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Napoleon Livestock Auction

Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-09

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, May 9

● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098

← Apr 25May 9Jun 6 →

Receipts

794 head

▼ 833 vs last sale 1,627▼ 43 vs year ago 837 · −5.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: No weights well tested except for Feeder heifers 750-800lbs trading 8.00 lower. Good buyer demand on heavier weight steers. Flesh condition light to moderate.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb steers averaged $316.00/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −124.27 against this barn's trailing median of $440.27.

Average price

$316.00

9 head · 631 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,994

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+0.00

vs ND average

+32.05 vs national

Price by quality 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	631	316.00	1,994	9thin

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

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale9 hd

316.00

—

ND average1 barns · 9 hd

316.00

+0.00

National average159 barns · 9,095 hd

283.95

+32.05

This barn, trailing median12 sales

440.27

−124.27

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 600–700 lb

12 sales

Steers 600–700 lb: high $486.00, low $399.57, median $440.27 across 12 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

13 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	481	354.74/cwt	344.00–361.00	1,706	14
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	631	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,994	9
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	706	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,005	8
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	816	267.50/cwt	255.00–271.00	2,183	372
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	911	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,104	141
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	398	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,234	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,279	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	455	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,433	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	543	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,520	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	275.03/cwt	269.00–280.00	1,579	18
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	799	242.25/cwt	242.25–242.25	1,936	70
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	802	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,909	69
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	827	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,737	7

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 May 9, 2024

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

Receipts 794Last week 1,627Year ago 837

Compared to two weeks ago: No weights well tested except for Feeder heifers 750-800lbs trading 8.00 lower. Good buyer demand on heavier weight steers. Flesh condition light to moderate.

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	398	310.00	310.00
7	400–450	435	294.00	294.00
5	450–500	455	315.00	315.00
6	500–550	543	280.00	280.00
18	550–600	574	269.00–280.00	275.03
70	750–800	799	242.25	242.25
69	800–850	802	238.00	238.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	800–850	827	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	481	344.00–361.00	354.74
9	600–650	631	316.00	316.00
8	700–750	706	284.00	284.00
372	800–850	816	255.00–271.00	267.50
141	900–950	911	231.00	231.00

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.