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Kist Livestock Auction

Name: Kist Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-08

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Jan 8

● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097

← Dec 18Jan 8Jan 15 →

Receipts

5,225 head

▲ 1,517 vs last sale 3,708▲ 1,297 vs year ago 3,928 · +33.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale three weeks ago all weights of steers and heifers were higher. Feeder steers 500 to 600 lbs. were 12.00 t 15.00 higher; 600 to 700 lbs. were 21.00 higher and 700 to 750 lbs. were 9.00 higher. Feeder heifers 500 to 550 lbs. were 17.00 higher and 650 to 700 lbs. were 22.00 higher. These were the only weights of steers and heifers for comparison from three weeks ago. It was a very active market today with new buyers at ringside and everyone was pushing the market to fill their orders. Most feeders were in moderate to fleshy condition. Not as many lighter weight calves this week that would be suitable for pasture next spring.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $358.68/cwt on 414 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −85.19 against this barn's trailing median of $443.87.

Average price

$358.68

414 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,981

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$56

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

$27.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.17

vs ND average

+16.60 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	360.10	1,983	393
Medium and Large 1-2	580	332.28	1,927	21

One grade step is worth $27.82/cwt here — about $56 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale414 hd

358.68

—

ND average2 barns · 602 hd

351.52

+7.17

National average155 barns · 22,672 hd

342.08

+16.60

This barn, trailing median6 sales

443.87

−85.19

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

6 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $505.84, low $395.00, median $443.87 across 6 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	338	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,622	11
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	420	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	1,663	12
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	438	418.47/cwt	407.00–430.00	1,833	68
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	386.17/cwt	380.00–395.00	1,823	52
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	481	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,443	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	370.64/cwt	355.00–376.00	1,953	186
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	350.62/cwt	338.00–357.00	2,006	207
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	580	332.28/cwt	331.00–335.00	1,927	21
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	328.67/cwt	306.00–338.50	2,054	338
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	646	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,318	18
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	669	286.11/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,914	44
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	678	312.66/cwt	296.00–318.50	2,120	509
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	727	300.19/cwt	288.00–316.00	2,182	613
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	771	286.00/cwt	278.25–303.00	2,205	257
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	825	275.62/cwt	266.00–279.00	2,274	353
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	834	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,002	7
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	932	254.82/cwt	238.00–256.00	2,375	245
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	979	249.78/cwt	243.00–250.00	2,445	125
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	364.23/cwt	352.50–375.00	1,359	32
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	352.48/cwt	340.00–362.50	1,505	91
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	327.90/cwt	320.00–331.00	1,558	89
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	337.41/cwt	326.00–353.00	1,755	334
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	521	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,563	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	561	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,571	13
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	582	306.48/cwt	279.00–339.00	1,784	234
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	619	254.85/cwt	242.50–263.00	1,578	13
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	285.08/cwt	279.00–290.00	1,767	55
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	283.72/cwt	272.00–304.00	1,907	175
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	726	266.05/cwt	258.50–276.00	1,932	137
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	745	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,844	9
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	754	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,621	5
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	819	215.16/cwt	214.00–217.50	1,762	15
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	841	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,103	18
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	880	247.50/cwt	247.25–247.75	2,178	124
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,077	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	2,504	18

This sale against other markets

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.

North Dakota feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Kist Livestock Auction - Mandan, ND

Wed Jan 8, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Bismarck, ND (LS-BM)

Receipts 5,225Last week 3,708Year ago 3,928

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	1050–1100	1,077	232.50	232.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	350–400	373	352.50–375.00	364.23
91	400–450	427	340.00–362.50	352.48
89	450–500	475	320.00–331.00	327.90
334	500–550	520	326.00–353.00	337.41
234	550–600	582	279.00–339.00	306.48
55	600–650	620	279.00–290.00	285.08
175	650–700	672	272.00–304.00	283.72
137	700–750	726	258.50–276.00	266.05
18	800–850	841	250.00	250.00
124	850–900	880	247.25–247.75	247.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	521	300.00	300.00
13	550–600	561	280.00	280.00
13	600–650	619	242.50–263.00	254.85
9	700–750	745	247.50	247.50
5	750–800	754	215.00	215.00
15	800–850	819	214.00–217.50	215.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	420	396.00	396.00
9	450–500	481	300.00	300.00
21	550–600	580	331.00–335.00	332.28
44	650–700	669	275.00–290.00	286.11
7	800–850	834	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	338	480.00	480.00
68	400–450	438	407.00–430.00	418.47
52	450–500	472	380.00–395.00	386.17
186	500–550	527	355.00–376.00	370.64
207	550–600	572	338.00–357.00	350.62
338	600–650	625	306.00–338.50	328.67
509	650–700	678	296.00–318.50	312.66
613	700–750	727	288.00–316.00	300.19
257	750–800	771	278.25–303.00	286.00
353	800–850	825	266.00–279.00	275.62
245	900–950	932	238.00–256.00	254.82
125	950–1000	979	243.00–250.00	249.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	600–650	646	204.00	204.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.