Name: Kist Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale two weeks ago feeder steers and heifers traded mixed with feeder steers 450 to 500 lbs. 19.00 lower, 500 to 600 lbs. were 2.00 to 13.00 higher and 600 to 700 lbs, were 8.00 to 10.00 lower. Feeder heifers 450 to 550 lbs. were steady to 7.00 lower and 550 to 600 lbs. were 33.00 higher. Many nice smaller strings of feeders and a few load lots made up today's offering. Good demand for today's offering and buyer were bidding to fill their orders. The heavy snow and cold weather did not show reduced condition on the feeders coming in today. Most feeders were in moderate to moderate plus flesh condition

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $442.71/cwt on 716 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −43.65 against this barn's trailing median of $486.37.

Average price

$442.71

716 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,410

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$643

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

$103.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs ND average

+13.56 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	445.60	2,429	696
Medium and Large 1-2	522	342.19	1,786	20

One grade step is worth $103.41/cwt here — about $643 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 sale716 hd

442.71

—

ND average1 barns · 716 hd

442.71

+0.00

National average190 barns · 23,426 hd

429.15

+13.56

This barn, trailing median11 sales

486.37

−43.65

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

32 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	1050–1100	1,071	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	3,106	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	555	453.00/cwt	453.00–453.00	2,514	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	689	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,136	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	931	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,746	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	793	305.37/cwt	304.00–306.00	2,422	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,325	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	447	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,710	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	457	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,691	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	811	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,453	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	399.24/cwt	370.00–420.00	1,872	157
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	342.19/cwt	325.00–359.00	1,786	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	489	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,042	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	471.71/cwt	441.00–493.00	2,297	200
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,743	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	397.09/cwt	369.00–429.00	2,490	270
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	456.01/cwt	422.50–469.00	2,403	449
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	439	462.00/cwt	462.00–462.00	2,028	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	637	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,134	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	348.00/cwt	320.00–362.00	2,669	158
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	457.77/cwt	440.00–485.00	1,721	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	360.55/cwt	342.50–369.00	2,394	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	408.14/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,763	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	386.18/cwt	370.00–390.00	2,205	134
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	366.94/cwt	345.00–379.00	2,323	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	301	552.50/cwt	552.50–552.50	1,663	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	424.49/cwt	392.00–436.00	2,462	228
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	344	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,600	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	383.45/cwt	356.00–406.00	2,558	479
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	384.74/cwt	355.00–394.00	2,031	225
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	858	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,746	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	514.75/cwt	480.00–547.50	2,198	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	360.52/cwt	355.00–373.00	2,592	106

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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