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Kist Livestock Auction

Name: Kist Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-14

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Jan 14

● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097

← Jan 7Jan 14Jan 21 →

Receipts

5,272 head

▲ 2,516 vs last sale 2,756▲ 99 vs year ago 5,173 · +1.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week the market traded mixed with 600 to 650 lbs. steers steady, and 650 to 800 lbs. were 8.00 to 13.00 lower. Feeder heifers 550 to 600 lbs. were 10.00 higher this week. Other weights of steers and heifers did not have enough numbers for comparison this week. Very good demand for today's offering and buyers were bidding to get their orders filled. Most feeders were in light to medium plus flesh conditions. Many nice strings of feeders and several load lots in today's offering. Expecting a nice run of feeders for next weeks sale.

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 $488.28/cwt on 438 head. That ranks 6 of 6 comparable sales and sits +44.41 against this barn's trailing median of $443.87.

Average price

$488.28

438 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,689

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$219

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

$39.34/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.88

vs ND average

+16.30 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	489.89	2,698	420
Medium and Large 1-2	550	450.56	2,479	18thin

One grade step is worth $39.34/cwt here — about $219 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 sale438 hd

488.28

—

ND average3 barns · 1,656 hd

480.40

+7.88

National average187 barns · 29,067 hd

471.98

+16.30

This barn, trailing median6 sales

443.87

+44.41

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

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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	414	572.08/cwt	560.00–585.00	2,368	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	456	555.37/cwt	550.00–562.50	2,532	34
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	524.31/cwt	496.00–551.00	2,779	185
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	530	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	2,584	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	462.80/cwt	422.00–492.50	2,624	235
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	582	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,284	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	445.29/cwt	402.00–457.00	2,783	169
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	676	416.13/cwt	382.50–440.00	2,813	649
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	679	364.99/cwt	357.50–372.50	2,478	10
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	716	395.87/cwt	384.00–410.00	2,834	319
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	769	384.98/cwt	357.50–400.00	2,960	302
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	812	360.36/cwt	356.00–364.00	2,926	201
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	868	350.16/cwt	317.50–355.00	3,039	202
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	922	336.98/cwt	329.00–340.50	3,107	238
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	405	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,985	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	498.48/cwt	465.00–515.00	2,168	26
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	482	467.07/cwt	447.50–480.00	2,251	77
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	497	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,038	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	451.65/cwt	420.00–464.00	2,380	120
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	426.82/cwt	407.50–457.00	2,429	277
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	594	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,317	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	401.67/cwt	375.00–425.00	2,502	326
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	674	381.15/cwt	347.50–399.00	2,569	235
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	726	353.68/cwt	337.50–373.50	2,568	155
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	786	341.31/cwt	330.00–346.00	2,683	90
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	826	333.74/cwt	302.00–337.00	2,757	84
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	889	305.65/cwt	304.50–315.00	2,717	149
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	933	293.93/cwt	285.00–298.00	2,742	19

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 Jan 14, 2026

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

Receipts 5,272Last week 2,756Year ago 5,173

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	400–450	435	465.00–515.00	498.48
77	450–500	482	447.50–480.00	467.07
120	500–550	527	420.00–464.00	451.65
277	550–600	569	407.50–457.00	426.82
326	600–650	623	375.00–425.00	401.67
235	650–700	674	347.50–399.00	381.15
155	700–750	726	337.50–373.50	353.68
90	750–800	786	330.00–346.00	341.31
84	800–850	826	302.00–337.00	333.74
149	850–900	889	304.50–315.00	305.65
19	900–950	933	285.00–298.00	293.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	405	490.00	490.00
10	450–500	497	410.00	410.00
7	550–600	594	390.00	390.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	530	487.50	487.50
7	550–600	582	392.50	392.50
10	650–700	679	357.50–372.50	364.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	414	560.00–585.00	572.08
34	450–500	456	550.00–562.50	555.37
185	500–550	530	496.00–551.00	524.31
235	550–600	567	422.00–492.50	462.80
169	600–650	625	402.00–457.00	445.29
649	650–700	676	382.50–440.00	416.13
319	700–750	716	384.00–410.00	395.87
302	750–800	769	357.50–400.00	384.98
201	800–850	812	356.00–364.00	360.36
202	850–900	868	317.50–355.00	350.16
238	900–950	922	329.00–340.50	336.98

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.