Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2025-06-05

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Jun 5
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098
Receipts
669 head
▼ 416 vs last sale 1,085▼ 734 vs year ago 1,403 · −52.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Most weights not well tested for comparison. Feeder steers 750-800lbs sharply higher. Feeder heifers 700-750lbs and 850-900lbs 1.00 to 5.00 higher. Good buyer demand. Flesh condition light to moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $429.58/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 2 of 13 comparable sales and sits −64.83 against this barn's trailing median of $494.41.
Average price
$429.58
13 head · 513 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,204
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+0.00
vs ND average
+51.00 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1513429.582,20413thin
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 sale13 hd
429.58
—
ND average1 barns · 13 hd
429.58
+0.00
National average158 barns · 13,435 hd
378.58
+51.00
This barn, trailing median13 sales
494.41
−64.83
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
552504457409median 494.4103/0503/2604/2306/1110/29
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

20 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1380455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,7292
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1483420.76/cwt410.00–435.002,03212
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1513429.58/cwt417.50–440.002,20413
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1631400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,52449
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1685373.89/cwt369.00–392.502,56166
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1709365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,5887
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1759344.71/cwt330.00–351.002,61655
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1825315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,59973
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1921285.50/cwt285.50–285.502,62936
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1984283.00/cwt283.00–283.002,78559
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1430410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,7636
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1462397.50/cwt397.50–397.501,8366
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1502390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,9585
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573360.47/cwt355.00–374.002,06511
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1621338.00/cwt338.00–338.002,09919
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1735313.20/cwt307.50–315.002,30260
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1775287.00/cwt287.00–287.002,22412
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1819286.00/cwt286.00–286.002,3428
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1878283.00/cwt283.00–283.002,48567
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1782285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,2295

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.