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Kist Livestock Auction

Name: Kist Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-04

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Mar 4

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097

← Feb 25Mar 4Mar 25 →

Receipts

2,384 head

▲ 769 vs last sale 1,615▼ 160 vs year ago 2,544 · −6.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers traded mixed with 650 to 700 lbs. 13.00 lower and 700 to 750 lbs. 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers were lower this week with 550 to 600 lbs. 11.00 lower and 650 to 700 lbs. 3.00 lower. Other weights not well tested for a comparison. Today was a Hereford special with nice strings and loads of quality Herefords in the offering. Very few yearlings in today's offering. Even with the fluctuations in the market this past week buyers were eager to bid on all classes of feeders this week. Most feeders were in light to moderate plus flesh conditions.

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 $486.37/cwt on 210 head. That ranks 5 of 6 comparable sales and sits +42.50 against this barn's trailing median of $443.87.

Average price

$486.37

210 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,723

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$246

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

$33.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−21.64

vs ND average

+10.81 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	495.91	2,793	151
Medium and Large 1-2	551	461.95	2,547	59

One grade step is worth $33.96/cwt here — about $246 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 sale210 hd

486.37

—

ND average3 barns · 743 hd

508.00

−21.64

National average177 barns · 11,580 hd

475.56

+10.81

This barn, trailing median6 sales

443.87

+42.50

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

25 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	400–450	Medium and Large 1	445	598.08/cwt	592.50–615.00	2,661	29
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	534.03/cwt	526.00–542.50	2,777	18
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	531	469.44/cwt	469.00–470.00	2,493	29
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	490.75/cwt	465.00–502.00	2,792	133
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	571	454.71/cwt	454.00–457.00	2,596	30
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	619	439.48/cwt	434.00–462.00	2,720	90
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	412.75/cwt	411.00–424.00	2,807	129
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	406.14/cwt	389.00–411.00	2,965	383
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	745	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,838	11
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	788	377.67/cwt	370.00–387.00	2,976	111
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	834	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	3,428	57
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	913	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	3,132	157
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,092	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	3,522	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	503.46/cwt	477.50–530.00	2,130	41
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	502.80/cwt	500.00–505.00	2,388	14
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	511	470.21/cwt	445.00–481.00	2,403	32
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	527	401.32/cwt	391.00–417.50	2,115	29
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	440.57/cwt	426.00–450.00	2,516	139
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	426.33/cwt	397.00–440.00	2,643	150
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	630	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,426	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	669	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,542	20
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	684	397.65/cwt	384.00–407.00	2,720	256
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Replacement	689	403.25/cwt	399.00–411.00	2,778	116
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	717	384.85/cwt	369.00–387.75	2,759	115
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,783	22

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 Mar 4, 2026

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

Receipts 2,384Last week 1,615Year ago 2,544

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
41	400–450	423	477.50–530.00	503.46
14	450–500	475	500.00–505.00	502.80
32	500–550	511	445.00–481.00	470.21
139	550–600	571	426.00–450.00	440.57
150	600–650	620	397.00–440.00	426.33
256	650–700	684	384.00–407.00	397.65
115	700–750	717	369.00–387.75	384.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	500–550	527	391.00–417.50	401.32
6	600–650	630	385.00	385.00
20	650–700	669	380.00	380.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
116	650–700	689	399.00–411.00	403.25
22	750–800	750	371.00	371.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	400–450	445	592.50–615.00	598.08
18	500–550	520	526.00–542.50	534.03
133	550–600	569	465.00–502.00	490.75
90	600–650	619	434.00–462.00	439.48
129	650–700	680	411.00–424.00	412.75
383	700–750	730	389.00–411.00	406.14
111	750–800	788	370.00–387.00	377.67
57	800–850	834	411.00	411.00
157	900–950	913	343.00	343.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	500–550	531	469.00–470.00	469.44
30	550–600	571	454.00–457.00	454.71
11	700–750	745	381.00	381.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	1050–1100	1,092	322.50	322.50

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.