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Napoleon Livestock Auction

Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-24

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Apr 24

● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098

← Apr 10Apr 24May 1 →

Receipts

1,529 head

▼ 288 vs last sale 1,817▼ 98 vs year ago 1,627 · −6.0%

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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 and 600-650lbs 2.00 higher with instances up to 8.00 higher. Feeder heifers 500-550lbs sharply higher, 550-600lbs and 650-700lbs 8.00 to 12.00 higher, 600-650lbs 4.00 lower. 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 $347.69/cwt on 190 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −86.39 against this barn's trailing median of $434.07.

Average price

$347.69

190 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,963

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−7.74

vs ND average

+17.74 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	565	347.69	1,963	190

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 sale190 hd

347.69

—

ND average2 barns · 974 hd

355.42

−7.74

National average175 barns · 11,256 hd

329.95

+17.74

This barn, trailing median13 sales

434.07

−86.39

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

23 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	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	441.51/cwt	425.00–455.00	1,894	41
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	463	439.85/cwt	437.00–445.00	2,037	25
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	532	411.38/cwt	400.00–419.00	2,189	111
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	582	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,159	23
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	363.67/cwt	345.00–373.00	2,255	190
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	693	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,273	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	723	317.00/cwt	312.00–342.00	2,292	59
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	777	313.73/cwt	300.00–321.50	2,438	72
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	833	292.69/cwt	292.50–293.00	2,438	21
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	881	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,520	45
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	941	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,541	10
Steers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,109	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	2,761	59
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	402.07/cwt	399.00–410.00	1,741	32
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	377.13/cwt	372.50–382.50	1,791	15
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	534	363.31/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,940	55
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	341.32/cwt	325.00–345.00	1,969	135
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	320.05/cwt	311.00–329.00	1,991	68
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	668	316.10/cwt	306.00–322.50	2,112	206
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Replacement	686	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,161	12
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	711	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,140	23
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	771	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,213	160
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Replacement	829	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,280	10
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	838	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,179	14

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 24, 2025

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

Receipts 1,529Last week 1,817Year ago 1,627

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
41	400–450	429	425.00–455.00	441.51
25	450–500	463	437.00–445.00	439.85
111	500–550	532	400.00–419.00	411.38
23	550–600	582	371.00	371.00
190	600–650	620	345.00–373.00	363.67
59	700–750	723	312.00–342.00	317.00
72	750–800	777	300.00–321.50	313.73
21	800–850	833	292.50–293.00	292.69
45	850–900	881	286.00	286.00
10	900–950	941	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	693	328.00	328.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
59	1100–1150	1,109	249.00	249.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	400–450	433	399.00–410.00	402.07
15	450–500	475	372.50–382.50	377.13
55	500–550	534	360.00–380.00	363.31
135	550–600	577	325.00–345.00	341.32
68	600–650	622	311.00–329.00	320.05
206	650–700	668	306.00–322.50	316.10
160	750–800	771	287.00	287.00
14	800–850	838	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
12	650–700	686	315.00	315.00
23	700–750	711	301.00	301.00
10	800–850	829	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.