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Kist Livestock Auction

Name: Kist Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-26

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Mar 26

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097

← Mar 19Mar 26Oct 1 →

Receipts

1,604 head

▼ 366 vs last sale 1,970▲ 1,604 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers traded mixed with 650 to 700 lbs. 11.00 lower and 750 to 800 lbs. 13.00 higher. Other weights of steers and heifers did not have the numbers for a comparison this week. Today's sale consisted of several load lots of steers which buyers pushed the market to get these feeders. Many smaller bunches of steers and heifers in today;s offering. It appears that home lots are being cleaned out to make room for new calves being born. Buyer demand was good for today's offering but not as aggressive as in past weeks. There is a concern with very dry conditions of the pastures in almost the entire state. 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 $358.77/cwt on 94 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −85.11 against this barn's trailing median of $443.87.

Average price

$358.77

94 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,004

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$150

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

$0.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.40

vs ND average

−5.21 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	524	358.77	1,880	16thin
Medium and Large 1	566	358.77	2,030	78

One grade step is worth $0.00/cwt here — about −$150 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale94 hd

358.77

—

ND average3 barns · 436 hd

375.16

−16.40

National average170 barns · 13,177 hd

363.98

−5.21

This barn, trailing median6 sales

443.87

−85.11

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

29 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	416	431.00/cwt	431.00–431.00	1,793	13
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	487	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,924	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	519	392.96/cwt	390.00–400.00	2,039	21
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	524	358.77/cwt	350.00–379.00	1,880	16
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	337.68/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,959	43
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	592	372.24/cwt	370.00–378.00	2,204	14
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	621	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,776	17
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	330.85/cwt	322.00–347.50	2,068	36
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	689	325.00/cwt	307.50–340.00	2,239	139
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	700	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,960	12
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fancy	708	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,393	35
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	766	313.85/cwt	300.00–318.25	2,404	110
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	831	293.73/cwt	285.00–299.00	2,441	239
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	929	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,323	4
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	951	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,425	14
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	399	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,566	15
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	437	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,595	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	484	335.85/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,626	21
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	539	336.60/cwt	332.00–343.00	1,814	78
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	592	328.81/cwt	317.50–335.00	1,947	77
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	607	323.19/cwt	313.00–326.50	1,962	33
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	639	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,821	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	312.81/cwt	303.00–321.75	2,102	171
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	706	290.15/cwt	282.50–300.00	2,048	26
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	743	258.93/cwt	250.00–267.00	1,924	21
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	775	273.50/cwt	273.50–273.50	2,120	10
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	791	270.25/cwt	270.25–270.25	2,138	63
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	594	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,936	9
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	671	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,087	43

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 26, 2025

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

Receipts 1,604Last week 1,970Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	594	326.00	326.00
43	650–700	671	311.00	311.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	399	392.50	392.50
5	400–450	437	365.00	365.00
21	450–500	484	325.00–340.00	335.85
78	500–550	539	332.00–343.00	336.60
77	550–600	592	317.50–335.00	328.81
33	600–650	607	313.00–326.50	323.19
171	650–700	672	303.00–321.75	312.81
26	700–750	706	282.50–300.00	290.15
63	750–800	791	270.25	270.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
10	750–800	775	273.50	273.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	639	285.00	285.00
21	700–750	743	250.00–267.00	258.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	416	431.00	431.00
5	450–500	487	395.00	395.00
21	500–550	519	390.00–400.00	392.96
43	550–600	580	335.00–345.00	337.68
36	600–650	625	322.00–347.50	330.85
139	650–700	689	307.50–340.00	325.00
110	750–800	766	300.00–318.25	313.85
239	800–850	831	285.00–299.00	293.73
4	900–950	929	250.00	250.00
14	950–1000	951	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	500–550	524	350.00–379.00	358.77
17	600–650	621	286.00	286.00
12	700–750	700	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	550–600	592	370.00–378.00	372.24
35	700–750	708	338.00	338.00

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.