Name: Kist Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers traded mixed with 500 to 550 lbs. 14.00 higher and 550 to 600 lbs.20.00 lower. Feeder heifers 500 to 550 lbs. were 11.00 lower today. Other weights off steers and heifers not well tested from last weeks offering for a comparison. There were several drafts of steers that had two or three rounds of shots that topped the market and are listed as value added. Buyers were more interested in the black hided calves than the colored calves today and paid more them. The market is being affected by the large dips in feeder prices on the last two Fridays and this in causing the buyers to be more hesitant in buying. Most feeders are coming in light to moderate flesh condition.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $442.37/cwt on 652 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −44.00 against this barn's trailing median of $486.37.

Average price

$442.37

652 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,464

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$161

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

$11.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−25.99

vs ND average

+12.65 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	444.11	2,488	554
Medium and Large 1-2	538	432.56	2,327	98

One grade step is worth $11.55/cwt here — about $161 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

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 sale652 hd

442.37

—

ND average3 barns · 1,860 hd

468.36

−25.99

National average179 barns · 33,800 hd

429.72

+12.65

This barn, trailing median11 sales

486.37

−44.00

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

38 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
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,067	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	3,041	8
Steers	Large 1	1150–1200	1,159	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	3,604	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	432	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,879	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	616	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	2,532	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	875	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,472	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,208	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	414	455.77/cwt	440.00–465.00	1,887	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	613	360.28/cwt	350.00–370.00	2,209	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	461.07/cwt	457.50–465.00	1,701	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	462.89/cwt	440.00–480.00	1,514	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	447.53/cwt	435.00–455.00	2,081	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	432.56/cwt	411.00–450.00	2,327	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	752	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,519	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	356.47/cwt	345.00–365.00	1,914	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	986	303.97/cwt	298.00–313.00	2,997	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	933	329.68/cwt	315.00–332.00	3,076	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	594	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,960	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	392	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,548	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	841	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,826	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	321.16/cwt	320.00–322.00	2,826	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	401.92/cwt	375.00–417.00	2,126	266
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,640	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	864	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,506	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	479.85/cwt	450.00–489.00	2,476	158
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,107	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	352.17/cwt	336.50–370.00	2,018	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	403.49/cwt	372.50–422.50	2,498	215
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	507.86/cwt	495.00–520.00	1,615	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	418.54/cwt	400.00–450.00	1,787	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	348.85/cwt	340.00–355.00	2,526	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	789	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,690	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	402.19/cwt	382.50–412.50	1,931	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	557	451.00/cwt	451.00–451.00	2,512	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	605	435.67/cwt	426.00–440.00	2,636	199
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	428.72/cwt	403.00–439.00	2,482	376
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	492.62/cwt	485.00–495.00	1,867	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	490.59/cwt	480.00–505.00	2,080	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	487.51/cwt	477.50–495.00	2,282	69

How this sale compares

North Dakota weighted averages

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