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Napoleon Livestock Auction

Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-23

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Jan 23

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098

← Jan 16Jan 23Jan 30 →

Receipts

1,955 head

▼ 3,915 vs last sale 5,870▼ 1,081 vs year ago 3,036 · −35.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 350-400lbs, 600-650lbs and 850-900lbs 4.00 lower with instances up to 11.00 lower, 500-600lbs, 650-750lbs and 800-850lbs 1.00 to 5.00 higher with instances up to 7.00 higher. Feeder heifers 400-450lbs and 600-650lbs 16.00 to 19.00 higher, 450-500lbs, 550-600lbs , 700-750lbs steady to 5.00 higher with instances up to 9.00 higher , 650-700lbs up to 9.00 lower. Good buyer demand. Smaller sale due to cold temperatures. 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 $370.15/cwt on 200 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −124.26 against this barn's trailing median of $494.41.

Average price

$370.15

200 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,989

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+11.79

vs ND average

+29.21 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	370.15	1,989	200

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale200 hd

370.15

—

ND average3 barns · 783 hd

358.36

+11.79

National average147 barns · 15,667 hd

340.94

+29.21

This barn, trailing median13 sales

494.41

−124.26

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

29 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	386	440.02/cwt	435.00–447.50	1,698	56
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	418	429.00/cwt	429.00–429.00	1,793	18
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	461	407.27/cwt	392.50–415.00	1,878	27
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	376.79/cwt	355.00–383.00	1,971	145
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	352.65/cwt	337.50–365.00	2,028	55
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	636	323.46/cwt	315.00–337.00	2,057	178
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,195	127
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	710	307.85/cwt	290.00–317.00	2,186	119
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	766	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,183	15
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	816	283.63/cwt	278.00–287.00	2,314	89
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	883	269.50/cwt	269.50–269.50	2,380	196
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	311	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,182	7
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	343	406.07/cwt	400.00–425.00	1,393	12
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	367	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,468	20
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	408	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	1,628	18
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	364.69/cwt	360.00–367.50	1,579	37
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	448	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,568	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	483	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,534	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	346.76/cwt	335.00–357.50	1,682	197
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	334.11/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,757	23
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	329.08/cwt	314.00–334.00	1,843	136
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	573	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,719	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	616	307.65/cwt	288.00–317.00	1,895	126
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	293.03/cwt	287.00–300.00	1,949	93
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	733	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	2,030	44
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	790	251.90/cwt	251.00–255.00	1,990	26
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	889	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	2,156	5
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	953	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,287	10
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1	858	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,995	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 Jan 23, 2025

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

Receipts 1,955Last week 5,870Year ago 3,036

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	850–900	858	232.50	232.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	400–450	408	399.00	399.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	343	400.00–425.00	406.07
20	350–400	367	400.00	400.00
37	400–450	433	360.00–367.50	364.69
197	450–500	485	335.00–357.50	346.76
23	500–550	526	320.00–345.00	334.11
136	550–600	560	314.00–334.00	329.08
126	600–650	616	288.00–317.00	307.65
93	650–700	665	287.00–300.00	293.03
44	700–750	733	277.00	277.00
26	750–800	790	251.00–255.00	251.90
5	850–900	889	242.50	242.50
10	950–1000	953	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	311	380.00	380.00
6	400–450	448	350.00	350.00
8	450–500	483	317.50	317.50
7	550–600	573	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
56	350–400	386	435.00–447.50	440.02
18	400–450	418	429.00	429.00
27	450–500	461	392.50–415.00	407.27
145	500–550	523	355.00–383.00	376.79
55	550–600	575	337.50–365.00	352.65
178	600–650	636	315.00–337.00	323.46
127	650–700	665	330.00	330.00
119	700–750	710	290.00–317.00	307.85
15	750–800	766	285.00	285.00
89	800–850	816	278.00–287.00	283.63
196	850–900	883	269.50	269.50

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.