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Napoleon Livestock Auction

Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-04

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Apr 4

● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098

← Mar 21Apr 4Apr 11 →

Receipts

1,633 head

▼ 1,789 vs last sale 3,422▼ 1,890 vs year ago 3,523 · −53.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago; Feeder steers 450-500lbs traded sharply higher, 550-600lbs and 650-700lbs 19.00 lower, 600-650lbs sharply lower, 700-750lbs and 800-850lbs 6.00 to 10.00 lower. Feeder heifers 450-500lbs, 600-650lbs and 700-750lbs 3.00 to 5.00 lower, 550-600lbs and 650-700lbs 11.00 to 15.00 lower. Quality replacement heifers in today's offering. Good buyer demand. 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 $293.92/cwt on 103 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −140.15 against this barn's trailing median of $434.07.

Average price

$293.92

103 head · 568 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,670

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+3.74

vs ND average

+23.33 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	568	293.92	1,670	103

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 sale103 hd

293.92

—

ND average2 barns · 166 hd

290.18

+3.74

National average179 barns · 13,329 hd

270.59

+23.33

This barn, trailing median13 sales

434.07

−140.15

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

37 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	310	404.32/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,253	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	409	387.09/cwt	385.00–400.00	1,583	21
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	453	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,744	10
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	494	358.80/cwt	345.00–363.00	1,772	47
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	496	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,488	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	320.33/cwt	305.00–332.50	1,698	29
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	328.11/cwt	315.00–334.00	1,877	46
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	594	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,734	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	633	289.90/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,835	34
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	647	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,682	26
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	656	295.38/cwt	277.50–300.00	1,938	94
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	705	272.65/cwt	266.50–289.00	1,922	65
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	733	255.35/cwt	255.00–257.00	1,872	28
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	778	248.43/cwt	245.00–250.00	1,933	29
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	846	233.30/cwt	232.00–242.50	1,974	8
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	859	233.83/cwt	230.00–245.00	2,009	60
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	919	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	2,077	8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	379	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,364	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	398	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,294	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	434	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,480	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	322.63/cwt	312.50–335.00	1,542	48
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	501	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,493	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	293.62/cwt	285.00–304.00	1,682	96
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	601	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,767	84
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	281.89/cwt	269.00–288.00	1,734	80
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	643	259.50/cwt	259.50–259.50	1,669	11
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Replacement	665	262.83/cwt	262.00–264.00	1,748	12
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	676	265.38/cwt	255.00–268.00	1,794	63
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	686	239.03/cwt	237.00–240.00	1,640	36
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	258.64/cwt	258.00–260.00	1,883	104
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	733	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,730	8
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	739	256.83/cwt	253.00–263.00	1,898	118
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	754	250.25/cwt	239.00–253.00	1,887	76
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	770	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,709	24
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Replacement	809	246.75/cwt	246.75–246.75	1,996	70
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	823	227.77/cwt	224.00–229.00	1,875	20
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	882	210.12/cwt	202.50–214.00	1,853	25

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 Apr 4, 2024

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

Receipts 1,633Last week 3,422Year ago 3,523

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	379	360.00	360.00
10	400–450	434	341.00	341.00
48	450–500	478	312.50–335.00	322.63
7	500–550	501	298.00	298.00
96	550–600	573	285.00–304.00	293.62
80	600–650	615	269.00–288.00	281.89
63	650–700	676	255.00–268.00	265.38
104	700–750	728	258.00–260.00	258.64
76	750–800	754	239.00–253.00	250.25
20	800–850	823	224.00–229.00	227.77
25	850–900	882	202.50–214.00	210.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
12	650–700	665	262.00–264.00	262.83
118	700–750	739	253.00–263.00	256.83
70	800–850	809	246.75	246.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	398	325.00	325.00
11	600–650	643	259.50	259.50
36	650–700	686	237.00–240.00	239.03
8	700–750	733	236.00	236.00
24	750–800	770	222.00	222.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
84	600–650	601	294.00	294.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	310	400.00–420.00	404.32
21	400–450	409	385.00–400.00	387.09
47	450–500	494	345.00–363.00	358.80
29	500–550	530	305.00–332.50	320.33
46	550–600	572	315.00–334.00	328.11
34	600–650	633	280.00–300.00	289.90
94	650–700	656	277.50–300.00	295.38
65	700–750	705	266.50–289.00	272.65
29	750–800	778	245.00–250.00	248.43
8	800–850	846	232.00–242.50	233.30
60	850–900	859	230.00–245.00	233.83
8	900–950	919	226.00	226.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	496	300.00	300.00
6	550–600	594	292.00	292.00
26	600–650	647	260.00	260.00
28	700–750	733	255.00–257.00	255.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	453	385.00	385.00

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.