Name: Kist Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-11-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers 500 to 550 lbs. were 31.00 lower, 550 to 600 lbs. were 14.00 lower and 600 to 650 lbs. were 32.00 lower. Feeder heifers 450 to 550 lbs. were 41.00 to 42.00 lower this week. These were the only weights of steers and heifers with number large enough for a comparison. Today's sale started out seeing low prices for the offering but it picked up around mid day. Several load lots of steers in today's offering as well as larger strings of spring calves. Buyer demand was good for today's offering especially for the lighter calves. Most calves came to market right off the cow and were in light to moderate flesh condition.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $424.77/cwt on 998 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −61.60 against this barn's trailing median of $486.37.

Average price

$424.77

998 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,343

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$344

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

$55.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.43

vs ND average

+5.67 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	429.12	2,370	920
Medium and Large 1-2	543	373.46	2,026	78

One grade step is worth $55.66/cwt here — about $344 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale998 hd

424.77

—

ND average2 barns · 2,355 hd

442.20

−17.43

National average195 barns · 36,957 hd

419.10

+5.67

This barn, trailing median11 sales

486.37

−61.60

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
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,002	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	3,056	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	615	412.74/cwt	410.00–417.50	2,538	112
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	602	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,625	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	547	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,750	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	389	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,556	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	687	326.29/cwt	320.00–327.00	2,242	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	745	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,993	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	443.94/cwt	435.00–450.00	1,927	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,476	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	593	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,838	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	317.47/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,343	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	378.49/cwt	360.00–400.00	2,025	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	843	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,403	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	350.46/cwt	345.00–357.50	2,022	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	888	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,850	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	942	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,901	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	311.87/cwt	310.00–312.50	1,955	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	421.88/cwt	400.00–440.00	2,025	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	752	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,482	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	383	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,551	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	362	532.35/cwt	525.00–540.00	1,927	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	834	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,877	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	322.13/cwt	300.00–340.00	1,530	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	301.72/cwt	290.00–320.00	1,596	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	448.24/cwt	390.00–474.00	2,362	392
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	358.78/cwt	330.00–380.00	1,894	143
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	476.55/cwt	440.00–505.00	2,278	185
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	371.74/cwt	340.00–386.00	2,320	422
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	356.53/cwt	325.00–372.00	2,054	311
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	848	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,502	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	364.75/cwt	335.00–381.00	2,437	390
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	917	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,843	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	359.59/cwt	320.00–402.50	1,744	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	505.72/cwt	500.00–512.50	2,119	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	371.06/cwt	360.00–384.00	1,577	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	340.12/cwt	330.00–342.50	2,112	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	414.92/cwt	365.00–454.00	2,369	528
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,576	41

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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