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Napoleon Livestock Auction

Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-31

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Oct 31

● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098

← Oct 24Oct 31Nov 7 →

Receipts

1,774 head

▼ 72 vs last sale 1,846▼ 1,174 vs year ago 2,948 · −39.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Not all weights well tested for comparison. Feeder steers 400-450lbs sharply higher, 450-500lbs and 650-700lbs 1.00 to 3.00 higher, 550-600lbs 8.00 to 12.00 lower, 600-650lbs 2.00 lower. Feeder heifers 400-500lbs and 550-600lbs sharply higher, 500-550lbs and 700-750lbs 9.00 to 10.00 higher. Good buyer demand on the many full loads in today's offering. 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 $285.28/cwt on 170 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −148.79 against this barn's trailing median of $434.07.

Average price

$285.28

170 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,555

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$240

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

$39.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.43

vs ND average

+24.82 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	286.68	1,564	164
Medium and Large 1-2	536	247.00	1,324	6thin

One grade step is worth $39.68/cwt here — about $240 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 sale170 hd

285.28

—

ND average3 barns · 1,305 hd

276.85

+8.43

National average194 barns · 26,693 hd

260.46

+24.82

This barn, trailing median13 sales

434.07

−148.79

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	314	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	1,331	32
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	405	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,438	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	408	402.68/cwt	380.00–404.00	1,643	147
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	485	311.41/cwt	310.00–312.50	1,510	18
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	488	338.16/cwt	325.00–353.50	1,650	106
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	315.11/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,642	28
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	297.32/cwt	288.00–301.00	1,689	81
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	570	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,539	15
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	613	276.94/cwt	273.00–286.00	1,698	80
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	267.88/cwt	265.00–270.00	1,792	63
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	698	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,696	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	723	261.75/cwt	261.50–263.00	1,892	30
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	763	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,984	25
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	814	254.91/cwt	243.00–260.00	2,075	24
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	969	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,238	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	303	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,030	18
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	371	314.97/cwt	310.00–317.50	1,169	17
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	405	342.57/cwt	312.50–344.00	1,387	119
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	481	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,551	51
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	273.78/cwt	260.00–287.50	1,418	49
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	536	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,324	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	550	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,444	24
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	559	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,677	91
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	627	261.12/cwt	246.00–269.50	1,637	86
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	661	232.20/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,535	16
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,714	16
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	713	258.50/cwt	258.50–258.50	1,843	84
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	833	245.01/cwt	234.00–248.50	2,041	290
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	869	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,051	7
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	993	221.50/cwt	221.50–221.50	2,199	30
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,004	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	2,234	8

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 Oct 31, 2024

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

Receipts 1,774Last week 1,846Year ago 2,948

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
91	550–600	559	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	1000–1050	1,004	222.50	222.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	300–350	303	340.00	340.00
17	350–400	371	310.00–317.50	314.97
119	400–450	405	312.50–344.00	342.57
51	450–500	481	322.50	322.50
49	500–550	518	260.00–287.50	273.78
24	550–600	550	262.50	262.50
86	600–650	627	246.00–269.50	261.12
16	650–700	672	255.00	255.00
84	700–750	713	258.50	258.50
290	800–850	833	234.00–248.50	245.01
7	850–900	869	236.00	236.00
30	950–1000	993	221.50	221.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	536	247.00	247.00
16	650–700	661	230.00–235.00	232.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	300–350	314	424.00	424.00
147	400–450	408	380.00–404.00	402.68
106	450–500	488	325.00–353.50	338.16
28	500–550	521	300.00–325.00	315.11
81	550–600	568	288.00–301.00	297.32
80	600–650	613	273.00–286.00	276.94
63	650–700	669	265.00–270.00	267.88
30	700–750	723	261.50–263.00	261.75
25	750–800	763	260.00	260.00
24	800–850	814	243.00–260.00	254.91
6	950–1000	969	231.00	231.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	405	355.00	355.00
18	450–500	485	310.00–312.50	311.41
15	550–600	570	270.00	270.00
5	650–700	698	243.00	243.00

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.