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Kist Livestock Auction

Name: Kist Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-15

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Jan 15

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097

← Jan 8Jan 15Jan 22 →

Receipts

5,173 head

▼ 52 vs last sale 5,225▲ 4,360 vs year ago 813 · +536.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week the market traded mixed with steers 500 to 600 lbs. 4.00 to 6.00 lower; 600 to 750 lbs. 5.00 to 8.00 higher; 750 to 800 lbs. were 3.00 lower and 800 to 850 lbs. were 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers 500 to 550 lbs. were 4.00 lower; 550 to 600 lbs. were 14.00 higher and 650 to 700 lbs. were 19.00 higher. Other weights not well tested for a comparison this week. Very good demand for all classes of feeders this week with buyers bidding to fill their orders. Many load lots and strings of nice calves in today's offering. Not many yearlings in today's offering. Most feeders were in light to moderate plus flesh condition.

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 $351.34/cwt on 481 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −92.53 against this barn's trailing median of $443.87.

Average price

$351.34

481 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,963

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$153

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

$29.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.29

vs ND average

+8.89 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	352.44	1,968	463
Medium and Large 1-2	562	323.12	1,816	18thin

One grade step is worth $29.32/cwt here — about $153 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 sale481 hd

351.34

—

ND average3 barns · 1,825 hd

351.63

−0.29

National average190 barns · 32,836 hd

342.45

+8.89

This barn, trailing median6 sales

443.87

−92.53

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

30 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	382	444.52/cwt	440.00–447.50	1,698	21
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	410	421.21/cwt	420.00–422.50	1,727	25
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	460	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,484	10
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	461	408.34/cwt	400.00–416.00	1,882	94
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	366.88/cwt	353.00–378.50	1,933	171
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	562	323.12/cwt	322.00–327.00	1,816	18
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	343.98/cwt	329.50–362.50	1,985	292
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	602	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,686	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	624	333.27/cwt	312.00–365.00	2,080	491
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	320.65/cwt	310.00–336.50	2,145	652
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	721	305.73/cwt	285.00–312.50	2,204	363
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	779	283.85/cwt	278.50–293.00	2,211	201
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	810	281.05/cwt	279.00–284.00	2,277	112
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	853	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,346	13
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	918	264.38/cwt	263.50–264.75	2,427	88
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	332	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,411	11
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	383	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,475	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	417	397.88/cwt	392.50–400.00	1,659	21
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	424	353.53/cwt	347.50–360.00	1,499	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	355.45/cwt	335.50–367.50	1,706	289
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	517	307.53/cwt	302.50–313.00	1,590	24
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	333.73/cwt	322.00–349.00	1,752	318
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	320.20/cwt	310.00–328.00	1,832	149
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	590	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,805	21
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	305.83/cwt	280.00–314.00	1,890	425
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	655	302.44/cwt	289.00–305.25	1,981	139
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	719	272.76/cwt	258.00–290.00	1,961	56
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	789	266.50/cwt	266.50–266.50	2,103	68
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	812	259.96/cwt	257.00–261.00	2,111	19
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	994	235.50/cwt	235.00–236.00	2,341	8

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 15, 2025

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

Receipts 5,173Last week 5,225Year ago 813

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	332	425.00	425.00
11	350–400	383	385.00	385.00
21	400–450	417	392.50–400.00	397.88
289	450–500	480	335.50–367.50	355.45
318	500–550	525	322.00–349.00	333.73
149	550–600	572	310.00–328.00	320.20
425	600–650	618	280.00–314.00	305.83
139	650–700	655	289.00–305.25	302.44
56	700–750	719	258.00–290.00	272.76
68	750–800	789	266.50	266.50
19	800–850	812	257.00–261.00	259.96
8	950–1000	994	235.00–236.00	235.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	424	347.50–360.00	353.53
24	500–550	517	302.50–313.00	307.53
21	550–600	590	306.00	306.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	460	322.50	322.50
18	550–600	562	322.00–327.00	323.12
5	600–650	602	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	350–400	382	440.00–447.50	444.52
25	400–450	410	420.00–422.50	421.21
94	450–500	461	400.00–416.00	408.34
171	500–550	527	353.00–378.50	366.88
292	550–600	577	329.50–362.50	343.98
491	600–650	624	312.00–365.00	333.27
652	650–700	669	310.00–336.50	320.65
363	700–750	721	285.00–312.50	305.73
201	750–800	779	278.50–293.00	283.85
112	800–850	810	279.00–284.00	281.05
13	850–900	853	275.00	275.00
88	900–950	918	263.50–264.75	264.38

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.