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Napoleon Livestock Auction

Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-10

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Apr 10

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098

← Mar 27Apr 10Apr 24 →

Receipts

1,817 head

▼ 311 vs last sale 2,128▼ 631 vs year ago 2,448 · −25.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago; Most weights not well tested for comparison. Feeder steers 500-550lbs sharply higher, 550-600lbs up to 6.00 higher, 600-700lbs 4.00 to 7.00 lower. Feeder heifers 550-600lbs 3.00 to 5.00 lower, 600-700lbs 13.00 to 15.00 higher. Good buyer demand. Flesh condition light to moderate.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $332.33/cwt on 1,014 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −101.74 against this barn's trailing median of $434.07.

Average price

$332.33

1,014 head · 577 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,918

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$210

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

$13.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs ND average

+15.78 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	578	332.64	1,923	991
Medium and Large 1-2	537	319.03	1,713	23

One grade step is worth $13.61/cwt here — about $210 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale1,014 hd

332.33

—

ND average1 barns · 1,014 hd

332.33

+0.00

National average178 barns · 10,561 hd

316.55

+15.78

This barn, trailing median13 sales

434.07

−101.74

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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $483.60, low $372.00, median $434.07 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

30 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 1-2	396	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,584	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	437	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,945	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	520	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,171	12
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	385.23/cwt	375.00–390.00	2,015	52
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	583	360.61/cwt	358.00–390.00	2,102	403
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	632	346.80/cwt	334.00–365.00	2,192	96
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	634	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,013	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	676	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,944	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	684	331.66/cwt	310.00–337.00	2,269	40
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	2,146	25
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	775	297.58/cwt	293.00–301.00	2,306	35
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	823	271.41/cwt	270.00–280.00	2,234	7
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	888	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,220	6
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	997	256.50/cwt	256.50–256.50	2,557	22
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	379	378.41/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,434	18
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	439	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,558	16
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	483	368.06/cwt	365.00–375.00	1,778	22
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	534	348.56/cwt	337.50–352.50	1,861	165
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	537	319.03/cwt	317.50–320.00	1,713	23
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	587	329.46/cwt	313.00–337.50	1,934	826
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	330.17/cwt	305.00–333.50	2,040	205
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Replacement	637	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,051	14
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	645	298.64/cwt	292.50–303.00	1,926	12
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	662	308.35/cwt	306.00–310.00	2,041	52
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Spayed	716	306.50/cwt	306.50–306.50	2,195	57
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	732	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,108	10
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	746	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,178	34
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	928	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	2,292	18
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	624	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,934	6
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	677	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,845	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 Apr 10, 2025

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

Receipts 1,817Last week 2,128Year ago 2,448

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	624	310.00	310.00
5	650–700	677	272.50	272.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	379	375.00–380.00	378.41
16	400–450	439	355.00	355.00
22	450–500	483	365.00–375.00	368.06
165	500–550	534	337.50–352.50	348.56
826	550–600	587	313.00–337.50	329.46
205	600–650	618	305.00–333.50	330.17
52	650–700	662	306.00–310.00	308.35
10	700–750	732	288.00	288.00
18	900–950	928	247.00	247.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
14	600–650	637	322.00	322.00
34	700–750	746	292.00	292.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
57	700–750	716	306.50	306.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	500–550	537	317.50–320.00	319.03
12	600–650	645	292.50–303.00	298.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	437	445.00	445.00
52	500–550	523	375.00–390.00	385.23
403	550–600	583	358.00–390.00	360.61
96	600–650	632	334.00–365.00	346.80
40	650–700	684	310.00–337.00	331.66
25	700–750	720	298.00	298.00
35	750–800	775	293.00–301.00	297.58
7	800–850	823	270.00–280.00	271.41
22	950–1000	997	256.50	256.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	396	400.00	400.00
5	600–650	634	317.50	317.50
5	650–700	676	287.50	287.50
6	850–900	888	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	520	417.50	417.50

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.