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Napoleon Livestock Auction

Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-25

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Sep 25

● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098

← Sep 18Sep 25Oct 9 →

Receipts

2,725 head

▲ 1,514 vs last sale 1,211▼ 944 vs year ago 3,669 · −25.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Most weights not well tested. Feeder steers 800-850lbs sharply lower, 850-950lbs 8.00 to 9.00 lower with instances up to 17.00 lower. 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 $421.02/cwt on 307 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −73.39 against this barn's trailing median of $494.41.

Average price

$421.02

307 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,342

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$207

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

$49.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.62

vs ND average

+3.93 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	424.40	2,356	286
Medium and Large 1-2	573	375.00	2,149	21

One grade step is worth $49.40/cwt here — about $207 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale307 hd

421.02

—

ND average2 barns · 320 hd

421.64

−0.62

National average168 barns · 11,658 hd

417.09

+3.93

This barn, trailing median13 sales

494.41

−73.39

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

33 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	361	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,697	14
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	439	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,019	25
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	457	435.93/cwt	432.50–450.00	1,992	37
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	413.69/cwt	405.00–415.00	2,172	90
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	429.32/cwt	410.00–440.00	2,443	196
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	573	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,149	21
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	431.92/cwt	430.00–432.50	2,669	128
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	674	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,410	18
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	686	394.65/cwt	375.00–403.00	2,707	101
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	729	388.89/cwt	370.00–401.00	2,835	185
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	776	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	3,057	7
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	819	343.71/cwt	342.00–347.00	2,815	73
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	858	352.14/cwt	347.50–353.00	3,021	136
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	861	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,712	23
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	927	352.28/cwt	340.00–355.00	3,266	268
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	973	347.43/cwt	346.00–349.00	3,380	122
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,027	333.23/cwt	325.00–345.50	3,422	157
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,081	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	3,502	25
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	311	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,368	15
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	441	429.94/cwt	415.00–450.00	1,896	80
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	491	377.90/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,855	49
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	524	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,834	12
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	543	371.18/cwt	367.50–380.00	2,016	17
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	561	376.99/cwt	370.00–395.00	2,115	82
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	589	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,091	18
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	648	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,414	33
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	677	360.99/cwt	355.00–370.00	2,444	49
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	707	371.96/cwt	370.00–373.00	2,630	256
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	786	350.68/cwt	340.00–352.00	2,756	115
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	840	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,923	14
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	914	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,916	15
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	981	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	3,115	14
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,030	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	3,193	20

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 25, 2025

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

Receipts 2,725Last week 1,211Year ago 3,669

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	361	470.00	470.00
25	400–450	439	460.00	460.00
37	450–500	457	432.50–450.00	435.93
90	500–550	525	405.00–415.00	413.69
196	550–600	569	410.00–440.00	429.32
128	600–650	618	430.00–432.50	431.92
101	650–700	686	375.00–403.00	394.65
185	700–750	729	370.00–401.00	388.89
7	750–800	776	394.00	394.00
73	800–850	819	342.00–347.00	343.71
136	850–900	858	347.50–353.00	352.14
268	900–950	927	340.00–355.00	352.28
122	950–1000	973	346.00–349.00	347.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
157	1000–1050	1,027	325.00–345.50	333.23
25	1050–1100	1,081	324.00	324.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	550–600	573	375.00	375.00
18	650–700	674	357.50	357.50
23	850–900	861	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	524	350.00	350.00
18	550–600	589	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	311	440.00	440.00
80	400–450	441	415.00–450.00	429.94
49	450–500	491	375.00–380.00	377.90
17	500–550	543	367.50–380.00	371.18
82	550–600	561	370.00–395.00	376.99
33	600–650	648	372.50	372.50
49	650–700	677	355.00–370.00	360.99
256	700–750	707	370.00–373.00	371.96
115	750–800	786	340.00–352.00	350.68
14	800–850	840	348.00	348.00
15	900–950	914	319.00	319.00
14	950–1000	981	317.50	317.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	1000–1050	1,030	310.00	310.00

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.