Sale reports / North Dakota / Kist Livestock Auction / 2025-03-05

Kist Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Mar 5
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097
Receipts
2,544 head
1,902 vs last sale 4,446 369 vs year ago 2,175 · +17.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale feeder steers and heifers traded mixed. Feeder steers 500 to 550 lbs. were 6.00 lower, 600 to 650 lbs. were 7.00 higher, 650 to 700 lbs.were 3.00 lower and 750 to 800 lbs. were 2.00 lower. Feeder heifers 550 to 600 lbs. were 2.00 higher, 650 to 700 lbs. were 10.00 lower and 700 to 750 lbs. were 7.00 higher. Good buyer demand for todays offering. Many nice strings of feeder steers and heifers with several load lots in the offering. Some nice strings of replacement heifers sold today. Most feeders were in light to moderate plus flesh condition. Next sale Marcj 12, 2025.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $370.24/cwt on 256 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits 116.13 against this barn's trailing median of $486.37.
Average price
$370.24
256 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,021
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$201
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$56.34/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.92
vs ND average
+20.96 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1545371.342,025251
Medium and Large 1-2579315.001,8245thin
One grade step is worth $56.34/cwt here — about $201 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
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 sale256 hd
370.24
ND average3 barns · 822 hd
367.32
+2.92
National average172 barns · 12,998 hd
349.28
+20.96
This barn, trailing median11 sales
486.37
−116.13
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

33 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
SteersLarge 11000–10501,015212.49/cwt205.00–218.002,15712
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700672287.99/cwt270.00–290.501,935265
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750746247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,8439
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800776243.34/cwt242.00–245.001,88834
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650631293.02/cwt277.00–307.001,84946
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000977248.33/cwt247.50–249.002,42627
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800757293.51/cwt275.00–298.002,222172
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550549282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,5518
SteersMedium and Large 1-2950–1000981208.00/cwt208.00–208.002,0407
HeifersMedium and Large 1900–950944235.00/cwt235.00–235.002,2185
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900873269.75/cwt269.75–269.752,35534
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500472403.97/cwt397.50–417.501,90736
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450448332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,49010
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400385365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,40514
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600579315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,8245
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600573320.66/cwt290.00–335.001,837227
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450444425.37/cwt417.50–445.001,88932
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400372440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,6376
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450441387.50/cwt387.50–387.501,70914
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750734279.00/cwt279.00–279.002,04829
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600587270.44/cwt270.00–271.001,5879
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900877238.00/cwt238.00–238.002,0876
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450416375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,5609
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550523344.77/cwt333.00–354.001,80353
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750706312.32/cwt305.00–321.002,20575
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600584356.31/cwt333.00–376.002,08186
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement700–750705288.20/cwt281.00–292.002,032184
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850813274.86/cwt269.00–283.502,23532
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350304445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,3536
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500482349.38/cwt342.50–352.001,684114
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700676316.77/cwt296.00–324.002,141221
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550525379.17/cwt372.50–388.001,991165
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650628340.26/cwt327.00–357.002,137239

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.