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Kist Livestock Auction

Name: Kist Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-09-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-23

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Sep 23

● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097

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Receipts

852 head

▼ 237 vs last sale 1,089▲ 852 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

This is the first report for the fall season so no comparisons will be made. Today's sale consisted of mostly yearling cattle. Good demand for load lots of steers and smaller drafts of open heifers.

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 $395.00/cwt on 20 head, down $110.84 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −48.87 against this barn's trailing median of $443.87.

Average price

$395.00

▼ 110.84 vs prior sale

20 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,232

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+0.00

vs ND average

−10.41 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	565	395.00	2,232	20

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale20 hd

395.00

—

ND average1 barns · 20 hd

395.00

+0.00

National average175 barns · 12,027 hd

405.41

−10.41

This barn, trailing median6 sales

443.87

−48.87

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

24 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 1-2	481	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,635	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,232	20
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	673	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,302	8
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	701	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,727	9
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	836	369.50/cwt	369.50–369.50	3,089	52
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	859	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,899	9
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	884	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	2,643	6
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	928	330.80/cwt	322.00–339.00	3,070	34
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	992	338.75/cwt	338.75–338.75	3,360	218
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,009	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	3,128	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	406	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,502	17
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,119	59
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	671	349.88/cwt	344.00–355.00	2,348	17
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	743	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,511	16
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	764	347.07/cwt	343.00–349.00	2,652	34
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	827	329.99/cwt	328.00–331.00	2,729	27
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	853	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,721	13
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	936	304.08/cwt	287.00–309.50	2,846	42
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	978	296.34/cwt	294.00–298.00	2,898	39
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,032	284.14/cwt	270.00–286.00	2,932	35
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,063	271.91/cwt	258.00–276.00	2,890	27
Heifers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,116	277.39/cwt	258.00–305.00	3,096	12
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	817	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,533	9
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 1	923	207.03/cwt	202.50–210.00	1,911	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 Sep 23, 2026

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

Receipts 852Last week 1,089Year ago 0

This is the first report for the fall season so no comparisons will be made. Today's sale consisted of mostly yearling cattle. Good demand for load lots of steers and smaller drafts of open heifers.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	400–450	406	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
59	550–600	565	375.00	375.00
17	650–700	671	344.00–355.00	349.88
16	700–750	743	338.00	338.00
34	750–800	764	343.00–349.00	347.07
27	800–850	827	328.00–331.00	329.99
13	850–900	853	319.00	319.00
42	900–950	936	287.00–309.50	304.08
39	950–1000	978	294.00–298.00	296.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	1000–1050	1,032	270.00–286.00	284.14
27	1050–1100	1,063	258.00–276.00	271.91
12	1100–1150	1,116	258.00–305.00	277.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	550–600	565	395.00	395.00
9	700–750	701	389.00	389.00
52	800–850	836	369.50	369.50
9	850–900	859	337.50	337.50
34	900–950	928	322.00–339.00	330.80
218	950–1000	992	338.75	338.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	1000–1050	1,009	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	481	340.00	340.00
8	650–700	673	342.00	342.00
6	850–900	884	299.00	299.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	800–850	817	310.00	310.00
5	900–950	923	202.50–210.00	207.03

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.