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Napoleon Livestock Auction

Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-30

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Jan 30

● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098

← Jan 23Jan 30Feb 6 →

Receipts

3,854 head

▲ 1,899 vs last sale 1,955▼ 1,163 vs year ago 5,017 · −23.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers 500-550lbs, 600-700lbs and 850-900lbs 7.00 to 11.00 higher with instances up to 18.00 higher, 550-600lbs steady, 700-750lbs and 800-850lbs 7.00 lower. Feeder heifers 450-500lbs and 700-750lbs sharply higher, 500-600lbs and 650-700lbs 6.00 to 11.00 higher with instances up to 13.00 higher, 600-650lbs 1.00 lower. Good buyer demand with 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

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $367.90/cwt on 469 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −126.51 against this barn's trailing median of $494.41.

Average price

$367.90

469 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,995

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$122

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

$23.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.61

vs ND average

+19.24 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	368.71	1,999	453
Medium and Large 1-2	544	345.00	1,877	16thin

One grade step is worth $23.71/cwt here — about $122 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale469 hd

367.90

—

ND average3 barns · 1,117 hd

368.51

−0.61

National average177 barns · 23,098 hd

348.66

+19.24

This barn, trailing median13 sales

494.41

−126.51

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

37 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	405	456.92/cwt	455.00–460.00	1,851	21
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	430	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,763	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	396.13/cwt	380.00–415.00	1,897	107
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	381.91/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,990	272
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	544	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,877	16
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	348.88/cwt	337.50–365.00	2,003	181
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	337.49/cwt	325.00–355.00	2,126	427
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	631	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,956	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	675	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,295	49
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	678	308.38/cwt	296.00–325.00	2,091	149
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	685	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,952	8
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	734	305.42/cwt	295.00–310.00	2,242	266
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	762	303.39/cwt	281.00–310.00	2,312	310
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	816	272.88/cwt	259.00–280.00	2,227	53
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	853	277.87/cwt	270.00–280.00	2,370	92
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	913	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	2,429	53
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	976	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,489	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	390	377.10/cwt	375.00–405.00	1,471	13
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	421	380.66/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,603	19
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	472	372.63/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,759	63
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	488	339.54/cwt	327.50–355.00	1,657	67
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	514	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	1,830	11
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	328.23/cwt	315.00–345.00	1,733	109
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	320.23/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,848	356
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	579	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,766	9
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	302.34/cwt	289.00–316.00	1,884	251
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	636	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,797	20
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	295.30/cwt	283.00–313.00	1,993	363
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	726	275.69/cwt	265.00–293.00	2,002	48
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fancy	733	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,236	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	749	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,966	24
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	773	268.29/cwt	260.00–273.00	2,074	11
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	810	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,823	5
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	841	256.07/cwt	247.00–265.00	2,154	17
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	857	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,121	14
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	904	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	2,224	7
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	953	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,287	9

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 30, 2025

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

Receipts 3,854Last week 1,955Year ago 5,017

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
63	450–500	472	370.00–380.00	372.63
11	500–550	514	356.00	356.00
4	700–750	733	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	390	375.00–405.00	377.10
19	400–450	421	370.00–400.00	380.66
67	450–500	488	327.50–355.00	339.54
109	500–550	528	315.00–345.00	328.23
356	550–600	577	310.00–340.00	320.23
251	600–650	623	289.00–316.00	302.34
363	650–700	675	283.00–313.00	295.30
48	700–750	726	265.00–293.00	275.69
11	750–800	773	260.00–273.00	268.29
17	800–850	841	247.00–265.00	256.07
14	850–900	857	247.50	247.50
7	900–950	904	246.00	246.00
9	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
9	550–600	579	305.00	305.00
20	600–650	636	282.50	282.50
24	700–750	749	262.50	262.50
5	800–850	810	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	430	410.00	410.00
16	500–550	544	345.00	345.00
6	600–650	631	310.00	310.00
8	650–700	685	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	400–450	405	455.00–460.00	456.92
107	450–500	479	380.00–415.00	396.13
272	500–550	521	370.00–390.00	381.91
181	550–600	574	337.50–365.00	348.88
427	600–650	630	325.00–355.00	337.49
149	650–700	678	296.00–325.00	308.38
266	700–750	734	295.00–310.00	305.42
310	750–800	762	281.00–310.00	303.39
53	800–850	816	259.00–280.00	272.88
92	850–900	853	270.00–280.00	277.87
53	900–950	913	266.00	266.00
7	950–1000	976	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
49	650–700	675	340.00	340.00

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.