Name: Kist Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-11-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week the market recovered from previous losses in the feeder calf sales. Feeder steers 450 to 700 lbs were 28 .00 to 34.00 higher with 600 to 650 lbs. 59.00 higher. Feeder heifers 450 to 500 lbs. were 63.00 higher and 500 to 650 lbs. were 30.00 to 43.00 higher. Several bunches of heifers were purchased for replacements today. Many load lots of steers and heifers in today's offering. New buyers in attendance today and there was aggressive bidding all day for the high quality steers and heifers. Most calves were in light to moderate flesh condition. Buyers are paying higher prices for the feeders with shots. Expecting a large run of calves for next weeks sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $459.96/cwt on 1,336 head. That ranks 3 of 11 comparable sales and sits −26.41 against this barn's trailing median of $486.37.

Average price

$459.96

1,336 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,517

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$266

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

$62.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+18.38

vs ND average

+35.09 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	462.73	2,528	1,277
Medium and Large 1-2	565	400.12	2,262	59

One grade step is worth $62.61/cwt here — about $266 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 sale1,336 hd

459.96

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ND average3 barns · 2,708 hd

441.58

+18.38

National average177 barns · 31,012 hd

424.87

+35.09

This barn, trailing median11 sales

486.37

−26.41

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

35 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	1000–1050	1,005	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	3,085	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	555	393.50/cwt	393.50–393.50	2,184	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	550	473.00/cwt	473.00–473.00	2,602	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	989	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	3,026	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,715	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,392	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	732	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,342	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	356.14/cwt	340.00–370.00	2,215	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,630	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	401.68/cwt	372.00–422.50	2,161	382
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	873	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,837	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	442.03/cwt	402.50–475.00	2,533	539
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,949	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	341.72/cwt	330.00–355.00	1,767	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	550–600	569	446.00/cwt	395.00–452.50	2,538	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,446	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	395.02/cwt	355.00–430.00	2,275	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	447.33/cwt	435.00–460.00	1,834	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	655	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,391	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	430.31/cwt	385.00–443.00	2,664	876
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	444	525.66/cwt	475.00–541.00	2,334	214
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	379.63/cwt	373.00–387.00	2,711	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	600	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,352	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	589.75/cwt	545.00–600.00	2,271	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	500–550	548	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,356	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	398.70/cwt	386.00–418.00	2,691	144
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	386.38/cwt	365.00–405.50	2,171	325
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	344.43/cwt	325.00–360.00	2,638	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	897	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,817	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	418.16/cwt	415.00–420.00	2,208	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	495.77/cwt	475.00–535.00	2,385	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	841	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,817	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	423.21/cwt	395.00–437.00	2,006	347
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	371.27/cwt	342.50–377.00	2,328	200
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	478.48/cwt	445.00–492.00	2,507	652

How this sale compares

North Dakota weighted averages

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