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Kist Livestock Auction

Name: Kist Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-05

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

● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097

← Feb 26Mar 5Mar 12 →

Receipts

2,544 head

▼ 1,902 vs last sale 4,446▲ 369 vs year ago 2,175 · +17.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale feeder steers and heifers traded mixed. Feeder steers 500 to 550 lbs. were 6.00 lower, 600 to 650 lbs. were 7.00 higher, 650 to 700 lbs.were 3.00 lower and 750 to 800 lbs. were 2.00 lower. Feeder heifers 550 to 600 lbs. were 2.00 higher, 650 to 700 lbs. were 10.00 lower and 700 to 750 lbs. were 7.00 higher. Good buyer demand for todays offering. Many nice strings of feeder steers and heifers with several load lots in the offering. Some nice strings of replacement heifers sold today. Most feeders were in light to moderate plus flesh condition. Next sale Marcj 12, 2025.

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 $370.24/cwt on 256 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −73.63 against this barn's trailing median of $443.87.

Average price

$370.24

256 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,021

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$201

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

$56.34/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.92

vs ND average

+20.96 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	371.34	2,025	251
Medium and Large 1-2	579	315.00	1,824	5thin

One grade step is worth $56.34/cwt here — about $201 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 sale256 hd

370.24

—

ND average3 barns · 822 hd

367.32

+2.92

National average172 barns · 12,998 hd

349.28

+20.96

This barn, trailing median6 sales

443.87

−73.63

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

33 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	304	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,353	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	372	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,637	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	441	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,709	14
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	444	425.37/cwt	417.50–445.00	1,889	32
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	403.97/cwt	397.50–417.50	1,907	36
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	379.17/cwt	372.50–388.00	1,991	165
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	579	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,824	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	584	356.31/cwt	333.00–376.00	2,081	86
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	340.26/cwt	327.00–357.00	2,137	239
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	676	316.77/cwt	296.00–324.00	2,141	221
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	706	312.32/cwt	305.00–321.00	2,205	75
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	734	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,048	29
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	757	293.51/cwt	275.00–298.00	2,222	172
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	813	274.86/cwt	269.00–283.50	2,235	32
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	873	269.75/cwt	269.75–269.75	2,355	34
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	977	248.33/cwt	247.50–249.00	2,426	27
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	981	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	2,040	7
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,015	212.49/cwt	205.00–218.00	2,157	12
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	385	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,405	14
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	416	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,560	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	448	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,490	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	482	349.38/cwt	342.50–352.00	1,684	114
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	344.77/cwt	333.00–354.00	1,803	53
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	549	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,551	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	320.66/cwt	290.00–335.00	1,837	227
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	587	270.44/cwt	270.00–271.00	1,587	9
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	631	293.02/cwt	277.00–307.00	1,849	46
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	287.99/cwt	270.00–290.50	1,935	265
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	705	288.20/cwt	281.00–292.00	2,032	184
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	746	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,843	9
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	776	243.34/cwt	242.00–245.00	1,888	34
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	877	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,087	6
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	944	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,218	5

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 Mar 5, 2025

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

Receipts 2,544Last week 4,446Year ago 2,175

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	1000–1050	1,015	205.00–218.00	212.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	304	445.00	445.00
6	350–400	372	440.00	440.00
32	400–450	444	417.50–445.00	425.37
36	450–500	472	397.50–417.50	403.97
165	500–550	525	372.50–388.00	379.17
86	550–600	584	333.00–376.00	356.31
239	600–650	628	327.00–357.00	340.26
221	650–700	676	296.00–324.00	316.77
75	700–750	706	305.00–321.00	312.32
172	750–800	757	275.00–298.00	293.51
32	800–850	813	269.00–283.50	274.86
34	850–900	873	269.75	269.75
27	950–1000	977	247.50–249.00	248.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	441	387.50	387.50
5	550–600	579	315.00	315.00
29	700–750	734	279.00	279.00
7	950–1000	981	208.00	208.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	416	375.00	375.00
114	450–500	482	342.50–352.00	349.38
53	500–550	523	333.00–354.00	344.77
227	550–600	573	290.00–335.00	320.66
46	600–650	631	277.00–307.00	293.02
265	650–700	672	270.00–290.50	287.99
9	700–750	746	247.00	247.00
34	750–800	776	242.00–245.00	243.34
6	850–900	877	238.00	238.00
5	900–950	944	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	385	365.00	365.00
10	400–450	448	332.50	332.50
8	500–550	549	282.50	282.50
9	550–600	587	270.00–271.00	270.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
184	700–750	705	281.00–292.00	288.20

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.