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Napoleon Livestock Auction

Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-27

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Feb 27

● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098

← Feb 13Feb 27Mar 6 →

Receipts

7,184 head

▲ 4,949 vs last sale 2,235▲ 3,003 vs year ago 4,181 · +71.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago; Feeder steers 450-500lbs and 650-700lbs sharply higher, 550-600lbs 1.00 to 6.00 lower, 600-650lbs and 700-850lbs 7.00 to 12.00 higher with instances up to 15.00 higher. Feeder heifers 450-500lbs, 550-600lbs and 750-800lbs 1.00 to 4.00 higher, 500-550lbs and 700-750lbs sharply higher, 600-700lbs 12.00 to 17.00 higher. Very good buyer demand with many fulls load 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 $369.01/cwt on 326 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −125.41 against this barn's trailing median of $494.41.

Average price

$369.01

326 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,048

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$177

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

$35.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.86

vs ND average

+20.77 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	372.18	2,063	297
Medium and Large 1-2	561	336.48	1,887	29

One grade step is worth $35.70/cwt here — about $177 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 sale326 hd

369.01

—

ND average3 barns · 1,224 hd

363.14

+5.86

National average180 barns · 14,929 hd

348.24

+20.77

This barn, trailing median13 sales

494.41

−125.41

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

35 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	391	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,760	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	468.75/cwt	465.00–470.00	2,016	24
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	457	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	2,091	15
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	419.41/cwt	407.00–445.00	1,996	25
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	499	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,984	22
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	378.80/cwt	365.00–400.00	2,027	163
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	537	338.46/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,818	16
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	364.13/cwt	340.00–375.00	2,105	134
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	590	334.04/cwt	330.00–337.50	1,971	13
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	632	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,928	11
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	634	340.51/cwt	328.00–352.00	2,159	532
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	328.79/cwt	316.00–346.00	2,200	528
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	695	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,141	17
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	708	278.84/cwt	275.00–291.00	1,974	25
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	314.51/cwt	298.00–325.00	2,280	701
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	767	295.75/cwt	291.00–304.50	2,268	499
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	814	290.06/cwt	275.00–299.00	2,361	271
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	857	284.09/cwt	279.00–288.00	2,435	131
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	928	273.26/cwt	267.00–273.75	2,536	69
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	316	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,288	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	378	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,503	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	373.18/cwt	350.00–385.00	1,601	51
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	483	370.06/cwt	365.00–382.50	1,787	134
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	350.92/cwt	330.00–365.00	1,835	63
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	583	318.47/cwt	309.00–327.00	1,857	584
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	310.02/cwt	287.00–313.00	1,947	452
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	685	289.05/cwt	275.00–303.00	1,980	352
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Replacement	694	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,117	39
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	705	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,826	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	719	285.30/cwt	267.00–295.00	2,051	334
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	728	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,020	12
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	759	267.97/cwt	264.00–269.00	2,034	59
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	792	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,972	5
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	826	247.18/cwt	240.00–252.50	2,042	39
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Replacement	831	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	2,186	37

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 27, 2025

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

Receipts 7,184Last week 2,235Year ago 4,181

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	750–800	792	249.00	249.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	316	407.50	407.50
7	350–400	378	397.50	397.50
51	400–450	429	350.00–385.00	373.18
134	450–500	483	365.00–382.50	370.06
63	500–550	523	330.00–365.00	350.92
584	550–600	583	309.00–327.00	318.47
452	600–650	628	287.00–313.00	310.02
352	650–700	685	275.00–303.00	289.05
334	700–750	719	267.00–295.00	285.30
59	750–800	759	264.00–269.00	267.97
39	800–850	826	240.00–252.50	247.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	700–750	705	259.00	259.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
39	650–700	694	305.00	305.00
12	700–750	728	277.50	277.50
37	800–850	831	263.00	263.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	450–500	499	397.50	397.50
16	500–550	537	335.00–340.00	338.46
13	550–600	590	330.00–337.50	334.04
11	600–650	632	305.00	305.00
17	650–700	695	308.00	308.00
25	700–750	708	275.00–291.00	278.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	391	450.00	450.00
24	400–450	430	465.00–470.00	468.75
25	450–500	476	407.00–445.00	419.41
163	500–550	535	365.00–400.00	378.80
134	550–600	578	340.00–375.00	364.13
532	600–650	634	328.00–352.00	340.51
528	650–700	669	316.00–346.00	328.79
701	700–750	725	298.00–325.00	314.51
499	750–800	767	291.00–304.50	295.75
271	800–850	814	275.00–299.00	290.06
131	850–900	857	279.00–288.00	284.09
69	900–950	928	267.00–273.75	273.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	457	457.50	457.50

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.