Name: Kist Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

With a larger run of feeders this week and due to the small numbers of feeders last only two weights could be compared. Feeder steers 550 to 600 lbs. were 2.00 lower and feeder heifers 450 to 500 lbs. were 38.00 higher this week. Many smaller lots of feeders in today's offering. Buyer demand was good for all weights of feeders today and those that were weaned and two rounds of shots brought the higher prices in each weight class. Most feeders were in light to moderate flesh condition. This was the last feeder sale for the year. of 2025. The next feeders sale will be January 7, 2026.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $459.61/cwt on 752 head. That ranks 2 of 11 comparable sales and sits −26.76 against this barn's trailing median of $486.37.

Average price

$459.61

752 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,553

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$216

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

$57.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.29

vs ND average

+15.51 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	466.47	2,577	662
Medium and Large 1-2	577	409.20	2,361	90

One grade step is worth $57.27/cwt here — about $216 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 sale752 hd

459.61

—

ND average3 barns · 1,400 hd

453.32

+6.29

National average163 barns · 16,063 hd

444.10

+15.51

This barn, trailing median11 sales

486.37

−26.76

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

41 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	1,093	299.29/cwt	291.00–307.50	3,271	10
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,015	303.29/cwt	302.50–305.00	3,078	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	557	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,674	84
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	1,606	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	454.36/cwt	402.00–475.00	2,363	281
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	338	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,707	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,109	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	389	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,945	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	636	371.51/cwt	350.00–387.00	2,363	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	354	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,487	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	589	371.05/cwt	331.00–384.00	2,185	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	643	336.58/cwt	320.00–346.00	2,164	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	407.38/cwt	397.50–409.00	2,383	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	418.30/cwt	400.00–427.50	2,246	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	411.26/cwt	410.00–417.50	1,962	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	316	607.50/cwt	607.50–607.50	1,920	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	395.46/cwt	390.00–402.50	2,112	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,175	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	734	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,982	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,840	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	812	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,818	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	394.89/cwt	365.00–420.00	2,681	239
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	746	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,350	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	462.51/cwt	445.00–475.00	1,980	151
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	420.76/cwt	403.00–431.00	2,411	244
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	944	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	3,030	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	388.04/cwt	379.00–399.00	2,414	158
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	879	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,936	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	518.68/cwt	485.00–535.00	2,516	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	451.87/cwt	442.50–475.00	2,164	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	380.55/cwt	364.00–388.00	2,748	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	355.75/cwt	340.00–370.00	2,768	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	548.47/cwt	540.00–555.00	2,035	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	569.24/cwt	535.00–600.00	2,431	159
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	349.82/cwt	327.00–355.00	2,529	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	497.30/cwt	480.00–510.00	1,835	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	808	336.59/cwt	335.00–340.00	2,720	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	652	363.85/cwt	359.00–382.50	2,372	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	485.66/cwt	442.50–510.00	2,530	276
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	445.16/cwt	420.00–463.50	2,582	302
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	434.17/cwt	414.00–444.00	2,692	251

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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