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Napoleon Livestock Auction

Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-18

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Sep 18

● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098

← Sep 4Sep 18Sep 25 →

Receipts

1,211 head

▼ 412 vs last sale 1,623▲ 1,211 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago; Most weights not well tested. Feeder steers 850-900lbs 14.00 higher, 900-950lbs steady to instances of 6.00 higher. Good buyer demand for yearlings mostly right off grass. 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 $420.00/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −74.41 against this barn's trailing median of $494.41.

Average price

$420.00

5 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,264

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+0.00

vs ND average

+15.36 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	420.00	2,264	5thin

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 sale5 hd

420.00

—

ND average1 barns · 5 hd

420.00

+0.00

National average165 barns · 10,728 hd

404.64

+15.36

This barn, trailing median13 sales

494.41

−74.41

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

17 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	539	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,264	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	643	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,620	38
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	422.98/cwt	421.00–424.00	2,876	29
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,847	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	784	381.12/cwt	368.50–386.00	2,988	206
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	818	380.86/cwt	379.00–381.00	3,115	84
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	889	363.50/cwt	355.50–370.00	3,232	204
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	904	356.48/cwt	346.00–364.50	3,223	123
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	460	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,794	14
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	515	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,073	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	566	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,066	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	655	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,391	11
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	733	354.50/cwt	354.50–354.50	2,598	35
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	820	343.42/cwt	342.50–347.00	2,816	96
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	883	331.11/cwt	323.00–343.00	2,924	243
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	949	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	3,084	7
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	981	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	3,051	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 18, 2025

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

Receipts 1,211Last week 1,623Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	515	402.50	402.50
11	650–700	655	365.00	365.00
35	700–750	733	354.50	354.50
96	800–850	820	342.50–347.00	343.42
243	850–900	883	323.00–343.00	331.11
7	900–950	949	325.00	325.00
19	950–1000	981	311.00	311.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	460	390.00	390.00
7	550–600	566	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	539	420.00	420.00
38	600–650	643	407.50	407.50
29	650–700	680	421.00–424.00	422.98
5	700–750	730	390.00	390.00
206	750–800	784	368.50–386.00	381.12
84	800–850	818	379.00–381.00	380.86
204	850–900	889	355.50–370.00	363.50
123	900–950	904	346.00–364.50	356.48

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.