Sale reports / North Dakota / Kist Livestock Auction / 2026-01-14

Kist Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Jan 14
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097
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

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $488.28/cwt on 438 head, up $5.93 from the prior sale. That ranks 7 of 11 comparable sales and sits +1.91 against this barn's trailing median of $486.37.
Average price
$488.28
5.93 vs prior sale
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

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1551489.892,698420
Medium and Large 1-2550450.562,47918thin
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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

11 sales
522496469442median 486.3712/1701/1402/0402/2503/25
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 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 median11 sales
486.37
+1.91
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

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1900–950933293.93/cwt285.00–298.002,74219
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450435498.48/cwt465.00–515.002,16826
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500482467.07/cwt447.50–480.002,25177
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850826333.74/cwt302.00–337.002,75784
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700674381.15/cwt347.50–399.002,569235
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600569426.82/cwt407.50–457.002,429277
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450405490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,9855
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600582392.50/cwt392.50–392.502,2847
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900889305.65/cwt304.50–315.002,717149
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750726353.68/cwt337.50–373.502,568155
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700679364.99/cwt357.50–372.502,47810
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550530487.50/cwt487.50–487.502,58411
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850812360.36/cwt356.00–364.002,926201
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900868350.16/cwt317.50–355.003,039202
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600594390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,3177
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500497410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,03810
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800786341.31/cwt330.00–346.002,68390
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550527451.65/cwt420.00–464.002,380120
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600567462.80/cwt422.00–492.502,624235
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950922336.98/cwt329.00–340.503,107238
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450414572.08/cwt560.00–585.002,3688
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500456555.37/cwt550.00–562.502,53234
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800769384.98/cwt357.50–400.002,960302
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750716395.87/cwt384.00–410.002,834319
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650623401.67/cwt375.00–425.002,502326
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700676416.13/cwt382.50–440.002,813649
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650625445.29/cwt402.00–457.002,783169
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550530524.31/cwt496.00–551.002,779185

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.