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Napoleon Livestock Auction

Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-18

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Dec 18

● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098

← Dec 11Dec 18Jan 8 →

Receipts

3,218 head

▲ 1,920 vs last sale 1,298▲ 280 vs year ago 2,938 · +9.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers 400-450lbs and 500-550lbs 27.00 to 29.99 higher, 550-600lbs 8.00 higher, 600-650lbs and 700-750lbs 18.00 to 22.00 lower, 650-700lbs 12.00 lower. Feeder heifers 450-500lbs and 550-600lbs 35.00 to 40.00 higher with instances up to 45.00 higher, 500-550lbs 28.00 higher. Not all weights well tested in Feeder heifers. Good buyer demand. Flesh condition light to moderate. Next report will be January 8, 2026.

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 $449.65/cwt on 710 head. That ranks 3 of 13 comparable sales and sits −44.76 against this barn's trailing median of $494.41.

Average price

$449.65

710 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,538

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$238

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

$20.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.49

vs ND average

+5.55 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	568	452.10	2,567	627
Medium and Large 1-2	540	431.21	2,329	83

One grade step is worth $20.89/cwt here — about $238 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale710 hd

449.65

—

ND average3 barns · 1,969 hd

457.14

−7.49

National average163 barns · 16,063 hd

444.10

+5.55

This barn, trailing median13 sales

494.41

−44.76

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

32 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	315	601.48/cwt	590.00–610.00	1,895	14
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	519.15/cwt	515.00–530.00	1,936	25
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	374	467.90/cwt	465.00–475.00	1,750	17
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	432	505.67/cwt	485.00–527.50	2,184	116
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	446	449.80/cwt	445.00–475.00	2,006	31
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	459	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,088	21
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	495.72/cwt	470.00–507.50	2,360	133
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	516	480.96/cwt	449.00–490.00	2,482	95
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	540	431.21/cwt	427.50–445.00	2,329	83
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	555	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,664	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	446.88/cwt	426.00–461.00	2,578	531
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	436.53/cwt	410.00–452.50	2,715	263
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	681	405.51/cwt	391.00–417.50	2,762	154
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	716	388.50/cwt	375.00–399.00	2,782	208
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	756	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,778	10
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	861	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,820	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	328	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,755	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	377	485.41/cwt	475.00–510.00	1,830	55
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	417	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,772	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	471.32/cwt	460.00–490.00	1,989	56
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	464	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,181	23
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	486	438.09/cwt	420.00–455.00	2,129	174
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	432.68/cwt	413.00–455.00	2,259	154
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	564	392.11/cwt	380.00–395.00	2,212	27
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	435.59/cwt	417.50–452.50	2,470	286
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	624	384.63/cwt	375.00–399.00	2,400	83
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	378.23/cwt	378.00–380.00	2,545	84
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	725	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,248	35
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,614	55
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,002	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	3,131	8
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,237	7
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,987	7

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 18, 2025

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

Receipts 3,218Last week 1,298Year ago 2,938

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	1000–1050	1,002	312.50	312.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
23	450–500	464	470.00	470.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	328	535.00	535.00
55	350–400	377	475.00–510.00	485.41
56	400–450	422	460.00–490.00	471.32
174	450–500	486	420.00–455.00	438.09
154	500–550	522	413.00–455.00	432.68
286	550–600	567	417.50–452.50	435.59
83	600–650	624	375.00–399.00	384.63
84	650–700	673	378.00–380.00	378.23
55	700–750	728	359.00	359.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	417	425.00	425.00
27	550–600	564	380.00–395.00	392.11
35	700–750	725	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	555	480.00	480.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	374	465.00–475.00	467.90
31	400–450	446	445.00–475.00	449.80
21	450–500	459	455.00	455.00
83	500–550	540	427.50–445.00	431.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	315	590.00–610.00	601.48
25	350–400	373	515.00–530.00	519.15
116	400–450	432	485.00–527.50	505.67
133	450–500	476	470.00–507.50	495.72
95	500–550	516	449.00–490.00	480.96
531	550–600	577	426.00–461.00	446.88
263	600–650	622	410.00–452.50	436.53
154	650–700	681	391.00–417.50	405.51
208	700–750	716	375.00–399.00	388.50
10	750–800	756	367.50	367.50
5	850–900	861	327.50	327.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	570	392.50	392.50
7	600–650	621	320.00	320.00

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.