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Napoleon Livestock Auction

Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-19

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Mar 19

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098

← Mar 12Mar 19Mar 26 →

Receipts

2,892 head

▲ 214 vs last sale 2,678▲ 1,493 vs year ago 1,399 · +106.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers 400-450lbs up to 60.00 higher, 500-550lbs and 650-800lbs 10.00 to 13.00 higher with instances up to 29.00 higher, 550-650lbs 3.00 to 8.00 lower with instances up to 13.00 lower. Not all weights well tested for Feeder heifers 550-600lb 5.00 lower, 650-700lbs 20.00 to 25.00 higher. 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 $504.44/cwt on 327 head, up $19.34 from the prior sale. That ranks 10 of 13 comparable sales and sits +10.03 against this barn's trailing median of $494.41.

Average price

$504.44

▲ 19.34 vs prior sale

327 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,684

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$137

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

$35.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.19

vs ND average

+32.32 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	531	509.06	2,702	284
Medium and Large 1-2	541	473.95	2,564	43

One grade step is worth $35.11/cwt here — about $137 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale327 hd

504.44

—

ND average2 barns · 414 hd

502.25

+2.19

National average160 barns · 7,757 hd

472.12

+32.32

This barn, trailing median13 sales

494.41

+10.03

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	353	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	2,259	9
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	615.81/cwt	590.00–640.00	2,636	51
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	443	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	2,569	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	530.10/cwt	515.00–545.00	2,534	23
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	517	519.83/cwt	490.00–540.00	2,688	212
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	541	473.95/cwt	467.50–485.00	2,564	43
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	477.34/cwt	465.00–490.00	2,726	72
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	631	447.70/cwt	440.00–456.00	2,825	349
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	664	426.01/cwt	405.00–450.00	2,829	268
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	393.30/cwt	387.00–409.00	2,871	203
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	762	386.98/cwt	363.00–396.00	2,949	260
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	831	340.53/cwt	330.00–357.50	2,830	89
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	938	339.12/cwt	338.75–339.50	3,181	253
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	975	308.32/cwt	308.00–330.00	3,006	68
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	417	507.23/cwt	495.00–520.00	2,115	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	489.09/cwt	480.00–510.00	2,372	46
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	486	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,211	12
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	447.50/cwt	430.00–465.00	2,331	26
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	533	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,212	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	424.90/cwt	397.50–434.00	2,456	86
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	580	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,219	48
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	617	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	2,567	30
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	391.71/cwt	380.00–402.50	2,605	264
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Replacement	679	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,546	20
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	701	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	2,685	27
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	719	356.75/cwt	350.00–360.00	2,565	27
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	752	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,647	19
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	789	328.50/cwt	328.50–328.50	2,592	11
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Replacement	831	328.18/cwt	321.00–329.00	2,727	137

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 19, 2026

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

Receipts 2,892Last week 2,678Year ago 1,399

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	417	495.00–520.00	507.23
46	450–500	485	480.00–510.00	489.09
26	500–550	521	430.00–465.00	447.50
86	550–600	578	397.50–434.00	424.90
30	600–650	617	416.00	416.00
264	650–700	665	380.00–402.50	391.71
27	700–750	701	383.00	383.00
19	750–800	752	352.00	352.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	486	455.00	455.00
5	500–550	533	415.00	415.00
48	550–600	580	382.50	382.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
20	650–700	679	375.00	375.00
27	700–750	719	350.00–360.00	356.75
11	750–800	789	328.50	328.50
137	800–850	831	321.00–329.00	328.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	443	580.00	580.00
43	500–550	541	467.50–485.00	473.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	353	640.00	640.00
51	400–450	428	590.00–640.00	615.81
23	450–500	478	515.00–545.00	530.10
212	500–550	517	490.00–540.00	519.83
72	550–600	571	465.00–490.00	477.34
349	600–650	631	440.00–456.00	447.70
268	650–700	664	405.00–450.00	426.01
203	700–750	730	387.00–409.00	393.30
260	750–800	762	363.00–396.00	386.98
89	800–850	831	330.00–357.50	340.53
253	900–950	938	338.75–339.50	339.12
68	950–1000	975	308.00–330.00	308.32

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.