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Kist Livestock Auction

Name: Kist Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-21

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Jan 21

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097

← Jan 14Jan 21Jan 28 →

Receipts

2,175 head

▼ 3,097 vs last sale 5,272▼ 302 vs year ago 2,477 · −12.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers traded mixed with 500 to 550 lbs. 14,00 lower; 550 to 600 lbs. were 5,00 higher; 600 to 650 lbs. were 6.00 lower; 650 to 700 lbs. were 3.00 higher and 700 to 850 lbs. were 2.00 to 9.00 lower. Feeder heifers 550 to 700 lbs. were steady to 10.00 higher. Good demand for today's offering of weaned calves with shots. More active bidding for the lighter weight calves that will go to grass this spring. most calves are in light to moderate plus flesh condition. Next feeder sale will be 1-28-26.

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 $482.04/cwt on 243 head. That ranks 5 of 6 comparable sales and sits +38.17 against this barn's trailing median of $443.87.

Average price

$482.04

243 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,673

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$239

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

$58.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.01

vs ND average

+16.71 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	483.49	2,678	237
Medium and Large 1-2	574	425.00	2,440	6thin

One grade step is worth $58.49/cwt here — about $239 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 sale243 hd

482.04

—

ND average3 barns · 1,140 hd

486.05

−4.01

National average169 barns · 18,411 hd

465.33

+16.71

This barn, trailing median6 sales

443.87

+38.17

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

30 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	376	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	2,218	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	550.88/cwt	522.50–560.00	2,600	61
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	476	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,190	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	532	510.10/cwt	496.00–527.00	2,714	109
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	468.15/cwt	440.00–477.00	2,668	116
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	574	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,440	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	598	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,332	12
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	438.94/cwt	417.50–457.50	2,743	193
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	679	419.65/cwt	400.00–450.00	2,849	155
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	731	386.73/cwt	381.50–407.00	2,827	165
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	765	377.77/cwt	374.00–381.00	2,890	129
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	817	358.59/cwt	351.00–360.50	2,930	131
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	469	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,993	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	482	497.39/cwt	490.00–524.00	2,397	56
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	501	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,480	18
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	525	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,969	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	533	447.32/cwt	435.00–460.00	2,384	59
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	426.76/cwt	414.00–431.00	2,458	165
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	582	343.20/cwt	341.00–347.50	1,997	28
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	587	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,878	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	411.18/cwt	387.00–427.50	2,558	137
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	649	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,482	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Replacement	653	408.50/cwt	408.50–408.50	2,668	86
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	677	385.44/cwt	365.00–430.00	2,609	125
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	715	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,646	18
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	772	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,656	21
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	835	328.84/cwt	327.50–330.00	2,746	15
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	855	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,830	69
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	988	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	3,162	7
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,058	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,910	5

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 21, 2026

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

Receipts 2,175Last week 5,272Year ago 2,477

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	1050–1100	1,058	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	500–550	501	495.00	495.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	587	320.00	320.00
7	600–650	649	382.50	382.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
56	450–500	482	490.00–524.00	497.39
59	500–550	533	435.00–460.00	447.32
165	550–600	576	414.00–431.00	426.76
137	600–650	622	387.00–427.50	411.18
125	650–700	677	365.00–430.00	385.44
18	700–750	715	370.00	370.00
21	750–800	772	344.00	344.00
15	800–850	835	327.50–330.00	328.84
69	850–900	855	331.00	331.00
7	950–1000	988	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	469	425.00	425.00
6	500–550	525	375.00	375.00
28	550–600	582	341.00–347.50	343.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
86	650–700	653	408.50	408.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	550–600	598	390.00	390.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	476	460.00	460.00
6	550–600	574	425.00	425.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	376	590.00	590.00
61	450–500	472	522.50–560.00	550.88
109	500–550	532	496.00–527.00	510.10
116	550–600	570	440.00–477.00	468.15
193	600–650	625	417.50–457.50	438.94
155	650–700	679	400.00–450.00	419.65
165	700–750	731	381.50–407.00	386.73
129	750–800	765	374.00–381.00	377.77
131	800–850	817	351.00–360.50	358.59

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.