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Napoleon Livestock Auction

Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-26

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Mar 26

● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098

← Mar 19Mar 26Apr 9 →

Receipts

2,874 head

▼ 18 vs last sale 2,892▲ 746 vs year ago 2,128 · +35.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers 500-550lbs up to 9.00 higher, 600-650lbs and 800-900lbs 10.00 to 15.00 higher, 650-800lbs 1.00 to 5.00 lower with instances up to 10.00 lower. Not all weights well tested for Feeder heifers, 450-500lbs and 650-700lbs 4.00 to 5.00 higher, 550-600lbs up to 18.00 higher. Very good buyer demand especially on heifers and the 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

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $448.35/cwt on 292 head, up $32.53 from the prior sale. That ranks 8 of 13 comparable sales and sits +14.28 against this barn's trailing median of $434.07.

Average price

$448.35

▲ 32.53 vs prior sale

292 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,516

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$314

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

$18.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.05

vs ND average

+23.16 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	448.80	2,524	285
Medium and Large 1-2	514	430.00	2,210	7thin

One grade step is worth $18.80/cwt here — about $314 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale292 hd

448.35

—

ND average2 barns · 403 hd

444.30

+4.05

National average176 barns · 15,314 hd

425.19

+23.16

This barn, trailing median13 sales

434.07

+14.28

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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $483.60, low $372.00, median $434.07 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

33 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	316	627.34/cwt	600.00–640.00	1,982	16
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	355	680.00/cwt	680.00–680.00	2,414	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	563.00/cwt	537.00–569.00	2,635	122
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	532.85/cwt	507.50–549.00	2,760	68
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	581	458.97/cwt	455.00–465.00	2,667	14
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	614	462.76/cwt	450.00–471.00	2,841	67
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	662	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,569	20
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	671	431.64/cwt	414.00–445.50	2,896	200
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	717	401.37/cwt	390.00–408.00	2,878	67
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	759	381.65/cwt	365.00–386.00	2,897	65
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	809	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	3,018	77
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	879	351.13/cwt	348.00–357.00	3,086	213
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	906	341.90/cwt	339.00–344.50	3,098	49
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	361	615.00/cwt	615.00–615.00	2,220	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	443	515.81/cwt	490.00–532.50	2,285	18
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	495.02/cwt	480.00–515.00	2,371	49
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	514	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,210	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	482.47/cwt	462.50–500.00	2,523	116
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	565	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	2,557	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	591	424.01/cwt	404.00–435.00	2,506	159
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	424.99/cwt	410.00–437.50	2,626	161
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	624	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,434	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Replacement	670	450.98/cwt	402.50–507.50	3,022	86
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	674	396.21/cwt	386.00–406.00	2,670	72
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	722	393.31/cwt	372.00–410.00	2,840	274
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	729	383.31/cwt	372.50–390.00	2,794	95
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	731	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,668	5
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	754	393.28/cwt	385.00–400.00	2,965	69
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	794	341.57/cwt	340.50–355.00	2,712	82
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Replacement	818	349.23/cwt	340.00–354.00	2,857	164
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Replacement	872	325.67/cwt	325.00–329.00	2,840	84
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,781	6
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	745	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,608	10

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 26, 2026

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

Receipts 2,874Last week 2,892Year ago 2,128

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	565	452.50	452.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	361	615.00	615.00
18	400–450	443	490.00–532.50	515.81
49	450–500	479	480.00–515.00	495.02
116	500–550	523	462.50–500.00	482.47
159	550–600	591	404.00–435.00	424.01
161	600–650	618	410.00–437.50	424.99
72	650–700	674	386.00–406.00	396.21
274	700–750	722	372.00–410.00	393.31
69	750–800	754	385.00–400.00	393.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	514	430.00	430.00
8	600–650	624	390.00	390.00
5	700–750	731	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
86	650–700	670	402.50–507.50	450.98
95	700–750	729	372.50–390.00	383.31
82	750–800	794	340.50–355.00	341.57
164	800–850	818	340.00–354.00	349.23
84	850–900	872	325.00–329.00	325.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	625	445.00	445.00
10	700–750	745	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	680.00	680.00
122	450–500	468	537.00–569.00	563.00
68	500–550	518	507.50–549.00	532.85
14	550–600	581	455.00–465.00	458.97
67	600–650	614	450.00–471.00	462.76
200	650–700	671	414.00–445.50	431.64
67	700–750	717	390.00–408.00	401.37
65	750–800	759	365.00–386.00	381.65
77	800–850	809	373.00	373.00
213	850–900	879	348.00–357.00	351.13
49	900–950	906	339.00–344.50	341.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	316	600.00–640.00	627.34
20	650–700	662	388.00	388.00

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.