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Napoleon Livestock Auction

Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-12

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Mar 12

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098

← Mar 5Mar 12Mar 19 →

Receipts

2,678 head

▼ 1,519 vs last sale 4,197▼ 1,059 vs year ago 3,737 · −28.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers 400-550lbs and 700-800lbs 15.00 to 20.00 lower with instances up to 30.00 lower, 550-650lbs steady to 5.00 higher, 650-700lbs 7.00 lower. Feeder heifers 400-450lbs up to 22.00 higher, 500-550lbs 25.00 lower, 550-700lbs steady to 1.00 lower with instances up to 7.00 lower. Good buyer demand. Many replacement heifers 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 $485.10/cwt on 416 head, down $4.58 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 13 comparable sales and sits −9.31 against this barn's trailing median of $494.41.

Average price

$485.10

▼ 4.58 vs prior sale

416 head · 566 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,744

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$168

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

$45.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.34

vs ND average

+12.90 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	565	485.65	2,746	411
Medium and Large 1-2	586	440.00	2,578	5thin

One grade step is worth $45.65/cwt here — about $168 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 sale416 hd

485.10

—

ND average2 barns · 500 hd

485.44

−0.34

National average178 barns · 10,669 hd

472.20

+12.90

This barn, trailing median13 sales

494.41

−9.31

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

29 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	350–400	Medium and Large 1	360	660.00/cwt	660.00–660.00	2,376	16
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	391	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	2,268	11
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	564.44/cwt	540.00–580.00	2,399	44
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	544.99/cwt	520.00–570.00	2,611	227
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	488	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,489	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	511.04/cwt	505.00–520.00	2,678	136
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	586	473.09/cwt	457.50–492.50	2,772	275
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	586	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,578	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	446.34/cwt	431.00–465.00	2,794	150
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	678	419.49/cwt	405.00–437.00	2,844	191
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	715	398.71/cwt	398.00–399.00	2,851	119
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	793	366.50/cwt	365.00–367.00	2,906	55
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	814	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	3,020	42
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	860	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,924	22
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	337	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	2,039	15
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	388	516.80/cwt	515.00–520.00	2,005	16
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	425	527.50/cwt	527.50–527.50	2,242	36
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	441	486.64/cwt	475.00–500.00	2,146	77
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	487	441.35/cwt	430.00–450.00	2,149	18
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	517	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,016	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	438.79/cwt	430.00–455.00	2,304	70
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	433.52/cwt	425.00–439.00	2,462	224
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	627	403.92/cwt	391.00–417.50	2,533	191
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	668	375.98/cwt	355.00–382.00	2,512	232
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Replacement	669	417.68/cwt	390.00–435.00	2,794	65
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	704	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,506	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	720	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,736	33
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	753	387.20/cwt	369.00–399.00	2,916	139
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,009	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	3,047	37

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 Mar 12, 2026

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

Receipts 2,678Last week 4,197Year ago 3,737

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
37	1000–1050	1,009	302.00	302.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
36	400–450	425	527.50	527.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	337	605.00	605.00
16	350–400	388	515.00–520.00	516.80
77	400–450	441	475.00–500.00	486.64
18	450–500	487	430.00–450.00	441.35
70	500–550	525	430.00–455.00	438.79
224	550–600	568	425.00–439.00	433.52
191	600–650	627	391.00–417.50	403.92
232	650–700	668	355.00–382.00	375.98
6	700–750	704	356.00	356.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	517	390.00	390.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
65	650–700	669	390.00–435.00	417.68
33	700–750	720	380.00	380.00
139	750–800	753	369.00–399.00	387.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	391	580.00	580.00
8	450–500	488	510.00	510.00
5	550–600	586	440.00	440.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	360	660.00	660.00
44	400–450	425	540.00–580.00	564.44
227	450–500	479	520.00–570.00	544.99
136	500–550	524	505.00–520.00	511.04
275	550–600	586	457.50–492.50	473.09
150	600–650	626	431.00–465.00	446.34
191	650–700	678	405.00–437.00	419.49
119	700–750	715	398.00–399.00	398.71
55	750–800	793	365.00–367.00	366.50
42	800–850	814	371.00	371.00
22	850–900	860	340.00	340.00

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.