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Kist Livestock Auction

Name: Kist Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-29

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Jan 29

● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097

← Jan 22Jan 29Feb 5 →

Receipts

3,369 head

▲ 892 vs last sale 2,477▼ 1,705 vs year ago 5,074 · −33.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week most weights of steers and heifers were higher. Feeder steers 550 to 600 lbs. were 12.00 higher; 650 to 700 lbs. were 2.00 higher and 800 to 850 lbs. were 6.00 higher. Feeder heifers 500 to 550 lbs. were sharply higher and 600 to 700 lbs. were 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Other weights not well tested for a comparison. Buyer demand for today's offering was very good. More buyers in attendance today. most feeders were in light to moderate 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 $366.89/cwt on 297 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −76.98 against this barn's trailing median of $443.87.

Average price

$366.89

297 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,040

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$189

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

$40.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.85

vs ND average

+18.23 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	367.72	2,044	291
Medium and Large 1-2	567	327.00	1,854	6thin

One grade step is worth $40.72/cwt here — about $189 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale297 hd

366.89

—

ND average3 barns · 825 hd

363.05

+3.85

National average177 barns · 23,098 hd

348.66

+18.23

This barn, trailing median6 sales

443.87

−76.98

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

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. 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	442	362.98/cwt	360.00–365.00	1,604	15
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	372.82/cwt	362.50–390.00	1,786	22
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	378.90/cwt	367.50–391.00	2,008	99
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	567	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,854	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	361.95/cwt	340.00–373.50	2,059	192
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	615	310.86/cwt	307.50–317.00	1,912	21
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	339.02/cwt	312.50–353.00	2,109	408
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	650	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,048	15
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	685	315.13/cwt	305.00–323.00	2,159	131
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	731	304.30/cwt	296.00–312.50	2,224	221
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	772	291.52/cwt	281.00–298.00	2,251	246
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	791	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,136	7
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	795	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	2,051	8
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	809	282.15/cwt	273.00–291.00	2,283	109
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	870	274.00/cwt	272.00–276.00	2,384	120
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	933	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,286	4
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	972	241.32/cwt	237.50–246.00	2,346	17
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	384.81/cwt	370.00–395.00	1,643	40
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	359.09/cwt	347.50–372.50	1,691	60
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	488	339.86/cwt	338.00–342.00	1,659	17
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	507	360.27/cwt	345.00–371.00	1,827	133
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	548	317.30/cwt	290.00–327.50	1,739	38
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	558	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,596	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	325.52/cwt	312.50–333.00	1,852	153
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	614	314.07/cwt	300.00–326.00	1,928	272
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	664	291.64/cwt	280.00–297.50	1,936	115
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Replacement	680	305.67/cwt	302.50–311.00	2,079	154
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	704	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,887	20
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	792	266.01/cwt	248.00–269.50	2,107	66
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	885	245.23/cwt	240.00–253.00	2,170	34
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	975	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	2,165	12
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,776	10

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 29, 2025

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

Receipts 3,369Last week 2,477Year ago 5,074

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	750–800	791	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	450–500	479	362.50–390.00	372.82
99	500–550	530	367.50–391.00	378.90
192	550–600	569	340.00–373.50	361.95
408	600–650	622	312.50–353.00	339.02
131	650–700	685	305.00–323.00	315.13
221	700–750	731	296.00–312.50	304.30
246	750–800	772	281.00–298.00	291.52
109	800–850	809	273.00–291.00	282.15
120	850–900	870	272.00–276.00	274.00
4	900–950	933	245.00	245.00
17	950–1000	972	237.50–246.00	241.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	442	360.00–365.00	362.98
6	550–600	567	327.00	327.00
21	600–650	615	307.50–317.00	310.86
15	650–700	650	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	750–800	795	258.00	258.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	555	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
40	400–450	427	370.00–395.00	384.81
60	450–500	471	347.50–372.50	359.09
133	500–550	507	345.00–371.00	360.27
153	550–600	569	312.50–333.00	325.52
272	600–650	614	300.00–326.00	314.07
115	650–700	664	280.00–297.50	291.64
20	700–750	704	268.00	268.00
66	750–800	792	248.00–269.50	266.01
34	850–900	885	240.00–253.00	245.23
12	950–1000	975	222.00	222.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	450–500	488	338.00–342.00	339.86
38	500–550	548	290.00–327.50	317.30
6	550–600	558	286.00	286.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
154	650–700	680	302.50–311.00	305.67

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.