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Napoleon Livestock Auction

Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-04-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-16

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Apr 16

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098

← Apr 9Apr 16Apr 23 →

Receipts

1,927 head

▲ 1,056 vs last sale 871▲ 1,927 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Not all weights well tested in Feeder steers and no weights well tested in Feeder heifers. Feeder steers 600-650lbs 3.00 higher, 700-750lbs up to 16.00 higher and 800-850lbs 7.00 to 11.00 lower. Good buyer demand. Flesh condition light to moderate.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $449.32/cwt on 130 head, down $19.47 from the prior sale. That ranks 9 of 13 comparable sales and sits +15.25 against this barn's trailing median of $434.07.

Average price

$449.32

▼ 19.47 vs prior sale

130 head · 568 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,551

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+0.00

vs ND average

+21.93 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	568	449.32	2,551	130

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 sale130 hd

449.32

—

ND average1 barns · 130 hd

449.32

+0.00

National average182 barns · 12,591 hd

427.39

+21.93

This barn, trailing median13 sales

434.07

+15.25

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

30 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	371	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,226	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	432	537.23/cwt	530.00–550.00	2,321	13
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	488	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,513	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	498	571.37/cwt	567.50–580.00	2,845	29
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	505	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,727	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	532	491.63/cwt	480.00–530.00	2,615	32
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	496.15/cwt	490.00–500.00	2,823	25
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	633	458.49/cwt	445.00–480.00	2,902	114
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	677	435.33/cwt	430.00–440.00	2,947	19
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	711	422.49/cwt	395.00–432.50	3,004	55
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	719	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,732	7
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	779	397.13/cwt	382.50–399.50	3,094	194
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	819	368.67/cwt	368.00–369.00	3,019	42
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	856	380.61/cwt	350.00–383.50	3,258	215
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	915	345.53/cwt	325.00–357.50	3,162	20
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	369	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	2,085	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	436	498.93/cwt	475.00–510.00	2,175	33
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	465	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,023	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	489	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,347	14
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	460.83/cwt	450.00–475.00	2,429	24
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	446.72/cwt	420.00–455.00	2,578	106
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	440.03/cwt	420.00–444.00	2,719	454
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	690	375.55/cwt	371.00–380.00	2,591	22
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	714	395.11/cwt	390.00–412.50	2,821	58
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	766	364.24/cwt	350.00–370.00	2,790	41
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	767	399.04/cwt	345.00–420.00	3,061	33
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Replacement	808	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,941	74
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	817	328.44/cwt	320.00–340.00	2,683	17
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	852	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,748	34
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	914	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	3,108	5

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 Apr 16, 2026

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

Receipts 1,927Last week 871Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	505	540.00	540.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	488	515.00	515.00
7	700–750	719	380.00	380.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	371	600.00	600.00
13	400–450	432	530.00–550.00	537.23
29	450–500	498	567.50–580.00	571.37
32	500–550	532	480.00–530.00	491.63
25	550–600	569	490.00–500.00	496.15
114	600–650	633	445.00–480.00	458.49
19	650–700	677	430.00–440.00	435.33
55	700–750	711	395.00–432.50	422.49
194	750–800	779	382.50–399.50	397.13
42	800–850	819	368.00–369.00	368.67
215	850–900	856	350.00–383.50	380.61
20	900–950	915	325.00–357.50	345.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	369	565.00	565.00
33	400–450	436	475.00–510.00	498.93
14	450–500	489	480.00	480.00
24	500–550	527	450.00–475.00	460.83
106	550–600	577	420.00–455.00	446.72
454	600–650	618	420.00–444.00	440.03
22	650–700	690	371.00–380.00	375.55
58	700–750	714	390.00–412.50	395.11
41	750–800	766	350.00–370.00	364.24
17	800–850	817	320.00–340.00	328.44
34	850–900	852	322.50	322.50
5	900–950	914	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
33	750–800	767	345.00–420.00	399.04
74	800–850	808	364.00	364.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	465	435.00	435.00

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.