Name: Kist Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle traded mixed, feeder steers 500-550 lbs 13.00 higher, 550-600 lbs 5.00 lower, 650-700 lbs 7.00 higher, 750-800 lbs 1.00 lower. Feeder heifers were not well compared, lower undertones noted. Good demand for all weights of feeder cattle, but winter weather conditions caused lighter offerings this week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $379.11/cwt on 387 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −107.26 against this barn's trailing median of $486.37.

Average price

$379.11

387 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,044

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$117

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

$20.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.56

vs ND average

+36.73 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	380.15	2,050	367
Medium and Large 1-2	537	359.99	1,933	20

One grade step is worth $20.16/cwt here — about $117 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 sale387 hd

379.11

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ND average3 barns · 1,336 hd

370.55

+8.56

National average187 barns · 18,766 hd

342.38

+36.73

This barn, trailing median11 sales

486.37

−107.26

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

27 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	747	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,084	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	503	359.51/cwt	350.00–361.00	1,808	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	393.51/cwt	385.00–397.00	1,684	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	396.02/cwt	382.50–405.00	1,461	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	768	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	2,120	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	608	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,195	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	715	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,209	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	416.17/cwt	400.00–431.00	1,952	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	392.11/cwt	368.00–399.00	2,031	243
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	431.86/cwt	415.00–447.00	1,835	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	287.49/cwt	285.00–290.00	2,096	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	325.77/cwt	325.00–327.50	2,039	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	359.99/cwt	357.50–361.00	1,933	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,419	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	558	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,618	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	977	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	2,091	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	782	290.67/cwt	279.00–292.50	2,273	122
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	285.60/cwt	272.50–298.00	1,942	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	356.71/cwt	350.00–363.00	2,072	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	829	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,321	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	767	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,841	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	297.85/cwt	290.00–313.00	1,868	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	376.72/cwt	357.00–384.00	1,786	162
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	322.53/cwt	308.50–330.00	2,184	272
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,762	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	587	317.20/cwt	310.00–329.00	1,862	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	641	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,032	50

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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