Name: Kist Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last reported sale three weeks ago feeder steers 600 lbs. to 700 lbs. were 14.00 to 31.00 higher today. Feeder heifers 550 to 600 lbs. were 2.00 lower. Other weights not well tested for a comparison. Several load lots of 600 to 750 lbs. steers in today's offering. Not as many lighter weight steers and heifers in today's offering. Buyers in attendance were actively bidding to fill orders and the load lots were bringing the highest prices today.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $482.35/cwt on 148 head, up $22.74 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 11 comparable sales and sits −4.02 against this barn's trailing median of $486.37.

Average price

$482.35

▲ 22.74 vs prior sale

148 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,621

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$279

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

$34.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs ND average

+16.02 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	484.94	2,642	137
Medium and Large 1-2	525	450.13	2,363	11thin

One grade step is worth $34.81/cwt here — about $279 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

11 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $508.10, low $456.32, median $486.37 across 11 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale148 hd

482.35

—

ND average1 barns · 148 hd

482.35

+0.00

National average195 barns · 28,890 hd

466.33

+16.02

This barn, trailing median11 sales

486.37

−4.02

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	552	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,374	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	701	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,401	19
Heifers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,103	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,592	8
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,087	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	3,016	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	491	469.37/cwt	455.00–490.00	2,305	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	595.00/cwt	595.00–595.00	1,934	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	948	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,323	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	819	337.16/cwt	327.50–349.00	2,761	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	883	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	3,046	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	448.58/cwt	412.00–471.00	2,588	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,490	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	558.84/cwt	545.00–567.50	2,135	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,486	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	450.13/cwt	440.00–456.00	2,363	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	659	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	2,531	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	520.77/cwt	475.00–535.00	2,672	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	394.36/cwt	371.00–405.00	3,044	207
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	424.80/cwt	392.50–438.00	2,880	265
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	416.21/cwt	382.50–429.00	2,402	132
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	691	368.74/cwt	358.00–377.50	2,548	83
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,050	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	3,150	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	408.37/cwt	393.50–422.00	2,969	435
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	445.53/cwt	410.00–466.00	2,767	522
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	503.22/cwt	500.00–505.00	2,390	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	547	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,079	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	928	310.86/cwt	297.50–317.50	2,885	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	379.89/cwt	363.00–390.00	2,557	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	757	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,403	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	390.61/cwt	370.00–400.00	2,406	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	431.06/cwt	410.00–450.00	2,285	96

How this sale compares

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.

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