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Napoleon Livestock Auction

Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-29

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Jan 29

● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098

← Jan 22Jan 29Feb 5 →

Receipts

3,456 head

▲ 2,073 vs last sale 1,383▼ 398 vs year ago 3,854 · −10.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Not all weights well tested for comparison, Feeder steers 600-650lbs and 800-850lbs 17.00 to 19.00 higher, 700-750lbs 8.00 to 9.00 higher, 900-950lbs up to 34.00 higher. Feeder heifers 450-500lbs and 750-800lbs 4.00 to 5.00 lower, 550-650lbs 31.00 to 32.00 higher, 650-750lbs 17.00 to 18.00 higher and 750-800lbs 4.00 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 $481.26/cwt on 186 head. That ranks 5 of 13 comparable sales and sits −13.15 against this barn's trailing median of $494.41.

Average price

$481.26

186 head · 568 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,733

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$193

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

$31.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.61

vs ND average

−2.84 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	569	490.36	2,789	132
Medium and Large 1-2	566	459.00	2,596	54

One grade step is worth $31.36/cwt here — about $193 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale186 hd

481.26

—

ND average3 barns · 655 hd

489.87

−8.61

National average63 barns · 7,974 hd

484.10

−2.84

This barn, trailing median13 sales

494.41

−13.15

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

35 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	330	665.00/cwt	665.00–665.00	2,195	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,451	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	440	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,244	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	482	524.01/cwt	505.00–545.00	2,526	48
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	504	535.91/cwt	530.00–537.50	2,701	29
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	547	479.00/cwt	479.00–479.00	2,620	27
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	584	439.00/cwt	439.00–439.00	2,564	27
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	587	477.54/cwt	460.00–495.00	2,803	103
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	627	446.59/cwt	431.00–462.50	2,800	378
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	676	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,636	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	679	410.24/cwt	406.00–435.00	2,786	273
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	729	404.17/cwt	385.00–415.00	2,946	320
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	772	388.57/cwt	385.00–395.50	3,000	577
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	784	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,764	25
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	831	372.60/cwt	366.25–382.00	3,096	238
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	874	364.33/cwt	350.00–369.50	3,184	120
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	921	359.11/cwt	345.00–373.25	3,307	130
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	337	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,685	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	513.93/cwt	510.00–520.00	2,200	26
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	474.91/cwt	460.00–490.00	2,237	45
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	539	455.56/cwt	435.00–475.00	2,455	82
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	551	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,287	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	439.71/cwt	427.50–460.00	2,533	170
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	606	434.30/cwt	425.00–440.00	2,632	136
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Replacement	623	428.00/cwt	428.00–428.00	2,666	41
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	628	370.82/cwt	370.00–375.00	2,329	36
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Replacement	661	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,727	30
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	389.69/cwt	376.00–406.00	2,630	132
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	680	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,924	16
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	690	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,519	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	703	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,355	12
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	709	382.65/cwt	355.00–390.00	2,713	84
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	777	345.27/cwt	339.00–350.00	2,683	57
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	836	341.80/cwt	337.50–345.00	2,857	34
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	866	322.77/cwt	322.00–340.00	2,795	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 Jan 29, 2026

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

Receipts 3,456Last week 1,383Year ago 3,854

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	650–700	680	430.00	430.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	337	500.00	500.00
26	400–450	428	510.00–520.00	513.93
45	450–500	471	460.00–490.00	474.91
82	500–550	539	435.00–475.00	455.56
170	550–600	576	427.50–460.00	439.71
136	600–650	606	425.00–440.00	434.30
132	650–700	675	376.00–406.00	389.69
84	700–750	709	355.00–390.00	382.65
57	750–800	777	339.00–350.00	345.27
34	800–850	836	337.50–345.00	341.80
47	850–900	866	322.00–340.00	322.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	551	415.00	415.00
36	600–650	628	370.00–375.00	370.82
6	650–700	690	365.00	365.00
12	700–750	703	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
41	600–650	623	428.00	428.00
30	650–700	661	412.50	412.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	440	510.00	510.00
27	500–550	547	479.00	479.00
27	550–600	584	439.00	439.00
5	650–700	676	390.00	390.00
25	750–800	784	352.50	352.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	330	665.00	665.00
2	400–450	430	570.00	570.00
48	450–500	482	505.00–545.00	524.01
29	500–550	504	530.00–537.50	535.91
103	550–600	587	460.00–495.00	477.54
378	600–650	627	431.00–462.50	446.59
273	650–700	679	406.00–435.00	410.24
320	700–750	729	385.00–415.00	404.17
577	750–800	772	385.00–395.50	388.57
238	800–850	831	366.25–382.00	372.60
120	850–900	874	350.00–369.50	364.33
130	900–950	921	345.00–373.25	359.11

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.