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Napoleon Livestock Auction

Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-04

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Sep 4

● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098

← Jun 26Sep 4Sep 18 →

Receipts

1,623 head

▲ 886 vs last sale 737▲ 1,623 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale of the fall season, no recent price comparison available. Good buyer demand for nice offering of yearling steers mostly right off grass. Several strings of yearlings in today's offering. 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 $419.85/cwt on 58 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −74.56 against this barn's trailing median of $494.41.

Average price

$419.85

58 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,310

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+0.00

vs ND average

+3.32 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	419.85	2,310	58

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 sale58 hd

419.85

—

ND average1 barns · 58 hd

419.85

+0.00

National average140 barns · 6,808 hd

416.53

+3.32

This barn, trailing median13 sales

494.41

−74.56

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

24 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,935	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	450	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,093	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	2,232	27
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	570	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,565	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	412.04/cwt	395.00–424.00	2,361	29
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	419.03/cwt	415.00–421.00	2,602	15
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	676	415.05/cwt	408.00–416.00	2,806	88
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	712	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	2,805	23
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	779	381.58/cwt	376.00–385.00	2,973	24
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	823	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	3,152	6
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	859	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	3,058	57
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	941	354.84/cwt	339.50–364.25	3,339	444
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	965	341.64/cwt	339.00–346.75	3,297	301
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	434	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	1,853	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,114	49
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	400.10/cwt	398.00–414.00	2,281	37
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	612	390.30/cwt	387.00–397.00	2,389	48
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	682	383.10/cwt	376.00–392.00	2,613	51
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	740	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,605	9
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	816	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,987	26
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	836	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,759	8
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	929	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	3,112	7
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	965	318.48/cwt	315.00–319.00	3,073	148
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,060	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	3,244	19

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 Sep 4, 2025

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

Receipts 1,623Last week 737Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	570	450.00	450.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	430	450.00	450.00
2	450–500	450	465.00	465.00
27	500–550	524	426.00	426.00
29	550–600	573	395.00–424.00	412.04
15	600–650	621	415.00–421.00	419.03
88	650–700	676	408.00–416.00	415.05
23	700–750	712	394.00	394.00
24	750–800	779	376.00–385.00	381.58
6	800–850	823	383.00	383.00
57	850–900	859	356.00	356.00
444	900–950	941	339.50–364.25	354.84
301	950–1000	965	339.00–346.75	341.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	1050–1100	1,060	306.00	306.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	434	427.00	427.00
49	500–550	522	405.00	405.00
37	550–600	570	398.00–414.00	400.10
48	600–650	612	387.00–397.00	390.30
51	650–700	682	376.00–392.00	383.10
26	800–850	816	366.00	366.00
7	900–950	929	335.00	335.00
148	950–1000	965	315.00–319.00	318.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	700–750	740	352.00	352.00
8	800–850	836	330.00	330.00

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.