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Napoleon Livestock Auction

Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-09-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-26

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Sep 26

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098

← Jun 6Sep 26Oct 24 →

Receipts

3,669 head

▲ 2,266 vs last sale 1,403▲ 2,669 vs year ago 1,000 · +266.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale of the fall market season, no recent price comparison available. Good buyer demand for a nice offering of yearling steers and heifers, mostly right off grass. Several long strings of yearlings in today's offering. 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 $274.65/cwt on 55 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −219.76 against this barn's trailing median of $494.41.

Average price

$274.65

55 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,460

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$251

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

$48.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.04

vs ND average

+0.36 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	531	282.60	1,501	46
Medium and Large 1-2	534	234.00	1,250	9thin

One grade step is worth $48.60/cwt here — about $251 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale55 hd

274.65

—

ND average2 barns · 79 hd

277.69

−3.04

National average169 barns · 10,664 hd

274.29

+0.36

This barn, trailing median13 sales

494.41

−219.76

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

30 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	431	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,368	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,430	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	519	279.69/cwt	275.00–288.00	1,452	33
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	534	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,250	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	562	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,630	13
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	638	274.34/cwt	270.00–291.00	1,750	33
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	666	249.27/cwt	246.00–254.00	1,660	27
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	702	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,474	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	716	271.24/cwt	255.50–283.00	1,942	100
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	774	271.84/cwt	251.00–277.50	2,104	528
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	788	244.02/cwt	240.00–245.50	1,923	36
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	826	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,933	50
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	835	255.76/cwt	251.00–261.00	2,136	316
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	872	243.25/cwt	236.00–249.50	2,121	338
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	893	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,974	12
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	925	235.50/cwt	225.00–242.00	2,178	351
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	971	223.61/cwt	221.00–226.00	2,171	122
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,014	227.12/cwt	220.00–230.50	2,303	87
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	542	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,423	11
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	613	251.22/cwt	242.50–264.50	1,540	104
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	661	253.92/cwt	253.50–257.50	1,678	80
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	711	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,635	22
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	726	252.88/cwt	249.50–255.00	1,836	145
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	790	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,738	33
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	825	233.40/cwt	229.50–238.50	1,926	335
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	871	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,751	5
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	880	229.26/cwt	224.50–238.50	2,017	162
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	918	224.09/cwt	216.50–229.00	2,057	273
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	963	220.01/cwt	213.00–223.75	2,119	204
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,001	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	2,162	14

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 Sep 26, 2024

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

Receipts 3,669Last week 1,403Year ago 1,000

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	1000–1050	1,001	216.00	216.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	542	262.50	262.50
104	600–650	613	242.50–264.50	251.22
80	650–700	661	253.50–257.50	253.92
145	700–750	726	249.50–255.00	252.88
335	800–850	825	229.50–238.50	233.40
162	850–900	880	224.50–238.50	229.26
273	900–950	918	216.50–229.00	224.09
204	950–1000	963	213.00–223.75	220.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	700–750	711	230.00	230.00
33	750–800	790	220.00	220.00
5	850–900	871	201.00	201.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	431	317.50	317.50
2	450–500	465	307.50	307.50
33	500–550	519	275.00–288.00	279.69
13	550–600	562	290.00	290.00
33	600–650	638	270.00–291.00	274.34
27	650–700	666	246.00–254.00	249.27
100	700–750	716	255.50–283.00	271.24
528	750–800	774	251.00–277.50	271.84
316	800–850	835	251.00–261.00	255.76
338	850–900	872	236.00–249.50	243.25
351	900–950	925	225.00–242.00	235.50
122	950–1000	971	221.00–226.00	223.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	534	234.00	234.00
5	700–750	702	210.00	210.00
36	750–800	788	240.00–245.50	244.02
50	800–850	826	234.00	234.00
12	850–900	893	221.00	221.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
87	1000–1050	1,014	220.00–230.50	227.12

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.