Sale reports / North Dakota / Kist Livestock Auction / 2026-02-25

Kist Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Feb 25
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097
Receipts
1,615 head
1,098 vs last sale 517 2,831 vs year ago 4,446 · 63.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week there were not enough feeders to make a comparison with this weeks number of feeders. Weather has improved allowing ranchers to get their feeders to market this week. Today's offering consisted of a few loads of steers and heifers as well as some nice strings of steers and replacement heifers. Buyer demand was good with orders to be filled. It appears that we may be reaching the end of the feeders coming to market with the lower supply this year.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $447.34/cwt on 188 head, up $29.94 from the prior sale. That ranks 11 of 11 comparable sales and sits +13.78 against this barn's trailing median of $433.56.
Average price
$447.34
29.94 vs prior sale
188 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,476
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$166
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$32.71/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.44
vs ND average
+16.93 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1553450.472,492170
Medium and Large 1-2557417.762,32618thin
One grade step is worth $32.71/cwt here — about $166 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
461442423403median 433.5612/1701/1402/0402/2503/25
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $447.34, low $417.40, median $433.56 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 sale188 hd
447.34
ND average2 barns · 353 hd
443.90
+3.44
National average177 barns · 14,680 hd
430.41
+16.93
This barn, trailing median11 sales
433.56
+13.78
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

28 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750729386.11/cwt359.00–388.502,81592
HeifersLarge 11000–10501,006289.00/cwt289.00–289.002,9078
HeifersLarge 11150–12001,174260.00/cwt260.00–260.003,05220
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900892327.50/cwt327.50–327.502,9215
HeifersMedium and Large 1950–1000988300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,9646
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450442490.00/cwt490.00–490.002,16610
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600557451.70/cwt436.00–458.002,516139
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement700–750702382.50/cwt382.50–382.502,68588
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement600–650642375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,40827
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement650–700668399.79/cwt397.00–402.502,67174
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600585467.73/cwt460.00–471.002,73617
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650621416.00/cwt401.00–432.002,58359
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500488488.73/cwt472.50–497.002,38570
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750735402.50/cwt393.00–412.002,958153
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600566418.82/cwt415.00–422.002,37113
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550533415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,2125
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850819362.28/cwt356.00–370.002,96723
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550522518.34/cwt460.00–537.002,70667
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650622442.53/cwt431.00–466.002,75380
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800767382.66/cwt362.50–385.002,93595
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500468532.23/cwt530.00–535.002,49114
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700663400.33/cwt375.00–415.002,654161
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650606390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,3637
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700664378.00/cwt378.00–378.002,5107
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700689425.23/cwt408.00–431.002,930116
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400383645.00/cwt645.00–645.002,4707
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000990321.00/cwt321.00–321.003,17813
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550536444.96/cwt442.00–447.502,38531

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.