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Napoleon Livestock Auction

Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-20

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Mar 20

● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098

← Mar 13Mar 20Mar 27 →

Receipts

1,399 head

▼ 2,338 vs last sale 3,737▼ 2,023 vs year ago 3,422 · −59.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Not all weights well tested for comparison. Feeder steers, 500-550lbs and 650-750lbs 4.00 to 5.00 higher with instances up to 10.00 higher, 550-650lbs 3.00 lower with instances up to 10.00 lower. Feeder heifers, 450-500lbs 1.00 lower, 500-600lbs 12.00 to 13.00 higher, 600-700lbs steady to 3.00 higher. Good buyer demand. 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 $385.67/cwt on 90 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −108.74 against this barn's trailing median of $494.41.

Average price

$385.67

90 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,058

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+11.26

vs ND average

+28.51 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	534	385.67	2,058	90

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale90 hd

385.67

—

ND average3 barns · 525 hd

374.41

+11.26

National average170 barns · 10,920 hd

357.16

+28.51

This barn, trailing median13 sales

494.41

−108.74

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

27 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	362	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,738	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	432	458.77/cwt	455.00–460.00	1,982	24
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	490	417.72/cwt	415.00–420.00	2,047	20
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	506	401.76/cwt	370.00–406.00	2,033	43
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	559	370.95/cwt	370.00–375.00	2,074	47
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	612	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,004	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	347.25/cwt	337.50–365.00	2,174	168
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	688	319.72/cwt	309.00–340.50	2,200	80
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	312.62/cwt	306.00–327.50	2,266	78
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	785	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,206	6
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	818	285.18/cwt	273.00–291.00	2,333	78
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	907	265.71/cwt	262.50–267.50	2,410	14
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,632	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	469	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,548	14
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	374.58/cwt	372.50–375.00	1,798	42
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	349.83/cwt	339.00–360.00	1,840	49
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	335.57/cwt	322.50–350.00	1,903	77
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	588	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,835	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Replacement	601	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,908	15
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	310.11/cwt	303.00–315.00	1,954	40
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	301.40/cwt	293.50–305.00	2,019	218
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Replacement	678	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,034	15
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	724	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,071	8
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	736	287.01/cwt	284.00–295.00	2,112	25
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	793	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	2,109	8
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	803	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,088	6
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,015	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,335	6

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 20, 2025

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

Receipts 1,399Last week 3,737Year ago 3,422

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	1000–1050	1,015	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	424	385.00	385.00
42	450–500	480	372.50–375.00	374.58
49	500–550	526	339.00–360.00	349.83
77	550–600	567	322.50–350.00	335.57
40	600–650	630	303.00–315.00	310.11
218	650–700	670	293.50–305.00	301.40
8	700–750	724	286.00	286.00
6	800–850	803	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	469	330.00	330.00
10	550–600	588	312.00	312.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
15	600–650	601	317.50	317.50
15	650–700	678	300.00	300.00
25	700–750	736	284.00–295.00	287.01
8	750–800	793	266.00	266.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	362	480.00	480.00
24	400–450	432	455.00–460.00	458.77
20	450–500	490	415.00–420.00	417.72
43	500–550	506	370.00–406.00	401.76
47	550–600	559	370.00–375.00	370.95
168	600–650	626	337.50–365.00	347.25
80	650–700	688	309.00–340.50	319.72
78	700–750	725	306.00–327.50	312.62
78	800–850	818	273.00–291.00	285.18
14	900–950	907	262.50–267.50	265.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	612	327.50	327.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	750–800	785	281.00	281.00

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.