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Kist Livestock Auction

Name: Kist Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-05

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Feb 5

● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097

← Jan 29Feb 5Feb 26 →

Receipts

2,007 head

▼ 1,362 vs last sale 3,369▼ 1,868 vs year ago 3,875 · −48.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle traded mixed, feeder steers 500-550 lbs 13.00 higher, 550-600 lbs 5.00 lower, 650-700 lbs 7.00 higher, 750-800 lbs 1.00 lower. Feeder heifers were not well compared, lower undertones noted. Good demand for all weights of feeder cattle, but winter weather conditions caused lighter offerings this week.

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 $379.11/cwt on 387 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −64.76 against this barn's trailing median of $443.87.

Average price

$379.11

387 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,044

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$117

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

$20.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.56

vs ND average

+36.73 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	380.15	2,050	367
Medium and Large 1-2	537	359.99	1,933	20

One grade step is worth $20.16/cwt here — about $117 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 sale387 hd

379.11

—

ND average3 barns · 1,336 hd

370.55

+8.56

National average187 barns · 18,766 hd

342.38

+36.73

This barn, trailing median6 sales

443.87

−64.76

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

27 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	383	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,762	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	431.86/cwt	415.00–447.00	1,835	94
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	469	416.17/cwt	400.00–431.00	1,952	38
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	392.11/cwt	368.00–399.00	2,031	243
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	537	359.99/cwt	357.50–361.00	1,933	20
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	581	356.71/cwt	350.00–363.00	2,072	124
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	608	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,195	32
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	325.77/cwt	325.00–327.50	2,039	13
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	677	322.53/cwt	308.50–330.00	2,184	272
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	729	287.49/cwt	285.00–290.00	2,096	32
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	782	290.67/cwt	279.00–292.50	2,273	122
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	829	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,321	4
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	977	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	2,091	11
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	369	396.02/cwt	382.50–405.00	1,461	53
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	393.51/cwt	385.00–397.00	1,684	45
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	440	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,419	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	376.72/cwt	357.00–384.00	1,786	162
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	503	359.51/cwt	350.00–361.00	1,808	44
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	558	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,618	17
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	587	317.20/cwt	310.00–329.00	1,862	74
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	627	297.85/cwt	290.00–313.00	1,868	93
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Replacement	641	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,032	50
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	285.60/cwt	272.50–298.00	1,942	79
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	715	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,209	54
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	747	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,084	29
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	768	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	2,120	39
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	767	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,841	6

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 Feb 5, 2025

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

Receipts 2,007Last week 3,369Year ago 3,875

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
53	350–400	369	382.50–405.00	396.02
45	400–450	428	385.00–397.00	393.51
162	450–500	474	357.00–384.00	376.72
44	500–550	503	350.00–361.00	359.51
74	550–600	587	310.00–329.00	317.20
93	600–650	627	290.00–313.00	297.85
79	650–700	680	272.50–298.00	285.60
29	700–750	747	279.00	279.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
50	600–650	641	317.00	317.00
54	700–750	715	309.00	309.00
39	750–800	768	276.00	276.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	440	322.50	322.50
17	550–600	558	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
32	600–650	608	361.00	361.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	383	460.00	460.00
94	400–450	425	415.00–447.00	431.86
38	450–500	469	400.00–431.00	416.17
243	500–550	518	368.00–399.00	392.11
124	550–600	581	350.00–363.00	356.71
13	600–650	626	325.00–327.50	325.77
272	650–700	677	308.50–330.00	322.53
32	700–750	729	285.00–290.00	287.49
122	750–800	782	279.00–292.50	290.67
4	800–850	829	280.00	280.00
11	950–1000	977	214.00	214.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	500–550	537	357.50–361.00	359.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	750–800	767	240.00	240.00

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.