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Kist Livestock Auction

Name: Kist Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-15

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Oct 15

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097

← Oct 8Oct 15Oct 22 →

Receipts

711 head

▼ 386 vs last sale 1,097▼ 278 vs year ago 989 · −28.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

There are no comparisons of feeders from last week as the number were very low this week. Today's sale consisted of small lots of yearlings and spring calves. Buyers present were bidding to get these few lots of feeders today. Expected consigned for next weeks sale are over 2000 spring calves.

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 $450.67/cwt on 87 head. That ranks 5 of 6 comparable sales and sits +6.80 against this barn's trailing median of $443.87.

Average price

$450.67

87 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,472

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$491

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

$77.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs ND average

−18.37 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	467.51	2,581	68
Medium and Large 1-2	535	390.39	2,090	19thin

One grade step is worth $77.11/cwt here — about $491 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 sale87 hd

450.67

—

ND average1 barns · 87 hd

450.67

+0.00

National average176 barns · 29,227 hd

469.04

−18.37

This barn, trailing median6 sales

443.87

+6.80

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

30 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	297	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,663	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	418	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,153	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	443	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,459	12
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	463	567.50/cwt	567.50–567.50	2,628	22
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	487	518.22/cwt	495.00–530.00	2,524	52
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	519	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,141	11
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	479.52/cwt	449.00–495.00	2,565	41
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	558	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,009	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	449.27/cwt	444.00–462.00	2,597	27
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	421.49/cwt	415.00–427.50	2,617	36
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	683	401.68/cwt	396.00–425.00	2,743	25
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	732	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,983	10
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	770	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,195	9
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	812	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,964	5
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	883	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	3,024	5
Steers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,133	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	3,314	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	313	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,643	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	432	458.12/cwt	445.00–495.00	1,979	24
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	459	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,088	19
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	497	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,013	11
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	519	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,336	13
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	565	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,119	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	610	396.95/cwt	375.00–402.50	2,421	25
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	677	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	2,694	15
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	780	363.81/cwt	350.00–366.00	2,838	36
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	813	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,919	5
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	973	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	3,172	20
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,030	311.82/cwt	310.00–313.00	3,212	10
Heifers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,137	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	3,468	10
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	794	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,164	13

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 15, 2025

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

Receipts 711Last week 1,097Year ago 989

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	418	515.00	515.00
11	500–550	519	412.50	412.50
8	550–600	558	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	297	560.00	560.00
12	400–450	443	555.00	555.00
52	450–500	487	495.00–530.00	518.22
41	500–550	535	449.00–495.00	479.52
27	550–600	578	444.00–462.00	449.27
36	600–650	621	415.00–427.50	421.49
25	650–700	683	396.00–425.00	401.68
10	700–750	732	407.50	407.50
5	800–850	812	365.00	365.00
5	850–900	883	342.50	342.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	1100–1150	1,133	292.50	292.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
22	450–500	463	567.50	567.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	750–800	770	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	750–800	794	272.50	272.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	313	525.00	525.00
24	400–450	432	445.00–495.00	458.12
19	450–500	459	455.00	455.00
13	500–550	519	450.00	450.00
25	600–650	610	375.00–402.50	396.95
15	650–700	677	398.00	398.00
36	750–800	780	350.00–366.00	363.81
5	800–850	813	359.00	359.00
20	950–1000	973	326.00	326.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	1000–1050	1,030	310.00–313.00	311.82
10	1100–1150	1,137	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	497	405.00	405.00
6	550–600	565	375.00	375.00

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.