Name: Kist Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

There is no comparison from last week as numbers were too low . Today's sale consisted of several load lots of yearlings steers and a mixture of spring calves right off the cow. Buyers were bidding aggressively for all classes of feeders calves today. More spring calves were expected today but the weather conditions for harvesting and recent rain is maintaining pasture conditions.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $473.23/cwt on 138 head. That ranks 3 of 11 comparable sales and sits −13.14 against this barn's trailing median of $486.37.

Average price

$473.23

138 head · 531 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,513

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$283

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

$84.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs ND average

+27.38 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	524	488.00	2,557	114
Medium and Large 1-2	564	403.08	2,274	24

One grade step is worth $84.92/cwt here — about $283 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 sale138 hd

473.23

—

ND average1 barns · 138 hd

473.23

+0.00

National average181 barns · 23,254 hd

445.85

+27.38

This barn, trailing median11 sales

486.37

−13.14

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

23 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	845	374.12/cwt	372.00–378.50	3,161	201
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	423.00/cwt	423.00–423.00	2,695	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	955	354.50/cwt	354.50–354.50	3,385	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	460.10/cwt	457.50–470.00	1,969	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,377	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	358.36/cwt	356.00–359.00	2,544	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	642	385.50/cwt	385.50–385.50	2,475	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	856	344.44/cwt	342.00–346.00	2,948	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	910	328.24/cwt	327.00–329.50	2,987	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	937	354.50/cwt	354.50–354.50	3,322	194
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	366.54/cwt	345.00–370.25	3,152	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	385.06/cwt	384.00–387.50	2,757	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	488.00/cwt	488.00–488.00	2,557	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	390.99/cwt	385.00–397.50	2,248	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	549	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,306	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	669	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,509	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,183	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	348.76/cwt	346.00–351.00	2,706	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,830	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,160	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	958	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	3,104	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	517.50/cwt	517.50–517.50	1,884	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	715	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,878	89

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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