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Kist Livestock Auction

Name: Kist Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-19

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Mar 19

● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097

← Mar 12Mar 19Mar 26 →

Receipts

1,970 head

▲ 376 vs last sale 1,594▼ 150 vs year ago 2,120 · −7.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week numbers were too low for a good comparison. The lighter weight steers and heifers to go to grass this spring were aggressively bid up by those buyers filling orders. The load lots of heavier feeder steers and heifers going to the feed lots also got buyers bidding. No replacement quality heifers in todays offering. Most feeders coming to market were carrying excess tag today. Many small bunches of feeders in todays offering. It appears that many are cleaning out their lots before calving gets in to full swing. 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 $364.57/cwt on 183 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −79.30 against this barn's trailing median of $443.87.

Average price

$364.57

183 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,046

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$240

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

$53.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.57

vs ND average

+7.41 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	374.52	2,089	149
Medium and Large 1-2	576	320.96	1,850	34

One grade step is worth $53.55/cwt here — about $240 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 900–1000 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 sale183 hd

364.57

—

ND average3 barns · 549 hd

375.13

−10.57

National average170 barns · 10,920 hd

357.16

+7.41

This barn, trailing median6 sales

443.87

−79.30

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

37 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	400–450	Medium and Large 1	439	428.08/cwt	425.00–430.00	1,879	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	440	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,650	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	407.79/cwt	405.00–410.00	1,908	11
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	488	372.25/cwt	372.00–372.50	1,817	12
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	512	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,754	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	370.84/cwt	365.00–390.00	1,943	50
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	555	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,206	23
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	581	369.98/cwt	350.00–376.00	2,150	76
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	590	316.35/cwt	301.00–327.50	1,866	28
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	635	349.30/cwt	339.00–356.00	2,218	62
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	674	336.59/cwt	327.00–345.00	2,269	117
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	723	311.17/cwt	303.00–323.00	2,250	100
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	724	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,045	12
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	790	300.98/cwt	298.00–301.25	2,378	218
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	828	282.56/cwt	269.00–289.00	2,340	28
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	868	290.07/cwt	262.50–291.00	2,518	123
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	900	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,845	10
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	907	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	2,512	67
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	372	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,432	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	384	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,670	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	389.26/cwt	375.00–397.50	1,693	35
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	470	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,622	20
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	369.11/cwt	365.00–370.00	1,757	79
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	543	336.45/cwt	334.50–342.00	1,827	102
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	583	318.41/cwt	306.00–335.00	1,856	110
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	634	305.23/cwt	296.00–310.00	1,935	172
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	660	291.48/cwt	272.00–297.00	1,924	31
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	695	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,790	11
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	721	271.05/cwt	259.00–283.00	1,954	55
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	767	265.30/cwt	263.00–270.00	2,035	15
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	809	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	2,047	6
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	857	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,971	11
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	985	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,625	5
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,034	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	2,295	9
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	353	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,359	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	454	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,748	7
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,038	32

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 19, 2025

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

Receipts 1,970Last week 1,594Year ago 2,120

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	353	385.00	385.00
7	450–500	454	385.00	385.00
32	550–600	560	364.00	364.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	1000–1050	1,034	222.00	222.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	384	435.00	435.00
35	400–450	435	375.00–397.50	389.26
79	450–500	476	365.00–370.00	369.11
102	500–550	543	334.50–342.00	336.45
110	550–600	583	306.00–335.00	318.41
172	600–650	634	296.00–310.00	305.23
31	650–700	660	272.00–297.00	291.48
55	700–750	721	259.00–283.00	271.05
15	750–800	767	263.00–270.00	265.30
6	800–850	809	253.00	253.00
11	850–900	857	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	372	385.00	385.00
20	450–500	470	345.00	345.00
11	650–700	695	257.50	257.50
5	950–1000	985	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	440	375.00	375.00
12	450–500	488	372.00–372.50	372.25
6	500–550	512	342.50	342.50
28	550–600	590	301.00–327.50	316.35
12	700–750	724	282.50	282.50
10	900–950	900	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	439	425.00–430.00	428.08
11	450–500	468	405.00–410.00	407.79
50	500–550	524	365.00–390.00	370.84
76	550–600	581	350.00–376.00	369.98
62	600–650	635	339.00–356.00	349.30
117	650–700	674	327.00–345.00	336.59
100	700–750	723	303.00–323.00	311.17
218	750–800	790	298.00–301.25	300.98
28	800–850	828	269.00–289.00	282.56
123	850–900	868	262.50–291.00	290.07
67	900–950	907	277.00	277.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
23	550–600	555	397.50	397.50

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.