Name: Kist Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week most weights of steers and heifers were higher. Feeder steers 550 to 600 lbs. were 12.00 higher; 650 to 700 lbs. were 2.00 higher and 800 to 850 lbs. were 6.00 higher. Feeder heifers 500 to 550 lbs. were sharply higher and 600 to 700 lbs. were 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Other weights not well tested for a comparison. Buyer demand for today's offering was very good. More buyers in attendance today. most feeders were in light to moderate flesh condition.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $366.89/cwt on 297 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −119.47 against this barn's trailing median of $486.37.

Average price

$366.89

297 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,040

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$189

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

$40.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.85

vs ND average

+18.23 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	367.72	2,044	291
Medium and Large 1-2	567	327.00	1,854	6thin

One grade step is worth $40.72/cwt here — about $189 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

11 sales

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 sale297 hd

366.89

—

ND average3 barns · 825 hd

363.05

+3.85

National average177 barns · 23,098 hd

348.66

+18.23

This barn, trailing median11 sales

486.37

−119.47

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	791	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,136	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,776	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	704	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,887	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	885	245.23/cwt	240.00–253.00	2,170	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	975	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	2,165	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	792	266.01/cwt	248.00–269.50	2,107	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	548	317.30/cwt	290.00–327.50	1,739	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	558	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,596	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	304.30/cwt	296.00–312.50	2,224	221
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	325.52/cwt	312.50–333.00	1,852	153
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	310.86/cwt	307.50–317.00	1,912	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	650	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,048	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	750–800	795	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	2,051	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	488	339.86/cwt	338.00–342.00	1,659	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	372.82/cwt	362.50–390.00	1,786	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	378.90/cwt	367.50–391.00	2,008	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	442	362.98/cwt	360.00–365.00	1,604	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,854	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	291.64/cwt	280.00–297.50	1,936	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	361.95/cwt	340.00–373.50	2,059	192
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	274.00/cwt	272.00–276.00	2,384	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	809	282.15/cwt	273.00–291.00	2,283	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	384.81/cwt	370.00–395.00	1,643	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	359.09/cwt	347.50–372.50	1,691	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	314.07/cwt	300.00–326.00	1,928	272
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	315.13/cwt	305.00–323.00	2,159	131
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	933	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,286	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	680	305.67/cwt	302.50–311.00	2,079	154
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	507	360.27/cwt	345.00–371.00	1,827	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	972	241.32/cwt	237.50–246.00	2,346	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	291.52/cwt	281.00–298.00	2,251	246
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	339.02/cwt	312.50–353.00	2,109	408

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.

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