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Napoleon Livestock Auction

Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-06

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Feb 6

● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098

← Jan 30Feb 6Feb 13 →

Receipts

3,053 head

▼ 801 vs last sale 3,854▼ 881 vs year ago 3,934 · −22.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers 500-600lbs, 700-750lbs and 800-850lbs 3.00 to 5.00 higher, 600-700lbs and 750-800lbs steady to 3.00 lower with instances up to 15.00 lower. Feeder heifers 500-550lbs and 600-650lbs 11.00-14.00 lower, 550-600lbs and 650-750lbs sharply lower. Good buyer demand. Quality replacement 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 $360.43/cwt on 289 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −133.98 against this barn's trailing median of $494.41.

Average price

$360.43

289 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,013

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$136

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

$36.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.96

vs ND average

+18.05 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	362.92	2,022	269
Medium and Large 1-2	577	326.90	1,886	20

One grade step is worth $36.02/cwt here — about $136 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale289 hd

360.43

—

ND average3 barns · 805 hd

368.39

−7.96

National average187 barns · 18,766 hd

342.38

+18.05

This barn, trailing median13 sales

494.41

−133.98

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

31 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	347	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,475	9
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	386	387.56/cwt	370.00–395.00	1,496	24
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	440	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,881	38
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	449	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,706	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	411.00/cwt	401.00–420.00	1,965	21
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	492	373.01/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,835	15
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	511	388.03/cwt	362.00–394.00	1,983	51
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	357.05/cwt	337.00–370.00	2,028	218
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	577	326.90/cwt	322.50–330.00	1,886	20
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	337.86/cwt	322.50–352.50	2,095	261
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	635	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,016	16
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	679	308.80/cwt	294.00–325.00	2,097	309
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	711	308.75/cwt	289.00–315.00	2,195	164
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	756	289.68/cwt	283.00–308.00	2,190	134
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	832	279.56/cwt	276.00–283.50	2,326	58
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	377	374.02/cwt	367.50–380.00	1,410	31
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	398	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,353	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	413	359.22/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,484	35
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	457	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,714	14
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	339.21/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,598	34
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	333.03/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,748	134
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	529	308.73/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,633	20
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	579	311.60/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,804	207
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	627	290.71/cwt	275.00–305.00	1,823	275
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	273.47/cwt	265.00–277.50	1,860	51
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	713	291.46/cwt	272.50–295.00	2,078	157
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	714	273.64/cwt	265.00–277.50	1,954	99
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fancy	755	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,039	4
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	783	261.50/cwt	261.50–261.50	2,048	43
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	785	252.08/cwt	252.00–252.50	1,979	19
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Replacement	806	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,176	52

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 Feb 6, 2025

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

Receipts 3,053Last week 3,854Year ago 3,934

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	457	375.00	375.00
4	750–800	755	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	350–400	377	367.50–380.00	374.02
35	400–450	413	340.00–365.00	359.22
34	450–500	471	320.00–345.00	339.21
134	500–550	525	320.00–345.00	333.03
207	550–600	579	305.00–315.00	311.60
275	600–650	627	275.00–305.00	290.71
51	650–700	680	265.00–277.50	273.47
99	700–750	714	265.00–277.50	273.64
19	750–800	785	252.00–252.50	252.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
157	700–750	713	272.50–295.00	291.46
43	750–800	783	261.50	261.50
52	800–850	806	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	398	340.00	340.00
20	500–550	529	305.00–310.00	308.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	350–400	386	370.00–395.00	387.56
9	400–450	449	380.00	380.00
15	450–500	492	370.00–375.00	373.01
20	550–600	577	322.50–330.00	326.90
16	600–650	635	317.50	317.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	347	425.00	425.00
38	400–450	440	427.50	427.50
21	450–500	478	401.00–420.00	411.00
51	500–550	511	362.00–394.00	388.03
218	550–600	568	337.00–370.00	357.05
261	600–650	620	322.50–352.50	337.86
309	650–700	679	294.00–325.00	308.80
164	700–750	711	289.00–315.00	308.75
134	750–800	756	283.00–308.00	289.68
58	800–850	832	276.00–283.50	279.56

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.