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Napoleon Livestock Auction

Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-27

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

● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098

← Mar 20Mar 27Apr 10 →

Receipts

2,128 head

▲ 729 vs last sale 1,399▲ 2,128 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers 500-550lbs sharply lower, 550-750lbs 4.00 to 9.00 higher, 800-850lbs 15.00 to 19.00 higher, Feeder heifers, 450-500lbs steady to 5.00 higher, 550-600lbs up to 10.00 lower, 650-700lbs 13.00 higher. Good buyer demand. Many quality 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 $370.12/cwt on 374 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −124.29 against this barn's trailing median of $494.41.

Average price

$370.12

374 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,061

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+2.28

vs ND average

+6.14 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	370.12	2,061	374

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 sale374 hd

370.12

—

ND average2 barns · 468 hd

367.84

+2.28

National average170 barns · 13,177 hd

363.98

+6.14

This barn, trailing median13 sales

494.41

−124.29

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

37 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	354	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,788	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	422	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,688	10
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,952	11
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	469	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,759	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	484	406.97/cwt	385.00–425.00	1,970	17
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	361.26/cwt	357.00–372.50	1,886	150
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	376.05/cwt	359.00–384.00	2,181	224
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	624	361.48/cwt	343.00–369.00	2,256	81
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	663	336.53/cwt	311.00–344.00	2,231	89
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	715	326.04/cwt	312.50–333.50	2,331	150
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	768	304.54/cwt	280.00–310.00	2,339	93
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	819	301.44/cwt	292.00–306.00	2,469	227
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	880	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	2,411	3
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	884	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	2,325	18
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	986	254.50/cwt	254.50–254.50	2,509	16
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,018	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	2,565	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	333	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,399	10
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	383	418.76/cwt	410.00–422.50	1,604	13
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	434	396.10/cwt	375.00–405.00	1,719	68
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	367.58/cwt	362.00–375.00	1,761	42
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,884	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	527	323.80/cwt	322.50–325.00	1,706	13
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	334.49/cwt	328.00–340.00	1,923	82
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Replacement	588	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,964	26
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Replacement	623	323.94/cwt	322.00–329.00	2,018	59
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	623	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,760	12
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	633	319.10/cwt	310.00–320.00	2,020	107
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	667	311.14/cwt	299.50–318.00	2,075	123
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Replacement	691	334.55/cwt	300.00–357.00	2,312	28
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	726	305.72/cwt	305.00–307.50	2,220	147
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	768	271.11/cwt	255.00–277.50	2,082	32
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	773	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,450	26
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	807	262.02/cwt	256.50–267.50	2,115	14
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Replacement	827	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,225	15
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Replacement	852	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,386	65
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	939	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	2,263	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	837	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	2,201	12

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 27, 2025

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

Receipts 2,128Last week 1,399Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	800–850	837	263.00	263.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	333	420.00	420.00
13	350–400	383	410.00–422.50	418.76
68	400–450	434	375.00–405.00	396.10
42	450–500	479	362.00–375.00	367.58
9	500–550	522	361.00	361.00
82	550–600	575	328.00–340.00	334.49
107	600–650	633	310.00–320.00	319.10
123	650–700	667	299.50–318.00	311.14
32	750–800	768	255.00–277.50	271.11
14	800–850	807	256.50–267.50	262.02
5	900–950	939	241.00	241.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
26	550–600	588	334.00	334.00
59	600–650	623	322.00–329.00	323.94
28	650–700	691	300.00–357.00	334.55
147	700–750	726	305.00–307.50	305.72
26	750–800	773	317.00	317.00
15	800–850	827	269.00	269.00
65	850–900	852	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	527	322.50–325.00	323.80
12	600–650	623	282.50	282.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	354	505.00	505.00
11	400–450	429	455.00	455.00
17	450–500	484	385.00–425.00	406.97
150	500–550	522	357.00–372.50	361.26
224	550–600	580	359.00–384.00	376.05
81	600–650	624	343.00–369.00	361.48
89	650–700	663	311.00–344.00	336.53
150	700–750	715	312.50–333.50	326.04
93	750–800	768	280.00–310.00	304.54
227	800–850	819	292.00–306.00	301.44
3	850–900	880	274.00	274.00
16	950–1000	986	254.50	254.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	422	400.00	400.00
8	450–500	469	375.00	375.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	1000–1050	1,018	252.00	252.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	850–900	884	263.00	263.00

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.