Name: Kist Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

There are no comparisons of feeders from last week as the number were very low this week. Today's sale consisted of small lots of yearlings and spring calves. Buyers present were bidding to get these few lots of feeders today. Expected consigned for next weeks sale are over 2000 spring calves.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $450.67/cwt on 87 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −35.70 against this barn's trailing median of $486.37.

Average price

$450.67

87 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,472

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$491

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

$77.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs ND average

−18.37 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	467.51	2,581	68
Medium and Large 1-2	535	390.39	2,090	19thin

One grade step is worth $77.11/cwt here — about $491 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 sale87 hd

450.67

—

ND average1 barns · 87 hd

450.67

+0.00

National average176 barns · 29,227 hd

469.04

−18.37

This barn, trailing median11 sales

486.37

−35.70

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

30 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 1-2	550–600	558	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,009	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,141	11
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	794	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,164	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	973	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	3,172	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	458.12/cwt	445.00–495.00	1,979	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	396.95/cwt	375.00–402.50	2,421	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	363.81/cwt	350.00–366.00	2,838	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,088	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	812	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,964	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	883	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	3,024	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,983	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	443	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,459	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	401.68/cwt	396.00–425.00	2,743	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	449.27/cwt	444.00–462.00	2,597	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	421.49/cwt	415.00–427.50	2,617	36
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,030	311.82/cwt	310.00–313.00	3,212	10
Heifers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,137	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	3,468	10
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,133	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	3,314	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	463	567.50/cwt	567.50–567.50	2,628	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	770	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,195	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	813	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,919	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	418	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,153	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	479.52/cwt	449.00–495.00	2,565	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	518.22/cwt	495.00–530.00	2,524	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,643	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,119	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	497	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,013	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,336	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	2,694	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	297	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,663	7

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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