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Kist Livestock Auction

Name: Kist Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-25

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

● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097

← Mar 4Mar 25Sep 23 →

Receipts

1,089 head

▼ 1,295 vs last sale 2,384▼ 515 vs year ago 1,604 · −32.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale three weeks ago numbers were not high enough for a good comparison this week. It appeared that most weights of feeders and replacement heifers were a little lower than three weeks ago.. Today featured replacement quality heifers in the offering. Many nice strings of replacement heifers in today's sale. Not many feeders expected next week as the feeder sale will be held with the last stock cow and bred heifer sale of the spring on Wednesday April 1,2026.

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 $433.65/cwt on 111 head, down $5.97 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 6 comparable sales and sits +36.50 against this barn's trailing median of $397.14.

Average price

$433.65

▼ 5.97 vs prior sale

111 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,441

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$235

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

$49.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.41

vs ND average

+8.46 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	561	439.95	2,470	97
Medium and Large 1-2	573	390.00	2,235	14thin

One grade step is worth $49.95/cwt here — about $235 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale111 hd

433.65

—

ND average3 barns · 454 hd

434.05

−0.41

National average176 barns · 15,314 hd

425.19

+8.46

This barn, trailing median6 sales

397.14

+36.50

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

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

23 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	450–500	Medium and Large 1	499	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,420	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	508	526.85/cwt	512.50–532.50	2,676	22
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	591	472.82/cwt	467.00–476.00	2,794	14
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	609	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,466	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	463.02/cwt	432.50–476.00	2,871	76
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	681	416.60/cwt	402.50–425.00	2,837	51
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	721	396.97/cwt	395.00–400.00	2,862	37
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	764	388.31/cwt	360.00–394.00	2,967	31
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	826	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,994	37
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	973	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,846	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	441	493.74/cwt	490.00–497.50	2,177	14
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	467	493.13/cwt	480.00–500.00	2,303	21
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	538	454.19/cwt	440.00–457.50	2,444	58
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	573	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,235	14
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	596	418.77/cwt	395.00–430.00	2,496	39
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	624	409.59/cwt	387.00–425.00	2,556	67
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,606	24
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Replacement	674	393.97/cwt	388.00–405.00	2,655	175
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	698	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,338	7
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	720	400.28/cwt	387.50–405.00	2,882	83
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	767	376.37/cwt	375.00–380.00	2,887	130
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Replacement	853	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	3,071	7
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,036	256.86/cwt	255.00–260.00	2,661	8

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 25, 2026

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

Receipts 1,089Last week 2,384Year ago 1,604

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	499	485.00	485.00
22	500–550	508	512.50–532.50	526.85
14	550–600	591	467.00–476.00	472.82
76	600–650	620	432.50–476.00	463.02
51	650–700	681	402.50–425.00	416.60
37	700–750	721	395.00–400.00	396.97
31	750–800	764	360.00–394.00	388.31
37	800–850	826	362.50	362.50
7	950–1000	973	292.50	292.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	609	405.00	405.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
175	650–700	674	388.00–405.00	393.97
83	700–750	720	387.50–405.00	400.28
130	750–800	767	375.00–380.00	376.37
7	850–900	853	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	441	490.00–497.50	493.74
21	450–500	467	480.00–500.00	493.13
58	500–550	538	440.00–457.50	454.19
39	550–600	596	395.00–430.00	418.77
67	600–650	624	387.00–425.00	409.59
24	650–700	670	389.00	389.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	550–600	573	390.00	390.00
7	650–700	698	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	1000–1050	1,036	255.00–260.00	256.86

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.