Name: Kist Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

There is no comparison this week as numbers were very small last week. Today saw the first big sale of the fall for spring calves coming to market. Many smaller strings of steers and heifers in today's sale. Several lots of steers and heifers that were very fancy in today's offering. Several lots of calves with two or three series of shots . The fancy and those with shots commanded a premium. Most calves are coming to market right off the cow. Buyer demand very good with several new buyer in attendance.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $471.01/cwt on 516 head. That ranks 3 of 11 comparable sales and sits −15.36 against this barn's trailing median of $486.37.

Average price

$471.01

516 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,591

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$110

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

$52.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.89

vs ND average

+12.87 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	472.43	2,593	502
Medium and Large 1-2	591	420.20	2,483	14thin

One grade step is worth $52.23/cwt here — about $110 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale516 hd

471.01

—

ND average2 barns · 1,615 hd

486.90

−15.89

National average182 barns · 38,495 hd

458.14

+12.87

This barn, trailing median11 sales

486.37

−15.36

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

47 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	700–750	708	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,602	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	501.89/cwt	490.00–515.00	1,927	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	797	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,758	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	399.28/cwt	388.00–413.00	2,695	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	980	325.78/cwt	323.00–328.00	3,193	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	409.62/cwt	395.00–422.50	2,138	220
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,063	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	465.80/cwt	440.00–482.00	2,487	134
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	441	455.15/cwt	448.00–465.00	2,007	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	446.56/cwt	432.50–469.00	2,085	84
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,279	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	892	360.45/cwt	350.00–371.00	3,215	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,497	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,686	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,399	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	288	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	1,699	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	986	337.10/cwt	326.00–344.00	3,324	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	664	438.00/cwt	438.00–438.00	2,908	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	453	469.88/cwt	460.00–475.00	2,129	41
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,124	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	3,260	5
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,043	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	3,025	7
Heifers	Large 1	1150–1200	1,166	260.00/cwt	255.00–268.00	3,032	13
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,026	310.71/cwt	307.00–316.00	3,188	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	392.94/cwt	386.00–400.00	2,212	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	513.42/cwt	490.00–530.00	2,454	207
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	449.11/cwt	430.00–460.00	2,614	151
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	591.89/cwt	575.00–595.00	2,273	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	530.01/cwt	520.00–545.00	2,237	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	397.07/cwt	387.00–417.50	2,494	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,079	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	591	420.20/cwt	417.50–425.00	2,483	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,494	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	398	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,851	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,449	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	845	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	3,169	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	374.67/cwt	360.00–386.00	2,162	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	499	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	1,926	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	418	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,818	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	421	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,937	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	445.21/cwt	425.00–460.00	2,106	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	348	612.50/cwt	612.50–612.50	2,132	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	556	486.50/cwt	486.50–486.50	2,705	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	528	494.87/cwt	490.00–517.50	2,613	162
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	404	499.00/cwt	499.00–499.00	2,016	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	507.50/cwt	507.50–507.50	2,203	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	283	635.00/cwt	635.00–635.00	1,797	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	919	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	3,180	14

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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