Name: Kist Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week numbers were too low for a good comparison. The lighter weight steers and heifers to go to grass this spring were aggressively bid up by those buyers filling orders. The load lots of heavier feeder steers and heifers going to the feed lots also got buyers bidding. No replacement quality heifers in todays offering. Most feeders coming to market were carrying excess tag today. Many small bunches of feeders in todays offering. It appears that many are cleaning out their lots before calving gets in to full swing. 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 $364.57/cwt on 183 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −121.80 against this barn's trailing median of $486.37.

Average price

$364.57

183 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,046

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$240

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

$53.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.57

vs ND average

+7.41 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	374.52	2,089	149
Medium and Large 1-2	576	320.96	1,850	34

One grade step is worth $53.55/cwt here — about $240 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 900–1000 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 sale183 hd

364.57

—

ND average3 barns · 549 hd

375.13

−10.57

National average170 barns · 10,920 hd

357.16

+7.41

This barn, trailing median11 sales

486.37

−121.80

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

37 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,038	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	353	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,359	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	454	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,748	7
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,034	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	2,295	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,670	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	389.26/cwt	375.00–397.50	1,693	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,650	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	900	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,845	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	316.35/cwt	301.00–327.50	1,866	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	282.56/cwt	269.00–289.00	2,340	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	369.98/cwt	350.00–376.00	2,150	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	512	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,754	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	724	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,045	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	868	290.07/cwt	262.50–291.00	2,518	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	488	372.25/cwt	372.00–372.50	1,817	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	407.79/cwt	405.00–410.00	1,908	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	349.30/cwt	339.00–356.00	2,218	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	370.84/cwt	365.00–390.00	1,943	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	907	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	2,512	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	369.11/cwt	365.00–370.00	1,757	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	439	428.08/cwt	425.00–430.00	1,879	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	809	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	2,047	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	555	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,206	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	311.17/cwt	303.00–323.00	2,250	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	336.59/cwt	327.00–345.00	2,269	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	305.23/cwt	296.00–310.00	1,935	172
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	790	300.98/cwt	298.00–301.25	2,378	218
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	265.30/cwt	263.00–270.00	2,035	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,622	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	291.48/cwt	272.00–297.00	1,924	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	271.05/cwt	259.00–283.00	1,954	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	372	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,432	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	318.41/cwt	306.00–335.00	1,856	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	857	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,971	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	695	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,790	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	543	336.45/cwt	334.50–342.00	1,827	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	985	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,625	5

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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