbs were 5.00 higher; 650 to 700 lbs. 7.00 lower and 800 to 850 lbs. were 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers 500 to 600 lbs were 2.00 to 7.00 lower; 600 to 650 lbs. 8.00 higher and 650 to 700 lbs. 15.00 lower. Buyer demand was good for today's offering but not a aggressive as in the past few weeks. 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 $353.14/cwt on 255 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits 133.23 against this barn's trailing median of $486.37.
Average price
$353.14
255 head · 565 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,995
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
4.91
vs ND average
+12.20 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1565353.141,995255
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale255 hd
353.14
ND average3 barns · 1,424 hd
358.05
−4.91
National average147 barns · 15,667 hd
340.94
+12.20
This barn, trailing median11 sales
486.37
−133.23
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

32 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
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750729270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,9685
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500498336.00/cwt336.00–336.001,67312
BullsMedium and Large 1750–800779248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,93214
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700686275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,88717
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450412330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,3606
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement700–750702304.00/cwt304.00–304.002,13430
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850805275.92/cwt274.50–281.002,221112
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900858255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,1887
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600573349.04/cwt330.00–365.502,000197
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700689313.21/cwt297.00–320.002,158406
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700663274.56/cwt272.50–278.001,82011
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650633290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,83612
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950915251.00/cwt251.00–251.002,29739
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800771284.36/cwt266.00–295.002,19248
HeifersMedium and Large 1900–950900249.00/cwt249.00–249.002,2416
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750738277.33/cwt274.00–278.502,047144
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400374429.28/cwt427.50–430.001,60617
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650631318.94/cwt312.50–331.002,01394
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550537315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,6926
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500478396.99/cwt370.00–422.001,898130
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700670286.91/cwt280.00–293.001,922116
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450444349.00/cwt349.00–349.001,55017
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550538367.07/cwt364.00–371.001,97558
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750726299.53/cwt294.00–301.002,17575
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600569270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,5367
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800758275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,08520
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650620312.30/cwt284.00–322.501,936258
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350338355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,2006
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600563317.75/cwt305.00–328.501,789199
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500499322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,6095
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500464352.02/cwt333.00–365.001,63375
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550527326.22/cwt320.00–338.001,719111

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.