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Kist Livestock Auction

Name: Kist Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-11-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-12

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

● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097

← Nov 5Nov 12Nov 19 →

Receipts

5,349 head

▲ 1,234 vs last sale 4,115▲ 283 vs year ago 5,066 · +5.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week the market recovered from previous losses in the feeder calf sales. Feeder steers 450 to 700 lbs were 28 .00 to 34.00 higher with 600 to 650 lbs. 59.00 higher. Feeder heifers 450 to 500 lbs. were 63.00 higher and 500 to 650 lbs. were 30.00 to 43.00 higher. Several bunches of heifers were purchased for replacements today. Many load lots of steers and heifers in today's offering. New buyers in attendance today and there was aggressive bidding all day for the high quality steers and heifers. Most calves were in light to moderate flesh condition. Buyers are paying higher prices for the feeders with shots. Expecting a large run of calves for next weeks sale.

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 $459.96/cwt on 1,336 head. That ranks 5 of 6 comparable sales and sits +16.09 against this barn's trailing median of $443.87.

Average price

$459.96

1,336 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,517

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$266

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

$62.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+18.38

vs ND average

+35.09 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	462.73	2,528	1,277
Medium and Large 1-2	565	400.12	2,262	59

One grade step is worth $62.61/cwt here — about $266 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 sale1,336 hd

459.96

—

ND average3 barns · 2,708 hd

441.58

+18.38

National average177 barns · 31,012 hd

424.87

+35.09

This barn, trailing median6 sales

443.87

+16.09

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

35 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	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	589.75/cwt	545.00–600.00	2,271	53
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	444	525.66/cwt	475.00–541.00	2,334	214
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	481	495.77/cwt	475.00–535.00	2,385	109
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	478.48/cwt	445.00–492.00	2,507	652
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	528	418.16/cwt	415.00–420.00	2,208	13
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550	473.00/cwt	473.00–473.00	2,602	86
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	442.03/cwt	402.50–475.00	2,533	539
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	576	395.02/cwt	355.00–430.00	2,275	46
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	619	430.31/cwt	385.00–443.00	2,664	876
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	622	356.14/cwt	340.00–370.00	2,215	21
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	398.70/cwt	386.00–418.00	2,691	144
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	714	379.63/cwt	373.00–387.00	2,711	46
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	732	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,342	7
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	766	344.43/cwt	325.00–360.00	2,638	56
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	841	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,817	4
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	873	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,837	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	381	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,715	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	410	447.33/cwt	435.00–460.00	1,834	30
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	429	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,630	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	423.21/cwt	395.00–437.00	2,006	347
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	517	341.72/cwt	330.00–355.00	1,767	11
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	538	401.68/cwt	372.00–422.50	2,161	382
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Replacement	548	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,356	49
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	555	393.50/cwt	393.50–393.50	2,184	101
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	562	386.38/cwt	365.00–405.50	2,171	325
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Replacement	569	446.00/cwt	395.00–452.50	2,538	107
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	569	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,949	9
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,352	15
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	627	371.27/cwt	342.50–377.00	2,328	200
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Replacement	655	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,391	13
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,446	12
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	779	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,392	19
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	897	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,817	25
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	989	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	3,026	7
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,005	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	3,085	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 Nov 12, 2025

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

Receipts 5,349Last week 4,115Year ago 5,066

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	1000–1050	1,005	307.00	307.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
101	550–600	555	393.50	393.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	381	450.00	450.00
30	400–450	410	435.00–460.00	447.33
347	450–500	474	395.00–437.00	423.21
382	500–550	538	372.00–422.50	401.68
325	550–600	562	365.00–405.50	386.38
200	600–650	627	342.50–377.00	371.27
12	700–750	728	336.00	336.00
19	750–800	779	307.00	307.00
25	850–900	897	314.00	314.00
7	950–1000	989	306.00	306.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	429	380.00	380.00
11	500–550	517	330.00–355.00	341.72
9	550–600	569	342.50	342.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
49	500–550	548	430.00	430.00
107	550–600	569	395.00–452.50	446.00
15	600–650	600	392.00	392.00
13	650–700	655	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
86	550–600	550	473.00	473.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	528	415.00–420.00	418.16
46	550–600	576	355.00–430.00	395.02
21	600–650	622	340.00–370.00	356.14
7	700–750	732	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
53	350–400	385	545.00–600.00	589.75
214	400–450	444	475.00–541.00	525.66
109	450–500	481	475.00–535.00	495.77
652	500–550	524	445.00–492.00	478.48
539	550–600	573	402.50–475.00	442.03
876	600–650	619	385.00–443.00	430.31
144	650–700	675	386.00–418.00	398.70
46	700–750	714	373.00–387.00	379.63
56	750–800	766	325.00–360.00	344.43
4	800–850	841	335.00	335.00
6	850–900	873	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.