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Napoleon Livestock Auction

Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-01

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, May 1

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098

← Apr 24May 1May 29 →

Receipts

888 head

▼ 641 vs last sale 1,529▲ 888 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Light sale and most weights not well tested for comparison. Feeder steers 700-750lbs 9.00 lower, 850-900lbs up to 18.00 higher. Feeder heifers 550lbs-600lbs 2.00 higher with instances up to 8.00 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 $378.82/cwt on 19 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −115.60 against this barn's trailing median of $494.41.

Average price

$378.82

19 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,092

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$363

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

$32.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs ND average

+4.39 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	573	392.50	2,249	11thin
Medium and Large 1-2	524	360.00	1,886	8thin

One grade step is worth $32.50/cwt here — about $363 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 sale19 hd

378.82

—

ND average1 barns · 19 hd

378.82

+0.00

National average176 barns · 11,859 hd

374.43

+4.39

This barn, trailing median13 sales

494.41

−115.60

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

25 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	378	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,777	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	437.00/cwt	437.00–437.00	2,071	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	524	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,886	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,249	11
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	633	358.60/cwt	340.00–372.00	2,270	17
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,234	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	736	331.24/cwt	313.00–333.00	2,438	199
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	758	315.71/cwt	315.00–320.00	2,393	7
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	829	300.30/cwt	300.00–320.00	2,489	134
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	857	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,588	40
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	383	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,724	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	419.32/cwt	412.50–430.00	1,786	17
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	502	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	1,968	26
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	509	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,782	15
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	587	341.72/cwt	333.00–347.00	2,006	63
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	642	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,087	18
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	686	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,127	8
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	705	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,115	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	718	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,211	49
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	759	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,118	8
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	778	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,210	8
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Replacement	818	284.50/cwt	284.50–284.50	2,327	68
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	864	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	2,264	12
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,982	6
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	358.80/cwt	355.00–362.50	2,207	39

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 May 1, 2025

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

Receipts 888Last week 1,529Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	472	420.00	420.00
39	600–650	615	355.00–362.50	358.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	383	450.00	450.00
17	400–450	426	412.50–430.00	419.32
26	500–550	502	392.00	392.00
63	550–600	587	333.00–347.00	341.72
18	600–650	642	325.00	325.00
8	650–700	686	310.00	310.00
5	700–750	705	300.00	300.00
8	750–800	759	279.00	279.00
12	850–900	864	262.00	262.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
49	700–750	718	308.00	308.00
8	750–800	778	284.00	284.00
68	800–850	818	284.50	284.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	500–550	509	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	524	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	378	470.00	470.00
7	450–500	474	437.00	437.00
11	550–600	573	392.50	392.50
17	600–650	633	340.00–372.00	358.60
6	650–700	673	332.00	332.00
199	700–750	736	313.00–333.00	331.24
7	750–800	758	315.00–320.00	315.71
134	800–850	829	300.00–320.00	300.30
40	850–900	857	302.00	302.00

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.