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Kist Livestock Auction

Name: Kist Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-17

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Dec 17

● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097

← Dec 10Dec 17Jan 7 →

Receipts

4,005 head

▲ 2,987 vs last sale 1,018▲ 297 vs year ago 3,708 · +8.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

With a larger run of feeders this week and due to the small numbers of feeders last only two weights could be compared. Feeder steers 550 to 600 lbs. were 2.00 lower and feeder heifers 450 to 500 lbs. were 38.00 higher this week. Many smaller lots of feeders in today's offering. Buyer demand was good for all weights of feeders today and those that were weaned and two rounds of shots brought the higher prices in each weight class. Most feeders were in light to moderate flesh condition. This was the last feeder sale for the year. of 2025. The next feeders sale will be January 7, 2026.

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 $459.61/cwt on 752 head. That ranks 5 of 6 comparable sales and sits +15.74 against this barn's trailing median of $443.87.

Average price

$459.61

752 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,553

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$216

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

$57.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.29

vs ND average

+15.51 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	466.47	2,577	662
Medium and Large 1-2	577	409.20	2,361	90

One grade step is worth $57.27/cwt here — about $216 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale752 hd

459.61

—

ND average3 barns · 1,400 hd

453.32

+6.29

National average163 barns · 16,063 hd

444.10

+15.51

This barn, trailing median6 sales

443.87

+15.74

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

41 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	316	607.50/cwt	607.50–607.50	1,920	10
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	371	548.47/cwt	540.00–555.00	2,035	17
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	389	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,945	9
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	569.24/cwt	535.00–600.00	2,431	159
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	474	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,109	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	518.68/cwt	485.00–535.00	2,516	109
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	485.66/cwt	442.50–510.00	2,530	276
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	537	418.30/cwt	400.00–427.50	2,246	15
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	557	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,674	84
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	445.16/cwt	420.00–463.50	2,582	302
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	585	407.38/cwt	397.50–409.00	2,383	75
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	434.17/cwt	414.00–444.00	2,692	251
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	636	371.51/cwt	350.00–387.00	2,363	29
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	679	394.89/cwt	365.00–420.00	2,681	239
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	722	380.55/cwt	364.00–388.00	2,748	91
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	746	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,350	7
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	778	355.75/cwt	340.00–370.00	2,768	85
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	812	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,818	6
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	879	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,936	13
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	338	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,707	14
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	354	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,487	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	369	497.30/cwt	480.00–510.00	1,835	29
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	462.51/cwt	445.00–475.00	1,980	151
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	438	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,840	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	477	411.26/cwt	410.00–417.50	1,962	30
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	451.87/cwt	442.50–475.00	2,164	100
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	454.36/cwt	402.00–475.00	2,363	281
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	534	395.46/cwt	390.00–402.50	2,112	18
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	420.76/cwt	403.00–431.00	2,411	244
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	589	371.05/cwt	331.00–384.00	2,185	45
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	388.04/cwt	379.00–399.00	2,414	158
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	643	336.58/cwt	320.00–346.00	2,164	19
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	652	363.85/cwt	359.00–382.50	2,372	29
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	685	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,175	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	723	349.82/cwt	327.00–355.00	2,529	27
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	734	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,982	8
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	808	336.59/cwt	335.00–340.00	2,720	32
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	944	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	3,030	19
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,015	303.29/cwt	302.50–305.00	3,078	16
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,093	299.29/cwt	291.00–307.50	3,271	10
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	1,606	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 Dec 17, 2025

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

Receipts 4,005Last week 1,018Year ago 3,708

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	1000–1050	1,015	302.50–305.00	303.29
10	1050–1100	1,093	291.00–307.50	299.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	338	505.00	505.00
29	350–400	369	480.00–510.00	497.30
151	400–450	428	445.00–475.00	462.51
100	450–500	479	442.50–475.00	451.87
281	500–550	520	402.00–475.00	454.36
244	550–600	573	403.00–431.00	420.76
158	600–650	622	379.00–399.00	388.04
29	650–700	652	359.00–382.50	363.85
27	700–750	723	327.00–355.00	349.82
32	800–850	808	335.00–340.00	336.59
19	900–950	944	321.00	321.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	354	420.00	420.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	438	420.00	420.00
30	450–500	477	410.00–417.50	411.26
18	500–550	534	390.00–402.50	395.46
45	550–600	589	331.00–384.00	371.05
19	600–650	643	320.00–346.00	336.58
5	650–700	685	317.50	317.50
8	700–750	734	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
84	550–600	557	480.00	480.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	389	500.00	500.00
5	450–500	474	445.00	445.00
15	500–550	537	400.00–427.50	418.30
75	550–600	585	397.50–409.00	407.38
29	600–650	636	350.00–387.00	371.51
7	700–750	746	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	316	607.50	607.50
17	350–400	371	540.00–555.00	548.47
159	400–450	427	535.00–600.00	569.24
109	450–500	485	485.00–535.00	518.68
276	500–550	521	442.50–510.00	485.66
302	550–600	580	420.00–463.50	445.16
251	600–650	620	414.00–444.00	434.17
239	650–700	679	365.00–420.00	394.89
91	700–750	722	364.00–388.00	380.55
85	750–800	778	340.00–370.00	355.75
6	800–850	812	347.00	347.00
13	850–900	879	334.00	334.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	427	376.00	376.00

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.