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Napoleon Livestock Auction

Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-25

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Apr 25

● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098

← Apr 11Apr 25May 9 →

Receipts

1,627 head

▼ 821 vs last sale 2,448▲ 32 vs year ago 1,595 · +2.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago; Not all weights well tested for comparison. Feeder steers 550-600lbs and 600-650lbs 11.00 lower with instances up to 18.00 lower, 650-700lbs 11.00 to 14.00 higher, 700-750lbs 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers 500-550lbs 15.00 to 17.00 higher, 550-600lbs and 650-700lbs 4.00 to 9.00 higher. 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 $289.86/cwt on 115 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −144.21 against this barn's trailing median of $434.07.

Average price

$289.86

115 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,598

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$29

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

$15.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.76

vs ND average

+19.67 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	290.54	1,599	110
Medium and Large 1-2	571	275.00	1,570	5thin

One grade step is worth $15.54/cwt here — about $29 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 sale115 hd

289.86

—

ND average3 barns · 334 hd

289.10

+0.76

National average178 barns · 11,596 hd

270.19

+19.67

This barn, trailing median13 sales

434.07

−144.21

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

31 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	349	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,187	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	431	318.72/cwt	317.50–320.00	1,374	12
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	469	369.01/cwt	352.50–382.50	1,731	11
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	483	340.68/cwt	335.00–347.50	1,645	26
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	533	333.55/cwt	315.00–345.00	1,778	55
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	536	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,461	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	571	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,599	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	591	300.48/cwt	295.00–316.00	1,776	74
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	616	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,725	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	307.02/cwt	302.50–313.00	1,919	64
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	667	291.15/cwt	286.00–307.50	1,942	90
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	678	264.40/cwt	258.00–269.00	1,793	12
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	276.34/cwt	273.00–287.00	2,003	203
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	782	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,072	8
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	819	248.79/cwt	240.00–254.00	2,038	16
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	314	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,005	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	302.94/cwt	300.00–307.50	1,291	22
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	483	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,352	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	491	319.03/cwt	305.00–326.00	1,566	15
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	513	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,629	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	546	287.09/cwt	285.00–289.00	1,568	67
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	552	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,725	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	562	291.08/cwt	279.50–308.00	1,636	34
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	571	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,570	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	600	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,530	14
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	610	274.20/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,673	32
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	676	264.40/cwt	256.58–270.00	1,787	323
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	718	253.55/cwt	248.50–255.25	1,820	91
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	753	258.50/cwt	258.50–258.50	1,947	71
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	759	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,898	75
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Replacement	815	237.12/cwt	232.00–243.50	1,933	45

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 25, 2024

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

Receipts 1,627Last week 2,448Year ago 1,595

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	513	317.50	317.50
6	550–600	552	312.50	312.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	314	320.00	320.00
22	400–450	426	300.00–307.50	302.94
15	450–500	491	305.00–326.00	319.03
67	500–550	546	285.00–289.00	287.09
34	550–600	562	279.50–308.00	291.08
32	600–650	610	265.00–280.00	274.20
323	650–700	676	256.58–270.00	264.40
91	700–750	718	248.50–255.25	253.55
75	750–800	759	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
71	750–800	753	258.50	258.50
45	800–850	815	232.00–243.50	237.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	483	280.00	280.00
5	550–600	571	275.00	275.00
14	600–650	600	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	469	352.50–382.50	369.01
55	500–550	533	315.00–345.00	333.55
74	550–600	591	295.00–316.00	300.48
64	600–650	625	302.50–313.00	307.02
90	650–700	667	286.00–307.50	291.15
203	700–750	725	273.00–287.00	276.34
8	750–800	782	265.00	265.00
16	800–850	819	240.00–254.00	248.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	349	340.00	340.00
12	400–450	431	317.50–320.00	318.72
26	450–500	483	335.00–347.50	340.68
9	500–550	536	272.50	272.50
5	550–600	571	280.00	280.00
5	600–650	616	280.00	280.00
12	650–700	678	258.00–269.00	264.40

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.