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Kist Livestock Auction

Name: Kist Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-03

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Dec 3

● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097

← Nov 19Dec 3Dec 10 →

Receipts

3,764 head

▼ 1,080 vs last sale 4,844▼ 921 vs year ago 4,685 · −19.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale two weeks ago feeder steers and heifers traded mixed with feeder steers 450 to 500 lbs. 19.00 lower, 500 to 600 lbs. were 2.00 to 13.00 higher and 600 to 700 lbs, were 8.00 to 10.00 lower. Feeder heifers 450 to 550 lbs. were steady to 7.00 lower and 550 to 600 lbs. were 33.00 higher. Many nice smaller strings of feeders and a few load lots made up today's offering. Good demand for today's offering and buyer were bidding to fill their orders. The heavy snow and cold weather did not show reduced condition on the feeders coming in today. Most feeders were in moderate 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 $442.71/cwt on 716 head. That ranks 4 of 6 comparable sales and sits −1.16 against this barn's trailing median of $443.87.

Average price

$442.71

716 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,410

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$643

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

$103.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs ND average

+13.56 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	445.60	2,429	696
Medium and Large 1-2	522	342.19	1,786	20

One grade step is worth $103.41/cwt here — about $643 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 sale716 hd

442.71

—

ND average1 barns · 716 hd

442.71

+0.00

National average190 barns · 23,426 hd

429.15

+13.56

This barn, trailing median6 sales

443.87

−1.16

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

32 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	301	552.50/cwt	552.50–552.50	1,663	11
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	514.75/cwt	480.00–547.50	2,198	93
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	439	462.00/cwt	462.00–462.00	2,028	10
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	487	471.71/cwt	441.00–493.00	2,297	200
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	489	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,042	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	522	342.19/cwt	325.00–359.00	1,786	20
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	456.01/cwt	422.50–469.00	2,403	449
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	555	453.00/cwt	453.00–453.00	2,514	19
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	424.49/cwt	392.00–436.00	2,462	228
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	627	397.09/cwt	369.00–429.00	2,490	270
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	637	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,134	15
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	667	383.45/cwt	356.00–406.00	2,558	479
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	689	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,136	15
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	719	360.52/cwt	355.00–373.00	2,592	106
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	767	348.00/cwt	320.00–362.00	2,669	158
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	858	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,746	42
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,071	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	3,106	12
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	344	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,600	10
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	376	457.77/cwt	440.00–485.00	1,721	30
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	432	408.14/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,763	99
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	447	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,710	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	457	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,691	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	469	399.24/cwt	370.00–420.00	1,872	157
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	384.74/cwt	355.00–394.00	2,031	225
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	386.18/cwt	370.00–390.00	2,205	134
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	628	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,743	11
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	633	366.94/cwt	345.00–379.00	2,323	136
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	664	360.55/cwt	342.50–369.00	2,394	53
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	738	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,325	9
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	793	305.37/cwt	304.00–306.00	2,422	16
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	811	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,453	30
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	931	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,746	15

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 Dec 3, 2025

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

Receipts 3,764Last week 4,844Year ago 4,685

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	1050–1100	1,071	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	550–600	555	453.00	453.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	650–700	689	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	439	462.00	462.00
7	450–500	489	417.50	417.50
20	500–550	522	325.00–359.00	342.19
15	600–650	637	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	301	552.50	552.50
93	400–450	427	480.00–547.50	514.75
200	450–500	487	441.00–493.00	471.71
449	500–550	527	422.50–469.00	456.01
228	550–600	580	392.00–436.00	424.49
270	600–650	627	369.00–429.00	397.09
479	650–700	667	356.00–406.00	383.45
106	700–750	719	355.00–373.00	360.52
158	750–800	767	320.00–362.00	348.00
42	850–900	858	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	344	465.00	465.00
30	350–400	376	440.00–485.00	457.77
99	400–450	432	400.00–430.00	408.14
157	450–500	469	370.00–420.00	399.24
225	500–550	528	355.00–394.00	384.74
134	550–600	571	370.00–390.00	386.18
136	600–650	633	345.00–379.00	366.94
53	650–700	664	342.50–369.00	360.55
9	700–750	738	315.00	315.00
16	750–800	793	304.00–306.00	305.37
30	800–850	811	302.50	302.50
15	900–950	931	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	447	382.50	382.50
9	450–500	457	370.00	370.00
11	600–650	628	277.50	277.50

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.