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Napoleon Livestock Auction

Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-11

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Dec 11

● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098

← Dec 4Dec 11Dec 18 →

Receipts

1,298 head

▼ 1,385 vs last sale 2,683▼ 2,822 vs year ago 4,120 · −68.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers 400-450lbs and 500-550lbs 5.00 to 8.00 lower, 550-600lbs and 650-700lbs 30.00 to 32.00 higher, 600-650lbs and 700-750lbs 44.00 to 47.00 higher. Feeder heifers 450-500lbs 5.00 to 10.00 lower, 500-550lbs 28.00 lower, 550-600lbs 12.00 to 15.00 higher. Not all weights well tested in feed heifers. Very good buyer demand on full loads. 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 $451.28/cwt on 350 head. That ranks 4 of 13 comparable sales and sits −43.13 against this barn's trailing median of $494.41.

Average price

$451.28

350 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,509

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$228

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

$56.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.35

vs ND average

+20.65 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	462.00	2,551	283
Medium and Large 1-2	572	406.01	2,322	67

One grade step is worth $56.00/cwt here — about $228 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 sale350 hd

451.28

—

ND average3 barns · 815 hd

445.93

+5.35

National average179 barns · 20,601 hd

430.63

+20.65

This barn, trailing median13 sales

494.41

−43.13

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

23 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	486.55/cwt	467.58–500.00	2,082	71
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	490	442.78/cwt	430.00–460.00	2,170	14
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	533	460.83/cwt	452.50–461.50	2,456	119
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	535	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,220	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	566	462.85/cwt	436.00–472.50	2,620	164
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	575	405.28/cwt	400.00–415.00	2,330	62
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	609	427.31/cwt	417.00–442.50	2,602	69
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	615	474.00/cwt	474.00–474.00	2,915	99
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	644	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,479	9
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	660	419.92/cwt	390.00–429.00	2,771	92
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	677	383.65/cwt	382.50–385.00	2,597	15
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	396.45/cwt	372.50–417.50	2,874	134
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	753	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,805	6
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	886	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,968	9
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	396	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	1,812	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	443	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,971	15
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	490	426.97/cwt	405.00–435.00	2,092	78
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	409.14/cwt	390.00–427.50	2,144	72
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	389.00/cwt	377.00–407.50	2,198	70
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	371.67/cwt	365.00–377.50	2,312	36
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	674	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,342	14
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	792	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,574	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	750	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,988	10

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 11, 2025

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

Receipts 1,298Last week 2,683Year ago 4,120

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
99	600–650	615	474.00	474.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	535	415.00	415.00
62	550–600	575	400.00–415.00	405.28
9	600–650	644	385.00	385.00
15	650–700	677	382.50–385.00	383.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
71	400–450	428	467.58–500.00	486.55
14	450–500	490	430.00–460.00	442.78
119	500–550	533	452.50–461.50	460.83
164	550–600	566	436.00–472.50	462.85
69	600–650	609	417.00–442.50	427.31
92	650–700	660	390.00–429.00	419.92
134	700–750	725	372.50–417.50	396.45
6	750–800	753	372.50	372.50
9	850–900	886	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	750–800	750	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	396	457.50	457.50
15	400–450	443	445.00	445.00
78	450–500	490	405.00–435.00	426.97
72	500–550	524	390.00–427.50	409.14
70	550–600	565	377.00–407.50	389.00
36	600–650	622	365.00–377.50	371.67
14	650–700	674	347.50	347.50
5	750–800	792	325.00	325.00

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.