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Napoleon Livestock Auction

Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-23

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Oct 23

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098

← Oct 9Oct 23Nov 6 →

Receipts

1,381 head

▲ 425 vs last sale 956▼ 465 vs year ago 1,846 · −25.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago; No weights well tested for comparison. Many full loads available in today's offering. Good buyer demand. Flesh condition light to moderate.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $401.53/cwt on 108 head. That ranks 3 of 13 comparable sales and sits −32.54 against this barn's trailing median of $434.07.

Average price

$401.53

108 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,249

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−12.48

vs ND average

+10.71 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	401.53	2,249	108

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 sale108 hd

401.53

—

ND average3 barns · 983 hd

414.01

−12.48

National average186 barns · 24,193 hd

390.82

+10.71

This barn, trailing median13 sales

434.07

−32.54

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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $483.60, low $372.00, median $434.07 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

29 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	394	552.50/cwt	552.50–552.50	2,177	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	518.85/cwt	495.00–527.50	2,179	32
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	438	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,059	10
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	470.22/cwt	427.50–530.00	2,201	26
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	497	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,361	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	533	478.66/cwt	450.00–490.00	2,551	77
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	449.68/cwt	437.50–462.50	2,541	26
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	617	430.45/cwt	422.50–439.00	2,656	67
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	407.67/cwt	407.50–408.00	2,731	45
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,940	78
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	774	377.04/cwt	360.00–392.50	2,918	13
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	822	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	3,206	21
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	867	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,982	6
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,048	344.50/cwt	344.50–344.50	3,610	58
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,057	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	3,615	56
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	361	492.00/cwt	492.00–492.00	1,776	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	410	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,743	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	458.60/cwt	440.00–474.00	1,986	52
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	490	414.91/cwt	402.50–435.00	2,033	32
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	515	429.41/cwt	405.00–442.50	2,211	27
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	392.24/cwt	378.00–402.00	2,255	81
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,267	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	667	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,284	7
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	713	345.97/cwt	341.00–350.00	2,467	34
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	786	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,665	5
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	946	325.73/cwt	320.00–327.50	3,081	88
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	956	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	3,136	137
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,046	303.45/cwt	298.00–305.00	3,174	72
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,060	303.69/cwt	302.50–305.50	3,219	157

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 Oct 23, 2025

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

Receipts 1,381Last week 956Year ago 1,846

Compared to two weeks ago; No weights well tested for comparison. Many full loads available in today's offering. Good buyer demand. Flesh condition light to moderate.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	361	492.00	492.00
52	400–450	433	440.00–474.00	458.60
32	450–500	490	402.50–435.00	414.91
27	500–550	515	405.00–442.50	429.41
81	550–600	575	378.00–402.00	392.24
9	600–650	621	365.00	365.00
7	650–700	667	342.50	342.50
34	700–750	713	341.00–350.00	345.97
5	750–800	786	339.00	339.00
88	900–950	946	320.00–327.50	325.73
137	950–1000	956	328.00	328.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	410	425.00	425.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
72	1000–1050	1,046	298.00–305.00	303.45
157	1050–1100	1,060	302.50–305.50	303.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	394	552.50	552.50
32	400–450	420	495.00–527.50	518.85
26	450–500	468	427.50–530.00	470.22
77	500–550	533	450.00–490.00	478.66
26	550–600	565	437.50–462.50	449.68
67	600–650	617	422.50–439.00	430.45
45	650–700	670	407.50–408.00	407.67
13	750–800	774	360.00–392.50	377.04
21	800–850	822	390.00	390.00
6	850–900	867	344.00	344.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	438	470.00	470.00
10	450–500	497	475.00	475.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
58	1000–1050	1,048	344.50	344.50
56	1050–1100	1,057	342.00	342.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
78	700–750	700	420.00	420.00

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.