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Napoleon Livestock Auction

Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-12

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Dec 12

● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098

← Dec 5Dec 12Dec 19 →

Receipts

4,120 head

▲ 87 vs last sale 4,033▲ 1,770 vs year ago 2,350 · +75.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers 400-450lbs, 500-550lbs and 700-750lbs 8.00 to 13.00 higher, 450-500lbs sharply higher, 650-700lbs steady with instances up to 9.00 lower, 550-650lbs 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers 450-550lbs 2.00 to 3.00 higher, 400-450lbs and 550-700lbs 7.00 to 9.00 higher with instances up to 17.00 higher. Good buyer demand. Flesh condition light to moderate. Many full loads in today's offering.

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 $346.38/cwt on 768 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −148.03 against this barn's trailing median of $494.41.

Average price

$346.38

768 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,869

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$77

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

$17.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.42

vs ND average

+22.03 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	348.14	1,877	691
Medium and Large 1-2	544	330.63	1,800	77

One grade step is worth $17.51/cwt here — about $77 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale768 hd

346.38

—

ND average3 barns · 2,269 hd

346.81

−0.42

National average185 barns · 29,268 hd

324.35

+22.03

This barn, trailing median13 sales

494.41

−148.03

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

34 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	300–350	Medium and Large 1	308	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,263	28
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	350	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,348	16
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	360	433.51/cwt	415.00–455.00	1,561	38
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	421	417.34/cwt	397.50–430.00	1,757	252
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	434	387.02/cwt	385.00–387.50	1,680	29
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	369.46/cwt	357.50–392.50	1,766	117
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	355.83/cwt	343.00–375.00	1,854	442
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	537	334.07/cwt	332.00–336.00	1,794	65
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	334.49/cwt	317.50–350.00	1,910	249
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	584	312.01/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,822	12
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	631	313.89/cwt	295.00–323.00	1,981	305
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	638	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,786	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	684	292.13/cwt	277.50–303.00	1,998	237
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	729	281.16/cwt	270.00–292.50	2,050	80
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	764	289.71/cwt	274.00–292.00	2,213	106
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	861	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	2,273	37
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	334	373.76/cwt	367.50–385.50	1,248	18
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	362	360.70/cwt	350.00–385.00	1,306	20
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	417	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,272	12
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	434	340.54/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,478	141
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	323.50/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,550	380
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	519	309.52/cwt	290.00–320.00	1,606	120
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	564	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,850	22
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	565	284.08/cwt	283.00–285.00	1,605	18
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	314.04/cwt	306.00–322.00	1,793	174
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	627	279.46/cwt	270.00–282.00	1,752	41
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	644	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,964	13
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	690	272.38/cwt	262.50–279.50	1,879	88
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	702	246.06/cwt	246.00–247.50	1,727	25
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	830	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,909	12
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	854	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,930	11
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,072	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	2,444	9
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	457	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,737	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	548	318.05/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,743	53

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 Dec 12, 2024

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

Receipts 4,120Last week 4,033Year ago 2,350

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	1050–1100	1,072	228.00	228.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
22	550–600	564	328.00	328.00
13	600–650	644	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	300–350	334	367.50–385.50	373.76
20	350–400	362	350.00–385.00	360.70
141	400–450	434	325.00–350.00	340.54
380	450–500	479	310.00–340.00	323.50
120	500–550	519	290.00–320.00	309.52
174	550–600	571	306.00–322.00	314.04
41	600–650	627	270.00–282.00	279.46
88	650–700	690	262.50–279.50	272.38
25	700–750	702	246.00–247.50	246.06
12	800–850	830	230.00	230.00
11	850–900	854	226.00	226.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	417	305.00	305.00
18	550–600	565	283.00–285.00	284.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	457	380.00	380.00
53	500–550	548	305.00–320.00	318.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	350	385.00	385.00
29	400–450	434	385.00–387.50	387.02
65	500–550	537	332.00–336.00	334.07
12	550–600	584	310.00–315.00	312.01
5	600–650	638	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	300–350	308	410.00	410.00
38	350–400	360	415.00–455.00	433.51
252	400–450	421	397.50–430.00	417.34
117	450–500	478	357.50–392.50	369.46
442	500–550	521	343.00–375.00	355.83
249	550–600	571	317.50–350.00	334.49
305	600–650	631	295.00–323.00	313.89
237	650–700	684	277.50–303.00	292.13
80	700–750	729	270.00–292.50	281.16
106	750–800	764	274.00–292.00	289.71
37	850–900	861	264.00	264.00

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.