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Napoleon Livestock Auction

Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-04

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

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098

← Nov 20Dec 4Dec 11 →

Receipts

2,683 head

▼ 1,717 vs last sale 4,400▼ 1,350 vs year ago 4,033 · −33.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago; Feeder steers 400-450lbs, 650-700lbs and 750-800lbs 4.00 to 5.00 higher with instances up to 11.00 higher, 450-500lbs and 550-600lbs 19.00 to 24.00 higher, 500-550lbs and 600-650lbs 28.00 to 32.00 higher, 700-750lbs 15.00 lower and 800-850lbs 71.00 higher. Feeder heifers 400-450lbs, 500-550lbs and 600-650lbs 37.00 to 41.00 higher, 450-500lbs 15.00 higher and 550-600lbs 23.00 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 $442.94/cwt on 498 head. That ranks 3 of 13 comparable sales and sits −51.47 against this barn's trailing median of $494.41.

Average price

$442.94

498 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,410

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$29

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

$46.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.62

vs ND average

+13.79 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	443.97	2,410	487
Medium and Large 1-2	599	397.50	2,381	11thin

One grade step is worth $46.47/cwt here — about $29 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale498 hd

442.94

—

ND average3 barns · 1,836 hd

442.32

+0.62

National average190 barns · 23,426 hd

429.15

+13.79

This barn, trailing median13 sales

494.41

−51.47

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

30 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	372	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,916	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	490.44/cwt	467.50–505.00	2,124	81
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	459	482.84/cwt	465.00–505.00	2,216	87
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	495	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,141	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	450.92/cwt	425.00–469.00	2,381	318
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	430.89/cwt	412.50–440.00	2,460	169
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	599	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,381	11
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	627	410.85/cwt	395.00–430.00	2,576	137
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	664	391.85/cwt	372.50–399.00	2,602	234
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	664	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,424	7
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	714	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,642	52
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	782	374.05/cwt	357.00–377.50	2,925	81
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fancy	806	384.50/cwt	384.50–384.50	3,099	75
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	874	337.15/cwt	330.00–339.00	2,947	39
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,032	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	3,261	130
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	330	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,634	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	480.50/cwt	465.00–500.00	1,826	16
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	394	430.91/cwt	425.00–435.00	1,698	12
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	407	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,954	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	429.62/cwt	420.00–452.50	1,860	98
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	464	425.06/cwt	415.00–440.00	1,972	62
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	483	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	1,893	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	516	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,348	31
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	403.05/cwt	380.00–420.00	2,100	223
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	586	378.27/cwt	365.00–392.50	2,217	50
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	369.54/cwt	360.00–390.00	2,295	145
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	692	354.96/cwt	350.00–362.50	2,456	78
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	780	324.81/cwt	323.00–329.00	2,534	37
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	859	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,671	36
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	986	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	2,948	47

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 Dec 4, 2025

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

Receipts 2,683Last week 4,400Year ago 4,033

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	407	480.00	480.00
31	500–550	516	455.00	455.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	330	495.00	495.00
16	350–400	380	465.00–500.00	480.50
98	400–450	433	420.00–452.50	429.62
62	450–500	464	415.00–440.00	425.06
223	500–550	521	380.00–420.00	403.05
50	550–600	586	365.00–392.50	378.27
145	600–650	621	360.00–390.00	369.54
78	650–700	692	350.00–362.50	354.96
37	750–800	780	323.00–329.00	324.81
36	850–900	859	311.00	311.00
47	950–1000	986	299.00	299.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	394	425.00–435.00	430.91
7	450–500	483	392.00	392.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
75	800–850	806	384.50	384.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	372	515.00	515.00
81	400–450	433	467.50–505.00	490.44
87	450–500	459	465.00–505.00	482.84
318	500–550	528	425.00–469.00	450.92
169	550–600	571	412.50–440.00	430.89
137	600–650	627	395.00–430.00	410.85
234	650–700	664	372.50–399.00	391.85
52	700–750	714	370.00	370.00
81	750–800	782	357.00–377.50	374.05
39	850–900	874	330.00–339.00	337.15
130	1000–1050	1,032	316.00	316.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	495	432.50	432.50
11	550–600	599	397.50	397.50
7	650–700	664	365.00	365.00

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.