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Napoleon Livestock Auction

Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-05

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Feb 5

● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098

← Jan 29Feb 5Feb 12 →

Receipts

6,343 head

▲ 2,887 vs last sale 3,456▲ 3,290 vs year ago 3,053 · +107.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers 450-500lbs and 600-700lbs 18.00 to 22.00 higher with instances up to 28.00 higher, 500-600lbs and 750-800lbs 10.00 to 15.00 higher, 700-750lbs steady to 3.00 lower, 800-950lbs 11.00 to 15.00 lower with instances up to 18.00 lower. Feed heifers 450-500lbs 27.00 higher, 500 to 550lbs 10.00 higher, 550-650lbs and 750-800lbs steady to 5.00 lower with instances up to 8.00 lower, 650 to 750lbs 15.00 lower with instances up to 23.00 lower. Good buyer demand on the many full loads in today's offering. Many quality replacement heifers also in today's offering. 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 $504.60/cwt on 706 head. That ranks 11 of 13 comparable sales and sits +10.19 against this barn's trailing median of $494.41.

Average price

$504.60

706 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,823

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+2.17

vs ND average

+21.57 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	504.60	2,823	706

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 sale706 hd

504.60

—

ND average3 barns · 996 hd

502.43

+2.17

National average143 barns · 13,122 hd

483.03

+21.57

This barn, trailing median13 sales

494.41

+10.19

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

36 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	328	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	2,132	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	365	627.85/cwt	600.00–640.00	2,292	26
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	600.43/cwt	580.00–610.00	2,522	47
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	448	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,486	15
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	555.79/cwt	540.00–580.00	2,651	89
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	531.77/cwt	510.00–547.00	2,802	310
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	585	483.33/cwt	467.50–505.00	2,827	396
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	606	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,909	104
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	628	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,653	12
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	450.30/cwt	431.00–461.00	2,837	251
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	652	457.00/cwt	457.00–457.00	2,980	57
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	676	421.39/cwt	406.00–435.00	2,849	458
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	689	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,549	19
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	724	403.78/cwt	385.00–412.50	2,923	704
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	773	382.40/cwt	369.00–410.00	2,956	687
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	827	367.89/cwt	351.00–371.00	3,042	304
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	896	354.50/cwt	354.50–354.50	3,176	62
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	915	350.30/cwt	345.00–355.00	3,205	142
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	965	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	3,209	15
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	384	564.94/cwt	560.00–570.00	2,169	14
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	525.68/cwt	505.00–560.00	2,239	26
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	467	505.92/cwt	470.00–517.50	2,363	49
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	475	445.41/cwt	440.00–450.00	2,116	13
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	534	463.56/cwt	445.00–485.00	2,475	261
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	544	433.35/cwt	430.00–435.00	2,357	27
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	550	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,310	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	442.31/cwt	425.00–460.00	2,526	147
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	632	416.76/cwt	395.00–435.00	2,634	469
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	639	380.76/cwt	380.00–383.00	2,433	36
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	392.77/cwt	367.50–407.50	2,651	177
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Replacement	678	419.77/cwt	397.50–437.50	2,846	163
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	719	361.96/cwt	350.00–375.00	2,602	75
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	729	383.40/cwt	379.00–397.50	2,795	206
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	756	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,948	7
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	772	342.69/cwt	341.00–345.00	2,646	61
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	817	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,860	9

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 Feb 5, 2026

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

Receipts 6,343Last week 3,456Year ago 3,053

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
104	600–650	606	480.00	480.00
57	650–700	652	457.00	457.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	448	555.00	555.00
12	600–650	628	422.50	422.50
19	650–700	689	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	328	650.00	650.00
26	350–400	365	600.00–640.00	627.85
47	400–450	420	580.00–610.00	600.43
89	450–500	477	540.00–580.00	555.79
310	500–550	527	510.00–547.00	531.77
396	550–600	585	467.50–505.00	483.33
251	600–650	630	431.00–461.00	450.30
458	650–700	676	406.00–435.00	421.39
704	700–750	724	385.00–412.50	403.78
687	750–800	773	369.00–410.00	382.40
304	800–850	827	351.00–371.00	367.89
62	850–900	896	354.50	354.50
142	900–950	915	345.00–355.00	350.30
15	950–1000	965	332.50	332.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	384	560.00–570.00	564.94
26	400–450	426	505.00–560.00	525.68
49	450–500	467	470.00–517.50	505.92
261	500–550	534	445.00–485.00	463.56
147	550–600	571	425.00–460.00	442.31
469	600–650	632	395.00–435.00	416.76
177	650–700	675	367.50–407.50	392.77
75	700–750	719	350.00–375.00	361.96
61	750–800	772	341.00–345.00	342.69
9	800–850	817	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	475	440.00–450.00	445.41
27	500–550	544	430.00–435.00	433.35
5	550–600	550	420.00	420.00
36	600–650	639	380.00–383.00	380.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
163	650–700	678	397.50–437.50	419.77
206	700–750	729	379.00–397.50	383.40
7	750–800	756	390.00	390.00

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.