Sale reports / North Dakota / Kist Livestock Auction / 2025-03-26

Kist Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Mar 26
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097
Receipts
1,604 head
366 vs last sale 1,970 1,604 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers traded mixed with 650 to 700 lbs. 11.00 lower and 750 to 800 lbs. 13.00 higher. Other weights of steers and heifers did not have the numbers for a comparison this week. Today's sale consisted of several load lots of steers which buyers pushed the market to get these feeders. Many smaller bunches of steers and heifers in today;s offering. It appears that home lots are being cleaned out to make room for new calves being born. Buyer demand was good for today's offering but not as aggressive as in past weeks. There is a concern with very dry conditions of the pastures in almost the entire state. 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 $358.77/cwt on 94 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits 127.60 against this barn's trailing median of $486.37.
Average price
$358.77
94 head · 559 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,004
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$150
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$0.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
16.40
vs ND average
5.21 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2524358.771,88016thin
Medium and Large 1566358.772,03078
One grade step is worth $0.00/cwt here — about −$150 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale94 hd
358.77
ND average3 barns · 436 hd
375.16
−16.40
National average170 barns · 13,177 hd
363.98
−5.21
This barn, trailing median11 sales
486.37
−127.60
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

29 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 1550–600594326.00/cwt326.00–326.001,9369
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700671311.00/cwt311.00–311.002,08743
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450437365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,5955
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400399392.50/cwt392.50–392.501,56615
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700672312.81/cwt303.00–321.752,102171
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750706290.15/cwt282.50–300.002,04826
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850831293.73/cwt285.00–299.002,441239
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000951255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,42514
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550524358.77/cwt350.00–379.001,88016
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650621286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,77617
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750700280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,96012
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650625330.85/cwt322.00–347.502,06836
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800766313.85/cwt300.00–318.252,404110
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700689325.00/cwt307.50–340.002,239139
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550519392.96/cwt390.00–400.002,03921
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement750–800775273.50/cwt273.50–273.502,12010
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600580337.68/cwt335.00–345.001,95943
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy700–750708338.00/cwt338.00–338.002,39335
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy550–600592372.24/cwt370.00–378.002,20414
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500487395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,9245
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950929250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,3234
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800791270.25/cwt270.25–270.252,13863
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450416431.00/cwt431.00–431.001,79313
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500484335.85/cwt325.00–340.001,62621
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550539336.60/cwt332.00–343.001,81478
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650639285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,8217
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750743258.93/cwt250.00–267.001,92421
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650607323.19/cwt313.00–326.501,96233
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600592328.81/cwt317.50–335.001,94777

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.