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

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

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 7 comparable sales and sits −106.70 against this barn's trailing median of $501.70.

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

What quality paid 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

7 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $508.10, low $395.00, median $501.70 across 7 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 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 median7 sales

501.70

−106.70

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

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	923	207.03/cwt	202.50–210.00	1,911	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,533	9
Heifers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,116	277.39/cwt	258.00–305.00	3,096	12
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,063	271.91/cwt	258.00–276.00	2,890	27
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,032	284.14/cwt	270.00–286.00	2,932	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	978	296.34/cwt	294.00–298.00	2,898	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	836	369.50/cwt	369.50–369.50	3,089	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	992	338.75/cwt	338.75–338.75	3,360	218
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	701	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,727	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	884	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	2,643	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,635	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	673	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,302	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	827	329.99/cwt	328.00–331.00	2,729	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	347.07/cwt	343.00–349.00	2,652	34
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,009	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	3,128	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	859	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,899	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,232	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	928	330.80/cwt	322.00–339.00	3,070	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	936	304.08/cwt	287.00–309.50	2,846	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	743	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,511	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	349.88/cwt	344.00–355.00	2,348	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	853	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,721	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,119	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	406	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,502	17

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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