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Kist Livestock Auction

Name: Kist Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-10

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Dec 10

● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097

← Dec 3Dec 10Dec 17 →

Receipts

1,018 head

▼ 2,746 vs last sale 3,764▼ 2,642 vs year ago 3,660 · −72.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week receipts were low due to the ice storm yesterday which prevented more feeders coming to market. Feeder steers compared to last week 550 to 600 lbs. were 23.00 higher and feeder heifers 450 to 500 lbs. were 13.00 higher. Other weights not well tested for a comparison. Good demand for today's feeders especially the light weights to be put on pasture next spring. Most feeders were in light to moderate flash condition. The last feeder sale for the year will be next Wednesday December 17th.

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 $445.57/cwt on 167 head. That ranks 4 of 6 comparable sales and sits +1.69 against this barn's trailing median of $443.87.

Average price

$445.57

167 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,491

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+3.05

vs ND average

+14.94 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	445.57	2,491	167

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale167 hd

445.57

—

ND average3 barns · 1,287 hd

442.52

+3.05

National average179 barns · 20,601 hd

430.63

+14.94

This barn, trailing median6 sales

443.87

+1.69

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

21 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	327	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,799	10
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	363	538.71/cwt	522.50–555.00	1,956	15
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	441	514.41/cwt	510.00–522.50	2,269	53
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	477.88/cwt	465.00–497.50	2,289	83
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	432.95/cwt	420.00–445.00	2,269	21
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	564	447.38/cwt	432.50–451.00	2,523	146
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	617	411.25/cwt	370.00–434.00	2,537	92
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	639	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,428	8
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,605	21
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	702	375.06/cwt	367.00–378.50	2,633	20
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	708	325.40/cwt	322.00–330.00	2,304	19
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	765	316.38/cwt	314.00–330.00	2,420	20
Steers	1150–1200	Large 1	1,153	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	3,142	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	320	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,664	12
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	384	493.96/cwt	490.00–495.00	1,897	39
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	418	449.36/cwt	402.50–465.00	1,878	46
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	484	413.51/cwt	396.00–430.00	2,001	105
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	512	382.22/cwt	351.00–390.00	1,957	66
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	566	368.58/cwt	347.00–380.00	2,086	36
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	627	324.90/cwt	321.00–327.50	2,037	27
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	674	323.66/cwt	311.50–330.00	2,181	55

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 10, 2025

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

Receipts 1,018Last week 3,764Year ago 3,660

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	700–750	708	322.00–330.00	325.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	327	550.00	550.00
15	350–400	363	522.50–555.00	538.71
53	400–450	441	510.00–522.50	514.41
83	450–500	479	465.00–497.50	477.88
21	500–550	524	420.00–445.00	432.95
146	550–600	564	432.50–451.00	447.38
92	600–650	617	370.00–434.00	411.25
21	650–700	673	387.00	387.00
20	700–750	702	367.00–378.50	375.06
20	750–800	765	314.00–330.00	316.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	1150–1200	1,153	272.50	272.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	639	380.00	380.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	320	520.00	520.00
39	350–400	384	490.00–495.00	493.96
46	400–450	418	402.50–465.00	449.36
105	450–500	484	396.00–430.00	413.51
66	500–550	512	351.00–390.00	382.22
36	550–600	566	347.00–380.00	368.58
27	600–650	627	321.00–327.50	324.90
55	650–700	674	311.50–330.00	323.66

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.