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Kist Livestock Auction

Name: Kist Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-12

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Mar 12

● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097

← Mar 5Mar 12Mar 19 →

Receipts

1,594 head

▼ 950 vs last sale 2,544▼ 868 vs year ago 2,462 · −35.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week the numbers of feeders this week were not enough for a good comparison. Feeder steers 600 to 650 lbs. were 10.00 higher than last week. There is still buyer demand for the lighter weightsto go to grass this summer. A few strings of replacement heifers in todays offering. It seems that we are having less feeders at the recent sales and this may indicate that we are near the end of feeders coming to market. Many lighter weight calves were sold earlier this year and usually these would be retained and marketed in April and May. Most calves were in light to moderate plus flesh conditions.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $328.22/cwt on 151 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −68.92 against this barn's trailing median of $397.14.

Average price

$328.22

151 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,830

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$178

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

$36.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.37

vs ND average

+13.26 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	332.78	1,852	132
Medium and Large 1-2	564	296.55	1,674	19thin

One grade step is worth $36.23/cwt here — about $178 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 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 sale151 hd

328.22

—

ND average3 barns · 918 hd

325.85

+2.37

National average179 barns · 17,787 hd

314.96

+13.26

This barn, trailing median6 sales

397.14

−68.92

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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $439.62, low $362.76, median $397.14 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	408	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,612	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	426.24/cwt	420.00–442.50	1,799	30
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	480	363.30/cwt	360.00–365.00	1,744	14
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	488	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	2,011	18
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	514	373.39/cwt	352.50–389.00	1,919	91
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	586	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,940	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	594	359.68/cwt	357.00–365.00	2,136	27
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	619	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,012	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	351.71/cwt	348.00–358.00	2,216	103
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	322.07/cwt	310.00–331.00	2,164	64
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	311.19/cwt	298.00–320.00	2,256	64
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	764	300.48/cwt	294.00–301.00	2,296	81
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	886	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	2,104	5
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	920	231.18/cwt	228.00–233.00	2,127	11
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	386.83/cwt	380.00–395.00	1,470	14
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	367.91/cwt	352.50–377.50	1,582	24
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	453	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,789	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	351.99/cwt	337.50–359.00	1,672	49
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	495	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,609	17
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	337.22/cwt	322.00–340.00	1,747	54
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	532	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,556	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	576	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,716	14
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	583	329.71/cwt	317.00–340.00	1,922	78
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	620	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,848	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	624	306.92/cwt	293.00–319.00	1,915	140
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	664	291.20/cwt	289.00–294.00	1,934	41
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Replacement	674	307.54/cwt	305.00–312.50	2,073	60
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	717	287.16/cwt	276.00–288.50	2,059	183
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	741	276.30/cwt	271.00–282.50	2,047	39
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	827	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	2,158	15
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	828	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,739	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	458	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,763	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	338.23/cwt	335.00–347.50	1,928	19

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 12, 2025

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

Receipts 1,594Last week 2,544Year ago 2,462

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	458	385.00	385.00
19	550–600	570	335.00–347.50	338.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	453	395.00	395.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	450–500	495	325.00	325.00
5	500–550	532	292.50	292.50
14	550–600	576	298.00	298.00
10	600–650	620	298.00	298.00
5	800–850	828	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	380	380.00–395.00	386.83
24	400–450	430	352.50–377.50	367.91
49	450–500	475	337.50–359.00	351.99
54	500–550	518	322.00–340.00	337.22
78	550–600	583	317.00–340.00	329.71
140	600–650	624	293.00–319.00	306.92
41	650–700	664	289.00–294.00	291.20
183	700–750	717	276.00–288.50	287.16
15	800–850	827	261.00	261.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
60	650–700	674	305.00–312.50	307.54
39	700–750	741	271.00–282.50	276.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	400–450	422	420.00–442.50	426.24
18	450–500	488	412.00	412.00
91	500–550	514	352.50–389.00	373.39
27	550–600	594	357.00–365.00	359.68
103	600–650	630	348.00–358.00	351.71
64	650–700	672	310.00–331.00	322.07
64	700–750	725	298.00–320.00	311.19
81	750–800	764	294.00–301.00	300.48
5	850–900	886	237.50	237.50
11	900–950	920	228.00–233.00	231.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	408	395.00	395.00
14	450–500	480	360.00–365.00	363.30
8	550–600	586	331.00	331.00
5	600–650	619	325.00	325.00

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.