Sale reports / North Dakota / Kist Livestock Auction / 2025-10-01

Kist Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Oct 1
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097
Receipts
1,033 head
571 vs last sale 1,604 83 vs year ago 1,116 · 7.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale of the fall marketing season, no recent comparisons available. Very good demand for yearling steers and heifers, good demand for the few consignments of spring born calves. More calves expected next week as the fall run begins.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $427.35/cwt on 92 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits 59.02 against this barn's trailing median of $486.37.
Average price
$427.35
92 head · 586 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,504
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+4.43
vs ND average
+4.70 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1586427.352,50492
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale92 hd
427.35
ND average3 barns · 412 hd
422.92
+4.43
National average177 barns · 15,324 hd
422.65
+4.70
This barn, trailing median11 sales
486.37
−59.02
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

21 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900892326.33/cwt326.00–328.002,91118
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800791382.00/cwt382.00–382.003,02245
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600557381.00/cwt381.00–381.002,12219
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600586427.35/cwt407.50–430.002,50492
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750732353.45/cwt340.00–357.002,58741
HeifersMedium and Large 1950–1000961317.67/cwt316.00–320.003,05324
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750741393.12/cwt390.00–394.002,91322
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650647353.00/cwt353.00–353.002,28413
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850828330.50/cwt330.00–332.502,73710
HeifersLarge 11000–10501,020315.48/cwt314.00–318.003,21875
HeifersLarge 11100–11501,108273.00/cwt273.00–273.003,02555
HeifersLarge 11050–11001,088281.48/cwt272.50–297.503,06314
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650608362.50/cwt362.50–362.502,20419
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700653395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,57914
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450416495.00/cwt495.00–495.002,0595
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700667360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,40114
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed950–1000971318.87/cwt310.00–320.003,09636
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed800–850837344.75/cwt344.75–344.752,88648
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850835361.25/cwt361.25–361.253,01669
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000988330.15/cwt318.00–331.253,262172
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900868363.41/cwt363.25–364.503,154160

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.