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Napoleon Livestock Auction

Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-02

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Jan 2

● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098

← Dec 19Jan 2Jan 9 →

Receipts

2,555 head

▼ 383 vs last sale 2,938▼ 226 vs year ago 2,781 · −8.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, Feeder steers 500-600lbs and 650-700lbs 5.00 to 6.00 higher with instances up to 11.00 higher, 600-650lbs and 700-750lbs 1.00 to 4.00 lower with instances up to 11.00 lower. Feeder heifers 450-500lbs sharply higher, 500-600lbs 3.00 to 6.00 lower, 600-650lbs 2.00 higher and 650-700lbs up to 18.00 higher. Good buyer demand. 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 $335.73/cwt on 188 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −158.68 against this barn's trailing median of $494.41.

Average price

$335.73

188 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,855

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$306

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

$55.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs ND average

+2.86 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	340.13	1,879	173
Medium and Large 1-2	552	285.00	1,573	15thin

One grade step is worth $55.13/cwt here — about $306 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 sale188 hd

335.73

—

ND average1 barns · 188 hd

335.73

+0.00

National average40 barns · 9,035 hd

332.87

+2.86

This barn, trailing median13 sales

494.41

−158.68

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

27 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	393	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,513	10
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	346.69/cwt	345.00–355.00	1,623	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	350.97/cwt	345.00–362.50	1,825	58
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	552	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,573	15
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	334.66/cwt	319.00–348.00	1,904	115
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	627	307.03/cwt	291.00–311.00	1,925	108
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	677	298.53/cwt	281.00–308.00	2,021	292
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	283.80/cwt	279.50–288.00	2,072	193
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	777	276.69/cwt	271.50–287.50	2,150	262
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	826	275.23/cwt	273.00–278.50	2,273	257
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	877	258.13/cwt	252.00–260.50	2,264	105
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	936	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	2,410	129
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	328	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,164	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	413	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,322	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	346.01/cwt	342.50–355.00	1,484	14
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	454	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,589	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	487	319.43/cwt	315.00–322.50	1,556	37
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	538	306.03/cwt	295.00–317.50	1,646	165
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	581	291.94/cwt	282.50–312.50	1,696	96
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	585	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,463	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	616	282.46/cwt	269.00–287.00	1,740	177
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	674	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,624	19
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	682	276.23/cwt	261.00–280.00	1,884	136
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	732	252.74/cwt	249.50–255.00	1,850	51
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	773	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,863	32
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	821	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,962	32
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	911	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	2,159	65

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 Jan 2, 2025

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

Receipts 2,555Last week 2,938Year ago 2,781

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	454	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	328	355.00	355.00
14	400–450	429	342.50–355.00	346.01
37	450–500	487	315.00–322.50	319.43
165	500–550	538	295.00–317.50	306.03
96	550–600	581	282.50–312.50	291.94
177	600–650	616	269.00–287.00	282.46
136	650–700	682	261.00–280.00	276.23
51	700–750	732	249.50–255.00	252.74
32	750–800	773	241.00	241.00
32	800–850	821	239.00	239.00
65	900–950	911	237.00	237.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	413	320.00	320.00
8	550–600	585	250.00	250.00
19	650–700	674	241.00	241.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	468	345.00–355.00	346.69
58	500–550	520	345.00–362.50	350.97
115	550–600	569	319.00–348.00	334.66
108	600–650	627	291.00–311.00	307.03
292	650–700	677	281.00–308.00	298.53
193	700–750	730	279.50–288.00	283.80
262	750–800	777	271.50–287.50	276.69
257	800–850	826	273.00–278.50	275.23
105	850–900	877	252.00–260.50	258.13
129	900–950	936	257.50	257.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	393	385.00	385.00
15	550–600	552	285.00	285.00

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.