Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2025-10-09

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Oct 9
● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098
← Sep 25Oct 9Oct 23 →
Receipts
956 head
▼ 1,769 vs last sale 2,725▲ 956 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 for comparison. Feeder steers 850-950lbs 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers 700-750lbs 3.00 higher. Good buyer demand for yearlings mostly right off grass. Flesh condition light to moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 700–800 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
700–800 lb steers averaged $365.37/cwt on 101 head. That ranks 3 of 14 comparable sales and sits −26.02 against this barn's trailing median of $391.39.
Average price
$365.37
101 head · 762 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,783
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$334
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$37.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−17.58
vs ND average
−6.04 vs national

Price by quality 700–800 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1766378.022,89767
Medium and Large 1-2753340.442,56334
One grade step is worth $37.58/cwt here — about $334 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 700–800 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale101 hd
365.37
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ND average2 barns · 207 hd
382.95
−17.58
National average157 barns · 7,876 hd
371.41
−6.04
This barn, trailing median14 sales
391.39
−26.02
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 700–800 lb

14 sales
435405375345median 391.3903/0503/2604/3009/1710/29
Steers 700–800 lb: high $421.12, low $359.29, median $391.39 across 14 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

12 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
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1731381.00/cwt381.00–381.002,7858
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2747339.00/cwt339.00–339.002,53220
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2761342.50/cwt342.50–342.502,60614
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1771377.62/cwt352.00–383.002,91159
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1830361.42/cwt360.00–367.503,00026
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1870346.35/cwt345.50–348.003,013207
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1917344.81/cwt325.00–350.003,162236
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1727368.84/cwt347.50–376.002,68190
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1825345.54/cwt340.00–349.002,85145
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1876337.14/cwt332.00–340.002,95366
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1906327.00/cwt327.00–327.002,9635
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1972313.00/cwt313.00–313.003,0425

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.
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