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Kist Livestock Auction

Name: Kist Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-10-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-21

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Oct 21

● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097

← Oct 14Oct 21Oct 28 →

Receipts

2,181 head

▲ 399 vs last sale 1,782▼ 71 vs year ago 2,252 · −3.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers 550 to 600 lbs. were 1.00 higher and 950 to 1000 lbs were 3.00 higher. Other weights of steers and heifers did not have the numbers for a comparison this week. Sale consisted of around 700 yearlings and the rest of the offering were spring calves. Buyers are bidding to fill orders for spring calves. Very good demand for today's offering. The numbers of yearlings offered this week may be near the end of supplies that are still out there.

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 $436.17/cwt on 451 head, down $1.94 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 7 comparable sales and sits −13.46 against this barn's trailing median of $449.63.

Average price

$436.17

▼ 1.94 vs prior sale

451 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,412

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$359

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

$72.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.08

vs ND average

−3.10 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	440.64	2,434	423
Medium and Large 1-2	563	368.58	2,074	28

One grade step is worth $72.06/cwt here — about $359 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale451 hd

436.17

—

ND average2 barns · 1,527 hd

443.24

−7.08

National average183 barns · 33,329 hd

439.27

−3.10

This barn, trailing median7 sales

449.63

−13.46

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

7 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $508.10, low $395.00, median $449.63 across 7 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot, as filed

34 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	311	642.50/cwt	642.50–642.50	1,998	7
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	331	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,622	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	437	536.08/cwt	525.00–548.00	2,343	76
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	512.80/cwt	497.50–525.00	2,385	62
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	473	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,774	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	538	450.98/cwt	441.00–460.00	2,426	148
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	544	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,013	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	435.08/cwt	395.00–448.50	2,436	275
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	575	367.66/cwt	357.50–380.00	2,114	17
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	396.75/cwt	385.00–407.50	2,460	94
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	633	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,216	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	705	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,714	17
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	839	363.36/cwt	350.00–364.50	3,049	65
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	870	346.90/cwt	322.00–356.50	3,018	92
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	915	336.67/cwt	330.00–340.00	3,081	12
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	985	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	3,275	129
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,084	259.26/cwt	253.00–271.00	2,810	17
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	387	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,993	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	390	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,911	26
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	417	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,981	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	422	452.00/cwt	450.00–455.00	1,907	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	453	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,676	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	419.67/cwt	390.00–440.00	2,006	81
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	479	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,251	11
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	410.37/cwt	390.00–420.00	2,159	129
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	548	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,781	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	361.05/cwt	342.50–377.50	2,083	77
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	352.29/cwt	350.00–355.00	2,212	31
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	811	328.11/cwt	323.00–330.00	2,661	26
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	874	311.19/cwt	302.50–315.00	2,720	48
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	923	299.63/cwt	295.00–305.00	2,766	19
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	986	290.97/cwt	287.75–298.00	2,869	116
Heifers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,102	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,424	9
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	800–850	Large 3	832	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	2,101	6

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.

North Dakota feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Kist Livestock Auction - Mandan, ND

Wed Oct 21, 2026

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

Receipts 2,181Last week 1,782Year ago 2,252

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	350–400	390	490.00	490.00
6	400–450	417	475.00	475.00
81	450–500	478	390.00–440.00	419.67
129	500–550	526	390.00–420.00	410.37
77	550–600	577	342.50–377.50	361.05
31	600–650	628	350.00–355.00	352.29
26	800–850	811	323.00–330.00	328.11
48	850–900	874	302.50–315.00	311.19
19	900–950	923	295.00–305.00	299.63
116	950–1000	986	287.75–298.00	290.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	387	515.00	515.00
11	450–500	479	470.00	470.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	422	450.00–455.00	452.00
5	450–500	453	370.00	370.00
5	500–550	548	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	1100–1150	1,102	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
76	400–450	437	525.00–548.00	536.08
62	450–500	465	497.50–525.00	512.80
148	500–550	538	441.00–460.00	450.98
275	550–600	560	395.00–448.50	435.08
94	600–650	620	385.00–407.50	396.75
17	700–750	705	385.00	385.00
65	800–850	839	350.00–364.50	363.36
92	850–900	870	322.00–356.50	346.90
12	900–950	915	330.00–340.00	336.67
129	950–1000	985	332.50	332.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	331	490.00	490.00
9	450–500	473	375.00	375.00
11	500–550	544	370.00	370.00
17	550–600	575	357.50–380.00	367.66
6	600–650	633	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	1050–1100	1,084	253.00–271.00	259.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	311	642.50	642.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	800–850	832	252.50	252.50

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.