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Kist Livestock Auction

Name: Kist Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-09-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-30

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Sep 30

● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097

← Sep 23Sep 30Oct 14 →

Receipts

697 head

▼ 155 vs last sale 852▼ 336 vs year ago 1,033 · −32.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week the only weights of steers for comparison were the 950 to 1000 lbs. which were 12.00 lower . Other weights of steers and heifers did not have the numbers for comparison this week. Today's sale consisted of yearling steers and heifers. Flesh conditions was light to moderate plus. Most yearlings are coming right off pasture. No spring calves offeerd again this week.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 700–800 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

700–800 lb steers averaged $355.26/cwt on 74 head, down $37.76 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −30.76 against this barn's trailing median of $386.02.

Average price

$355.26

▼ 37.76 vs prior sale

74 head · 780 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,772

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$431

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

$46.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.11

vs ND average

+11.39 vs national

Price by quality 700–800 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	783	361.55	2,831	64
Medium and Large 1-2	762	315.00	2,400	10thin

One grade step is worth $46.55/cwt here — about $431 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 700–800 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale74 hd

355.26

—

ND average2 barns · 143 hd

367.37

−12.11

National average165 barns · 8,586 hd

343.87

+11.39

This barn, trailing median6 sales

386.02

−30.76

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 700–800 lb

6 sales

Steers 700–800 lb: high $399.33, low $355.26, median $386.02 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

16 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	762	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,400	10
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	783	361.55/cwt	361.00–364.00	2,831	64
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	839	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,928	8
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	892	332.02/cwt	315.00–336.50	2,962	101
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	929	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,917	7
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	992	326.14/cwt	312.50–330.50	3,235	155
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,018	318.75/cwt	315.00–319.00	3,245	62
Steers	1150–1200	Large 1	1,173	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	3,108	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	695	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,294	10
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Spayed	706	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,330	10
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	742	333.50/cwt	330.00–334.00	2,475	16
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	808	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,634	11
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	891	306.12/cwt	303.00–310.00	2,728	72
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	912	296.62/cwt	292.00–304.00	2,705	41
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	964	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,805	7
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,027	288.85/cwt	288.00–289.00	2,966	34

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 30, 2026

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

Receipts 697Last week 852Year ago 1,033

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
64	750–800	783	361.00–364.00	361.55
8	800–850	839	349.00	349.00
101	850–900	892	315.00–336.50	332.02
7	900–950	929	314.00	314.00
155	950–1000	992	312.50–330.50	326.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
62	1000–1050	1,018	315.00–319.00	318.75
6	1150–1200	1,173	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	750–800	762	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	700–750	706	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	650–700	695	330.00	330.00
16	700–750	742	330.00–334.00	333.50
11	800–850	808	326.00	326.00
72	850–900	891	303.00–310.00	306.12
41	900–950	912	292.00–304.00	296.62
7	950–1000	964	291.00	291.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	1000–1050	1,027	288.00–289.00	288.85

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.