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Napoleon Livestock Auction

Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-16

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Jan 16

● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098

← Jan 9Jan 16Jan 23 →

Receipts

5,870 head

▲ 1,085 vs last sale 4,785▲ 5,870 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers 450-500lbs, 650-700lbs and 850-900lbs 7.00 to 11.00 lower with instances up to 13.00 lower, 500-550lbs and 700-750lbs steady to 1.00 lower, 550-650lbs 2.00 to 5.00 higher and 750-800lbs sharply lower.

Feeder heifers 400-450lbs and 500-600lbs 3.00 to 7.00 higher, 450-500lbs, 600-650lbs and 700-750lbs 1.00 to 4.00 lower with instances up to 8.00 lower, 650-700lbs trading up to 19.00 higher. Good buyer demand with many full loads of steers and heifers 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 $354.61/cwt on 673 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −139.80 against this barn's trailing median of $494.41.

Average price

$354.61

673 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,977

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$162

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

$20.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.24

vs ND average

+12.16 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	355.43	1,984	646
Medium and Large 1-2	544	335.00	1,822	27

One grade step is worth $20.43/cwt here — about $162 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 sale673 hd

354.61

—

ND average3 barns · 1,650 hd

356.86

−2.24

National average190 barns · 32,836 hd

342.45

+12.16

This barn, trailing median13 sales

494.41

−139.80

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

36 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fancy	361	451.00/cwt	451.00–451.00	1,628	10
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	416.37/cwt	400.00–435.00	1,582	30
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	394	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,497	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	410.23/cwt	397.50–423.00	1,748	47
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	426	383.74/cwt	383.00–385.00	1,635	21
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	391.42/cwt	381.00–410.00	1,840	141
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	490	359.80/cwt	359.00–360.00	1,763	29
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	536	360.50/cwt	341.00–376.00	1,932	296
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	544	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,822	27
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	351.15/cwt	332.00–363.00	2,026	350
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	335.06/cwt	317.00–348.00	2,097	604
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	646	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,777	15
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	668	321.57/cwt	299.00–325.00	2,148	598
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	681	296.17/cwt	295.00–297.00	2,017	19
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	719	306.00/cwt	294.00–314.50	2,200	443
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	781	276.09/cwt	270.00–289.00	2,156	97
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	821	275.45/cwt	262.50–286.00	2,261	128
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	851	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	2,323	67
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	927	259.55/cwt	256.00–262.50	2,406	50
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	961	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	2,383	29
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	371	387.75/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,439	61
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	396	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,445	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	366.26/cwt	355.00–380.00	1,553	112
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	447	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,547	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	479	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,545	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	486	332.24/cwt	327.50–356.00	1,615	76
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	323.61/cwt	312.00–345.00	1,709	302
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	530	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,643	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	320.10/cwt	309.00–325.00	1,825	271
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	592	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,732	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	298.44/cwt	284.00–301.00	1,880	64
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	671	300.58/cwt	283.00–309.50	2,017	220
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	679	272.00/cwt	268.00–278.00	1,847	55
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	736	268.38/cwt	250.00–277.00	1,975	102
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	778	262.81/cwt	255.00–269.50	2,045	126
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	906	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,265	29

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 16, 2025

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

Receipts 5,870Last week 4,785Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
61	350–400	371	370.00–400.00	387.75
112	400–450	424	355.00–380.00	366.26
76	450–500	486	327.50–356.00	332.24
302	500–550	528	312.00–345.00	323.61
271	550–600	570	309.00–325.00	320.10
64	600–650	630	284.00–301.00	298.44
220	650–700	671	283.00–309.50	300.58
102	700–750	736	250.00–277.00	268.38
126	750–800	778	255.00–269.50	262.81
29	900–950	906	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	396	365.00	365.00
5	400–450	447	346.00	346.00
6	450–500	479	322.50	322.50
5	500–550	530	310.00	310.00
6	550–600	592	292.50	292.50
55	650–700	679	268.00–278.00	272.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	394	380.00	380.00
21	400–450	426	383.00–385.00	383.74
29	450–500	490	359.00–360.00	359.80
27	500–550	544	335.00	335.00
15	600–650	646	275.00	275.00
19	650–700	681	295.00–297.00	296.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	350–400	380	400.00–435.00	416.37
47	400–450	426	397.50–423.00	410.23
141	450–500	470	381.00–410.00	391.42
296	500–550	536	341.00–376.00	360.50
350	550–600	577	332.00–363.00	351.15
604	600–650	626	317.00–348.00	335.06
598	650–700	668	299.00–325.00	321.57
443	700–750	719	294.00–314.50	306.00
97	750–800	781	270.00–289.00	276.09
128	800–850	821	262.50–286.00	275.45
67	850–900	851	273.00	273.00
50	900–950	927	256.00–262.50	259.55
29	950–1000	961	248.00	248.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	361	451.00	451.00

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.