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Napoleon Livestock Auction

Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-07

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Mar 7

● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098

← Feb 29Mar 7Mar 14 →

Receipts

2,021 head

▼ 2,160 vs last sale 4,181▲ 415 vs year ago 1,606 · +25.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers 400-450lbs and 650-700lbs steady to 2.00 lower, 450-650lbs 6.00 to 9.00 lower with instances up to 16.00 lower, 700-800lbs 5.00 to 8.00 higher. Feeder heifers 450-550lbs and 700-750lbs 2.00 to 7.00 lower, 550-600lbs 6.00 to 8.00 higher, 600-700lbs 13.00 to 15.00 lower. Good buyer demand. Flesh condition light to moderate.

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 $338.12/cwt on 287 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −156.30 against this barn's trailing median of $494.41.

Average price

$338.12

287 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,809

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+8.01

vs ND average

+25.12 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	338.12	1,809	287

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale287 hd

338.12

—

ND average3 barns · 733 hd

330.10

+8.01

National average178 barns · 13,961 hd

313.00

+25.12

This barn, trailing median13 sales

494.41

−156.30

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

13 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $538.00, low $423.24, median $494.41 across 13 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

27 lots · USDA AMS · Napoleon Livestock Auction - Napoleon, 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	329	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,283	7
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	374	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,515	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	425	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,509	11
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	431	391.41/cwt	380.00–405.00	1,687	69
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	491	354.47/cwt	347.50–362.50	1,740	64
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	345.98/cwt	320.00–354.00	1,792	181
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	564	324.69/cwt	313.00–334.00	1,831	106
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	638	298.32/cwt	289.00–310.00	1,903	74
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	679	277.97/cwt	270.00–300.00	1,887	175
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	722	282.75/cwt	270.50–285.00	2,041	197
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fancy	764	271.60/cwt	270.00–274.00	2,075	10
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	783	252.54/cwt	243.50–257.50	1,977	124
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	827	251.20/cwt	250.00–254.00	2,077	147
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,018	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,138	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	321	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	931	8
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	332	335.25/cwt	325.00–342.50	1,113	12
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	341.18/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,314	13
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	419	334.69/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,402	60
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	469	327.83/cwt	315.00–332.50	1,538	66
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	541	305.35/cwt	287.50–308.00	1,652	111
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	291.70/cwt	275.00–300.00	1,654	50
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	624	265.62/cwt	260.00–272.50	1,657	82
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	686	217.40/cwt	215.00–221.00	1,491	23
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	689	256.99/cwt	241.00–258.00	1,771	107
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	719	250.50/cwt	250.50–250.50	1,801	60
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	792	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,742	25
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	867	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,838	26

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 →

Napoleon Livestock Auction - Napoleon, ND

Thu Mar 7, 2024

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

Receipts 2,021Last week 4,181Year ago 1,606

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	1000–1050	1,018	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	750–800	764	270.00–274.00	271.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	329	390.00	390.00
8	350–400	374	405.00	405.00
69	400–450	431	380.00–405.00	391.41
64	450–500	491	347.50–362.50	354.47
181	500–550	518	320.00–354.00	345.98
106	550–600	564	313.00–334.00	324.69
74	600–650	638	289.00–310.00	298.32
175	650–700	679	270.00–300.00	277.97
197	700–750	722	270.50–285.00	282.75
124	750–800	783	243.50–257.50	252.54
147	800–850	827	250.00–254.00	251.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	425	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	332	325.00–342.50	335.25
13	350–400	385	335.00–345.00	341.18
60	400–450	419	325.00–350.00	334.69
66	450–500	469	315.00–332.50	327.83
111	500–550	541	287.50–308.00	305.35
50	550–600	567	275.00–300.00	291.70
82	600–650	624	260.00–272.50	265.62
107	650–700	689	241.00–258.00	256.99
60	700–750	719	250.50	250.50
25	750–800	792	220.00	220.00
26	850–900	867	212.00	212.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	321	290.00	290.00
23	650–700	686	215.00–221.00	217.40

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.