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Kist Livestock Auction

Name: Kist Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-25

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Feb 25

● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097

← Feb 18Feb 25Mar 4 →

Receipts

1,615 head

▲ 1,098 vs last sale 517▼ 2,831 vs year ago 4,446 · −63.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week there were not enough feeders to make a comparison with this weeks number of feeders. Weather has improved allowing ranchers to get their feeders to market this week. Today's offering consisted of a few loads of steers and heifers as well as some nice strings of steers and replacement heifers. Buyer demand was good with orders to be filled. It appears that we may be reaching the end of the feeders coming to market with the lower supply this year.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $447.34/cwt on 188 head. That ranks 7 of 6 comparable sales and sits +50.19 against this barn's trailing median of $397.14.

Average price

$447.34

188 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,476

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$166

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

$32.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.44

vs ND average

+16.93 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	450.47	2,492	170
Medium and Large 1-2	557	417.76	2,326	18thin

One grade step is worth $32.71/cwt here — about $166 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 sale188 hd

447.34

—

ND average2 barns · 353 hd

443.90

+3.44

National average177 barns · 14,680 hd

430.41

+16.93

This barn, trailing median6 sales

397.14

+50.19

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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $439.62, low $362.76, median $397.14 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

28 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	383	645.00/cwt	645.00–645.00	2,470	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	532.23/cwt	530.00–535.00	2,491	14
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	518.34/cwt	460.00–537.00	2,706	67
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	585	467.73/cwt	460.00–471.00	2,736	17
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	442.53/cwt	431.00–466.00	2,753	80
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	689	425.23/cwt	408.00–431.00	2,930	116
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	402.50/cwt	393.00–412.00	2,958	153
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	767	382.66/cwt	362.50–385.00	2,935	95
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	819	362.28/cwt	356.00–370.00	2,967	23
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	990	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	3,178	13
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	442	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,166	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	488	488.73/cwt	472.50–497.00	2,385	70
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	533	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,212	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	536	444.96/cwt	442.00–447.50	2,385	31
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	557	451.70/cwt	436.00–458.00	2,516	139
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	566	418.82/cwt	415.00–422.00	2,371	13
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	606	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,363	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	416.00/cwt	401.00–432.00	2,583	59
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Replacement	642	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,408	27
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	663	400.33/cwt	375.00–415.00	2,654	161
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	664	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	2,510	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Replacement	668	399.79/cwt	397.00–402.50	2,671	74
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	702	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,685	88
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	729	386.11/cwt	359.00–388.50	2,815	92
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	892	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,921	5
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	988	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,964	6
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,006	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,907	8
Heifers	1150–1200	Large 1	1,174	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	3,052	20

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 Feb 25, 2026

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

Receipts 1,615Last week 517Year ago 4,446

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	442	490.00	490.00
70	450–500	488	472.50–497.00	488.73
31	500–550	536	442.00–447.50	444.96
139	550–600	557	436.00–458.00	451.70
59	600–650	621	401.00–432.00	416.00
161	650–700	663	375.00–415.00	400.33
92	700–750	729	359.00–388.50	386.11
5	850–900	892	327.50	327.50
6	950–1000	988	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	1000–1050	1,006	289.00	289.00
20	1150–1200	1,174	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
27	600–650	642	375.00	375.00
74	650–700	668	397.00–402.50	399.79
88	700–750	702	382.50	382.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	533	415.00	415.00
13	550–600	566	415.00–422.00	418.82
7	600–650	606	390.00	390.00
7	650–700	664	378.00	378.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	383	645.00	645.00
14	450–500	468	530.00–535.00	532.23
67	500–550	522	460.00–537.00	518.34
17	550–600	585	460.00–471.00	467.73
80	600–650	622	431.00–466.00	442.53
116	650–700	689	408.00–431.00	425.23
153	700–750	735	393.00–412.00	402.50
95	750–800	767	362.50–385.00	382.66
23	800–850	819	356.00–370.00	362.28
13	950–1000	990	321.00	321.00

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.