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Kist Livestock Auction

Name: Kist Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-08

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Oct 8

● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097

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Receipts

1,097 head

▲ 64 vs last sale 1,033▼ 597 vs year ago 1,694 · −35.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

There is no comparison from last week as numbers were too low . Today's sale consisted of several load lots of yearlings steers and a mixture of spring calves right off the cow. Buyers were bidding aggressively for all classes of feeders calves today. More spring calves were expected today but the weather conditions for harvesting and recent rain is maintaining pasture conditions.

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 $473.23/cwt on 138 head. That ranks 5 of 6 comparable sales and sits +29.36 against this barn's trailing median of $443.87.

Average price

$473.23

138 head · 531 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,513

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$283

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

$84.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs ND average

+27.38 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	524	488.00	2,557	114
Medium and Large 1-2	564	403.08	2,274	24

One grade step is worth $84.92/cwt here — about $283 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 sale138 hd

473.23

—

ND average1 barns · 138 hd

473.23

+0.00

National average181 barns · 23,254 hd

445.85

+27.38

This barn, trailing median6 sales

443.87

+29.36

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

23 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	417	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,377	17
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	488.00/cwt	488.00–488.00	2,557	114
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	549	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,306	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	575	390.99/cwt	385.00–397.50	2,248	14
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	637	423.00/cwt	423.00–423.00	2,695	62
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	669	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,509	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fancy	715	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,878	89
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	716	385.06/cwt	384.00–387.50	2,757	17
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	845	374.12/cwt	372.00–378.50	3,161	201
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	860	366.54/cwt	345.00–370.25	3,152	80
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	937	354.50/cwt	354.50–354.50	3,322	194
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	955	354.50/cwt	354.50–354.50	3,385	59
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	364	517.50/cwt	517.50–517.50	1,884	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	460.10/cwt	457.50–470.00	1,969	19
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	513	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,160	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,183	16
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	642	385.50/cwt	385.50–385.50	2,475	72
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	710	358.36/cwt	356.00–359.00	2,544	37
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	776	348.76/cwt	346.00–351.00	2,706	9
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	825	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,830	8
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	856	344.44/cwt	342.00–346.00	2,948	31
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	910	328.24/cwt	327.00–329.50	2,987	10
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	958	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	3,104	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 Oct 8, 2025

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

Receipts 1,097Last week 1,033Year ago 1,694

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	400–450	417	570.00	570.00
114	500–550	524	488.00	488.00
62	600–650	637	423.00	423.00
17	700–750	716	384.00–387.50	385.06
201	800–850	845	372.00–378.50	374.12
80	850–900	860	345.00–370.25	366.54
194	900–950	937	354.50	354.50
59	950–1000	955	354.50	354.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	549	420.00	420.00
14	550–600	575	385.00–397.50	390.99
6	650–700	669	375.00	375.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
89	700–750	715	402.50	402.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	364	517.50	517.50
19	400–450	428	457.50–470.00	460.10
8	500–550	513	421.00	421.00
16	550–600	567	385.00	385.00
72	600–650	642	385.50	385.50
37	700–750	710	356.00–359.00	358.36
9	750–800	776	346.00–351.00	348.76
8	800–850	825	343.00	343.00
31	850–900	856	342.00–346.00	344.44
10	900–950	910	327.00–329.50	328.24
5	950–1000	958	324.00	324.00

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.