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Napoleon Livestock Auction

Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-13

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

● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098

← Mar 6Mar 13Mar 20 →

Receipts

3,737 head

▼ 254 vs last sale 3,991▼ 229 vs year ago 3,966 · −5.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers, 450-500lbs sharply higher, 500-550lbs and 750-800lbs 1.00 to 2.00 higher, 550-600lbs and 650-700lbs 5.00 to 9.00 lower, 600-650lbs and 700-750lbs 8.00 to 13.00 higher. Feeder heifers, 450-500lbs and 600-700lbs 10.00 to 13.00 higher, 500-550lbs steady to 2.00 lower, 550-600lbs 3.00 higher, 700-750lbs sharply higher. Good buyer demand. Many 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 $380.35/cwt on 288 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −114.06 against this barn's trailing median of $494.41.

Average price

$380.35

288 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,082

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$100

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

$47.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.18

vs ND average

+21.68 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	383.50	2,087	269
Medium and Large 1-2	592	335.75	1,988	19thin

One grade step is worth $47.75/cwt here — about $100 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 sale288 hd

380.35

—

ND average3 barns · 492 hd

377.17

+3.18

National average173 barns · 15,162 hd

358.67

+21.68

This barn, trailing median13 sales

494.41

−114.06

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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	377	466.29/cwt	445.00–475.00	1,758	17
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	402	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,568	11
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	439.95/cwt	430.00–445.00	1,848	12
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	417.01/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,968	57
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	398.34/cwt	372.50–401.00	2,083	163
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	360.68/cwt	348.00–385.00	2,081	106
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	592	335.75/cwt	332.00–340.00	1,988	19
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	352.95/cwt	332.00–368.00	2,188	520
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	630	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,079	47
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	681	332.09/cwt	317.50–336.00	2,262	140
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	733	310.27/cwt	291.00–317.00	2,274	470
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	781	300.84/cwt	288.00–306.00	2,350	207
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	816	278.00/cwt	276.00–280.00	2,268	16
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	879	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,417	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	374	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,459	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	418	349.99/cwt	345.00–355.00	1,463	25
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	477	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,586	14
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	486	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	1,827	60
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	343.40/cwt	320.00–348.00	1,799	162
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	324.65/cwt	319.00–337.50	1,873	218
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Replacement	614	317.77/cwt	306.00–325.00	1,951	119
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	307.22/cwt	288.00–315.00	1,929	234
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Replacement	678	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,034	37
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	296.71/cwt	287.00–302.00	2,018	251
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	724	296.88/cwt	291.00–304.00	2,149	134
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	286.37/cwt	281.00–294.50	2,091	144
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	771	280.49/cwt	257.50–300.00	2,163	68
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	792	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,146	15
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Replacement	869	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,346	15
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	987	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,329	48
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	417	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,824	5

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 Mar 13, 2025

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

Receipts 3,737Last week 3,991Year ago 3,966

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	417	437.50	437.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	374	390.00	390.00
60	450–500	486	376.00	376.00
162	500–550	524	320.00–348.00	343.40
218	550–600	577	319.00–337.50	324.65
234	600–650	628	288.00–315.00	307.22
251	650–700	680	287.00–302.00	296.71
144	700–750	730	281.00–294.50	286.37
15	750–800	792	271.00	271.00
48	950–1000	987	236.00	236.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
119	600–650	614	306.00–325.00	317.77
37	650–700	678	300.00	300.00
134	700–750	724	291.00–304.00	296.88
68	750–800	771	257.50–300.00	280.49
15	850–900	869	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	400–450	418	345.00–355.00	349.99
14	450–500	477	332.50	332.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	402	390.00	390.00
19	550–600	592	332.00–340.00	335.75
47	600–650	630	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	377	445.00–475.00	466.29
12	400–450	420	430.00–445.00	439.95
57	450–500	472	400.00–430.00	417.01
163	500–550	523	372.50–401.00	398.34
106	550–600	577	348.00–385.00	360.68
520	600–650	620	332.00–368.00	352.95
140	650–700	681	317.50–336.00	332.09
470	700–750	733	291.00–317.00	310.27
207	750–800	781	288.00–306.00	300.84
16	800–850	816	276.00–280.00	278.00
5	850–900	879	275.00	275.00

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.