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Napoleon Livestock Auction

Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-13

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Feb 13

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098

← Feb 6Feb 13Feb 27 →

Receipts

2,235 head

▼ 818 vs last sale 3,053▼ 4,431 vs year ago 6,666 · −66.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers 550-600lbs and 800-850lbs 6.00 to 7.00 higher, 600-750lbs 5.00 to 7.00 lower, 750-800lbs sharply lower. Feeder heifers 450-500lbs 3.00 higher, 500-550lbs, 600-650lbs and 700-750lbs 5.00 to 9.00 lower, 550-600lbs and 650-700lbs 10.00 to 14.00 higher. Good buyer demand on the 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 $362.77/cwt on 187 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −131.64 against this barn's trailing median of $494.41.

Average price

$362.77

187 head · 575 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,087

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$163

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

$42.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.38

vs ND average

+24.10 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	574	364.81	2,094	178
Medium and Large 1-2	599	322.50	1,932	9thin

One grade step is worth $42.31/cwt here — about $163 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 sale187 hd

362.77

—

ND average2 barns · 432 hd

366.15

−3.38

National average155 barns · 9,244 hd

338.67

+24.10

This barn, trailing median13 sales

494.41

−131.64

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

25 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	319	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,515	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	437	433.52/cwt	430.00–450.00	1,894	63
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	462	381.84/cwt	362.50–393.00	1,764	51
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	562	376.50/cwt	376.50–376.50	2,116	98
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	589	350.48/cwt	346.00–353.00	2,064	80
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	599	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,932	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	608	336.10/cwt	328.00–345.00	2,043	153
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	692	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,194	88
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	734	298.30/cwt	286.00–310.00	2,190	231
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	792	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,281	72
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	837	283.50/cwt	283.00–289.00	2,373	238
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	866	281.50/cwt	281.50–281.50	2,438	68
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	997	260.50/cwt	260.50–260.50	2,597	39
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,081	251.50/cwt	251.50–251.50	2,719	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	378	386.91/cwt	375.00–398.00	1,463	19
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	421	392.64/cwt	375.00–399.00	1,653	27
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	486	368.27/cwt	364.00–378.00	1,790	121
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	329.70/cwt	322.00–340.00	1,731	111
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	305.81/cwt	294.00–325.00	1,743	77
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	293.97/cwt	275.00–296.00	1,831	115
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	644	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,707	12
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	674	286.16/cwt	270.50–291.00	1,929	78
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	707	266.65/cwt	259.00–272.00	1,885	64
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	781	267.88/cwt	267.75–268.00	2,092	147
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	805	265.93/cwt	257.50–266.50	2,141	79

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 13, 2025

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

Receipts 2,235Last week 3,053Year ago 6,666

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	350–400	378	375.00–398.00	386.91
27	400–450	421	375.00–399.00	392.64
121	450–500	486	364.00–378.00	368.27
111	500–550	525	322.00–340.00	329.70
77	550–600	570	294.00–325.00	305.81
115	600–650	623	275.00–296.00	293.97
78	650–700	674	270.50–291.00	286.16
64	700–750	707	259.00–272.00	266.65
147	750–800	781	267.75–268.00	267.88
79	800–850	805	257.50–266.50	265.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	600–650	644	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	319	475.00	475.00
63	400–450	437	430.00–450.00	433.52
51	450–500	462	362.50–393.00	381.84
80	550–600	589	346.00–353.00	350.48
153	600–650	608	328.00–345.00	336.10
88	650–700	692	317.00	317.00
231	700–750	734	286.00–310.00	298.30
72	750–800	792	288.00	288.00
238	800–850	837	283.00–289.00	283.50
68	850–900	866	281.50	281.50
39	950–1000	997	260.50	260.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	599	322.50	322.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	1050–1100	1,081	251.50	251.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
98	550–600	562	376.50	376.50

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.