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Napoleon Livestock Auction

Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-21

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Mar 21

● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098

← Mar 14Mar 21Apr 4 →

Receipts

3,422 head

▼ 544 vs last sale 3,966▲ 967 vs year ago 2,455 · +39.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 400-500lbs sharply lower, 550-600lbs and 650-800lbs 14.00 to 15.00 higher, 600-700lbs 3.00 to 8.00 higher, 700-750lbs and 850-900lbs 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers 400-500lbs steady to 5.00 higher, 500-700lbs 10.00 to 15.00 higher. Good buyer demand. Many full loads and quality replacement heifers in today's offering. Flesh condition light to moderate.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $306.28/cwt on 762 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −127.79 against this barn's trailing median of $434.07.

Average price

$306.28

762 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,686

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$246

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

$41.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.91

vs ND average

+29.06 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	307.54	1,694	739
Medium and Large 1-2	545	265.76	1,448	23

One grade step is worth $41.78/cwt here — about $246 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale762 hd

306.28

—

ND average2 barns · 964 hd

303.37

+2.91

National average179 barns · 15,589 hd

277.22

+29.06

This barn, trailing median13 sales

434.07

−127.79

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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $483.60, low $372.00, median $434.07 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

33 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	382	371.30/cwt	360.00–385.00	1,418	31
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	413	376.86/cwt	355.00–387.50	1,556	40
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	439	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,493	12
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	469	337.09/cwt	320.00–352.50	1,581	139
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	511	313.92/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,604	15
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	514	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,863	51
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	340.48/cwt	320.00–353.00	1,931	278
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	584	311.30/cwt	310.00–316.00	1,818	59
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	315.10/cwt	297.50–329.50	1,947	269
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	645	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,871	13
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	684	303.11/cwt	299.00–319.00	2,073	191
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	690	278.66/cwt	272.50–285.00	1,923	35
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	721	281.97/cwt	275.00–295.00	2,033	169
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	761	279.99/cwt	275.00–285.50	2,131	72
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	812	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,071	62
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	855	254.41/cwt	249.50–257.00	2,175	105
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	330	343.26/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,133	37
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	330.79/cwt	320.00–338.00	1,257	55
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	415	282.68/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,173	23
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	334.89/cwt	327.50–340.00	1,437	92
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	463	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,296	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	490	326.88/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,602	62
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	518	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,321	12
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	313.76/cwt	295.00–325.00	1,679	417
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	299.49/cwt	284.00–315.00	1,710	322
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	574	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,593	11
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	292.31/cwt	270.00–297.50	1,821	147
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	642	264.83/cwt	257.50–267.50	1,700	41
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	657	278.53/cwt	270.00–282.00	1,830	104
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Replacement	678	280.53/cwt	266.00–285.00	1,902	176
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	698	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,693	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	714	256.28/cwt	252.00–263.00	1,830	24
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	718	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,975	18

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 21, 2024

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

Receipts 3,422Last week 3,966Year ago 2,455

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
51	500–550	514	362.50	362.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	350–400	382	360.00–385.00	371.30
40	400–450	413	355.00–387.50	376.86
139	450–500	469	320.00–352.50	337.09
15	500–550	511	310.00–320.00	313.92
278	550–600	567	320.00–353.00	340.48
269	600–650	618	297.50–329.50	315.10
191	650–700	684	299.00–319.00	303.11
169	700–750	721	275.00–295.00	281.97
72	750–800	761	275.00–285.50	279.99
62	800–850	812	255.00	255.00
105	850–900	855	249.50–257.00	254.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	439	340.00	340.00
59	550–600	584	310.00–316.00	311.30
13	600–650	645	290.00	290.00
35	650–700	690	272.50–285.00	278.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
37	300–350	330	340.00–350.00	343.26
55	350–400	380	320.00–338.00	330.79
92	400–450	429	327.50–340.00	334.89
62	450–500	490	310.00–340.00	326.88
417	500–550	535	295.00–325.00	313.76
322	550–600	571	284.00–315.00	299.49
147	600–650	623	270.00–297.50	292.31
104	650–700	657	270.00–282.00	278.53
24	700–750	714	252.00–263.00	256.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
176	650–700	678	266.00–285.00	280.53
18	700–750	718	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	400–450	415	275.00–285.00	282.68
5	450–500	463	280.00	280.00
12	500–550	518	255.00	255.00
11	550–600	574	277.50	277.50
41	600–650	642	257.50–267.50	264.83
6	650–700	698	242.50	242.50

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.