Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2025-06-26

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Jun 26
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098
Receipts
737 head
▲ 68 vs last sale 669▲ 737 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Three weeks since last report so no price comparison. 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 $402.24/cwt on 29 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −92.17 against this barn's trailing median of $494.41.
Average price
$402.24
29 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,209
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+0.00
vs ND average
+32.66 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1549402.242,20929
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 sale29 hd
402.24
—
ND average1 barns · 29 hd
402.24
+0.00
National average140 barns · 6,212 hd
369.58
+32.66
This barn, trailing median13 sales
494.41
−92.17
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

16 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2363420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,52512
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2439400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,7566
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1492420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,06610
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1512401.02/cwt385.00–410.002,05314
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1584403.38/cwt395.00–420.002,35615
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1835320.39/cwt320.00–321.252,675209
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1876307.53/cwt295.00–321.252,694134
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1403380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,53128
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2419345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,4468
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1484385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,86320
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2502330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,65716
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1519358.79/cwt345.00–375.001,86261
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1613329.39/cwt325.00–340.002,01938
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1757290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,19526
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1602341.00/cwt341.00–341.002,05310
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1740317.50/cwt317.50–317.502,3509

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.