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Napoleon Livestock Auction

Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-22

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Jan 22

● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098

← Jan 15Jan 22Jan 29 →

Receipts

1,383 head

▼ 4,050 vs last sale 5,433▼ 572 vs year ago 1,955 · −29.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Not all weights well tested for comparison. Feeder steers 450-550lbs 35.00 lower with instances up to 42.00 lower, 600-650lbs, 700-750lbs, 800-850lbs and 900-950lbs 2.00 to 6.00 lower with instances up to 15.00 lower. Feeder heifers 450-500lbs and 750-800lbs 2.00 to 6.00 lower, 550-650lbs 17.00 to 21.00 lower and 650-700lbs 3.00 higher. Light sale due to frigid temperatures. 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 $482.53/cwt on 68 head. That ranks 5 of 13 comparable sales and sits −11.88 against this barn's trailing median of $494.41.

Average price

$482.53

68 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,648

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+4.11

vs ND average

+17.20 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	482.53	2,648	68

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 sale68 hd

482.53

—

ND average3 barns · 537 hd

478.43

+4.11

National average169 barns · 18,411 hd

465.33

+17.20

This barn, trailing median13 sales

494.41

−11.88

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

27 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	330	670.00/cwt	670.00–670.00	2,211	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	386	603.00/cwt	595.00–625.00	2,328	11
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	461	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,190	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	482	528.48/cwt	500.00–537.50	2,547	59
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	504.00/cwt	480.00–515.00	2,671	41
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,723	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	585	437.06/cwt	420.00–452.00	2,557	21
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	435.09/cwt	427.00–445.00	2,711	214
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	655	425.81/cwt	420.00–427.50	2,789	31
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	684	372.28/cwt	370.00–375.00	2,546	11
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	716	400.86/cwt	376.00–408.00	2,870	96
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	796	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,850	26
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	825	353.17/cwt	351.00–363.00	2,914	112
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	870	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	3,023	22
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	927	337.82/cwt	337.00–339.00	3,132	56
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	999	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	3,122	8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	387	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,954	14
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	475	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,114	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	482.34/cwt	454.00–495.00	2,315	108
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,341	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	417.63/cwt	396.00–429.00	2,380	134
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	399.07/cwt	385.00–407.50	2,486	120
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	667	398.81/cwt	388.00–412.00	2,660	81
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	727	363.03/cwt	360.00–373.00	2,639	29
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	765	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,708	49
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	802	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,735	23
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	944	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,889	11

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 Jan 22, 2026

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

Receipts 1,383Last week 5,433Year ago 1,955

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	550	495.00	495.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	670.00	670.00
11	350–400	386	595.00–625.00	603.00
59	450–500	482	500.00–537.50	528.48
41	500–550	530	480.00–515.00	504.00
21	550–600	585	420.00–452.00	437.06
214	600–650	623	427.00–445.00	435.09
31	650–700	655	420.00–427.50	425.81
96	700–750	716	376.00–408.00	400.86
26	750–800	796	358.00	358.00
112	800–850	825	351.00–363.00	353.17
22	850–900	870	347.50	347.50
56	900–950	927	337.00–339.00	337.82
8	950–1000	999	312.50	312.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	461	475.00	475.00
11	650–700	684	370.00–375.00	372.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	387	505.00	505.00
108	450–500	480	454.00–495.00	482.34
5	500–550	526	445.00	445.00
134	550–600	570	396.00–429.00	417.63
120	600–650	623	385.00–407.50	399.07
81	650–700	667	388.00–412.00	398.81
29	700–750	727	360.00–373.00	363.03
49	750–800	765	354.00	354.00
23	800–850	802	341.00	341.00
11	900–950	944	306.00	306.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	475	445.00	445.00

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.