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Napoleon Livestock Auction

Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-11

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Apr 11

● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098

← Apr 4Apr 11Apr 25 →

Receipts

2,448 head

▲ 815 vs last sale 1,633▲ 432 vs year ago 2,016 · +21.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Not all weights well tested for comparison. Feeder steers 450-500lbs and 650-750lbs 2.00 to 7.00 lower, 550-600lbs 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers 550-600lbs 1.00 lower, 600-650lbs and 700-750lbs 7.00 to 11.00 lower, 650-700lbs 2.00 higher. 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 $323.94/cwt on 113 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −170.47 against this barn's trailing median of $494.41.

Average price

$323.94

113 head · 573 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,855

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$135

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

$35.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−20.63

vs ND average

+18.47 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	570	328.03	1,870	100
Medium and Large 1-2	593	292.50	1,735	13thin

One grade step is worth $35.53/cwt here — about $135 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 sale113 hd

323.94

—

ND average2 barns · 911 hd

344.57

−20.63

National average170 barns · 11,306 hd

305.47

+18.47

This barn, trailing median13 sales

494.41

−170.47

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

28 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	400–450	Medium and Large 1	438	388.57/cwt	385.00–390.00	1,702	24
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	380.74/cwt	374.00–382.50	1,789	52
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	490	336.88/cwt	332.50–340.00	1,651	31
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	546	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,693	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	329.60/cwt	318.00–334.00	1,885	92
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	593	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,735	13
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	310.73/cwt	295.00–324.50	1,945	151
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	637	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,841	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	688	284.79/cwt	275.50–293.25	1,959	169
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	717	282.52/cwt	257.00–285.00	2,026	284
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	767	267.58/cwt	265.00–276.00	2,052	223
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	798	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,947	8
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	848	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,099	17
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	881	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	2,150	14
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	935	232.67/cwt	230.75–234.75	2,175	282
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	980	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	2,195	12
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	342.15/cwt	329.00–351.00	1,444	32
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	316.70/cwt	315.00–320.00	1,495	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	541	294.43/cwt	270.00–300.00	1,593	74
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	567	268.46/cwt	267.00–270.00	1,522	12
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	289.28/cwt	279.00–303.00	1,663	159
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	613	275.19/cwt	257.50–283.00	1,687	267
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	261.32/cwt	245.00–266.00	1,738	100
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	702	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,874	83
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	250.06/cwt	240.00–253.50	1,820	124
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	779	231.18/cwt	224.00–234.00	1,801	18
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	849	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,902	7
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Replacement	868	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	2,018	30

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 11, 2024

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

Receipts 2,448Last week 1,633Year ago 2,016

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	400–450	422	329.00–351.00	342.15
9	450–500	472	315.00–320.00	316.70
74	500–550	541	270.00–300.00	294.43
159	550–600	575	279.00–303.00	289.28
267	600–650	613	257.50–283.00	275.19
100	650–700	665	245.00–266.00	261.32
124	700–750	728	240.00–253.50	250.06
18	750–800	779	224.00–234.00	231.18
7	800–850	849	224.00	224.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
83	700–750	702	267.00	267.00
30	850–900	868	232.50	232.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	550–600	567	267.00–270.00	268.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	400–450	438	385.00–390.00	388.57
52	450–500	470	374.00–382.50	380.74
8	500–550	546	310.00	310.00
92	550–600	572	318.00–334.00	329.60
151	600–650	626	295.00–324.50	310.73
169	650–700	688	275.50–293.25	284.79
284	700–750	717	257.00–285.00	282.52
223	750–800	767	265.00–276.00	267.58
17	800–850	848	247.50	247.50
14	850–900	881	244.00	244.00
282	900–950	935	230.75–234.75	232.67
12	950–1000	980	224.00	224.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	450–500	490	332.50–340.00	336.88
13	550–600	593	292.50	292.50
7	600–650	637	289.00	289.00
8	750–800	798	244.00	244.00

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.