Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2026-06-11

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Jun 11
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098
Receipts
1,946 head
▼ 537 vs last sale 2,483▲ 1,946 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No price comparison for this report. Good buyer demand. Flesh condition light to moderate. Many replacement heifers in today's offering.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $431.83/cwt on 65 head, down $51.77 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 13 comparable sales and sits −2.24 against this barn's trailing median of $434.07.
Average price
$431.83
▼ 51.77 vs prior sale
65 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,334
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+0.00
vs ND average
+31.31 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1540431.832,33465
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 sale65 hd
431.83
—
ND average1 barns · 65 hd
431.83
+0.00
National average163 barns · 8,321 hd
400.52
+31.31
This barn, trailing median13 sales
434.07
−2.24
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
498451405358median 434.0703/0503/2604/2306/1110/29
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

28 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520508.46/cwt500.00–512.502,64418
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1572461.64/cwt455.00–465.002,64129
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2583427.50/cwt427.50–427.502,4925
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1612457.50/cwt457.50–457.502,80012
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fancy657468.00/cwt468.00–468.003,07577
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1673435.22/cwt422.50–444.002,92987
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2694380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,6377
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1725429.81/cwt424.50–435.003,116156
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1775387.21/cwt384.00–415.003,00140
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1864365.78/cwt350.00–371.003,160179
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1913337.40/cwt335.00–340.003,08050
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1968327.69/cwt326.00–335.003,17282
Steers1050–1100Large 11,051313.00/cwt313.00–313.003,29019
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1477410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,95615
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1511421.19/cwt410.00–425.002,15236
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1577445.04/cwt442.50–457.502,56829
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1627407.09/cwt407.00–410.002,55265
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1692386.00/cwt386.00–386.002,67112
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1719365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,62438
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1788331.00/cwt331.00–331.002,60813
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1818327.50/cwt327.50–327.502,6798
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Replacement832333.00/cwt333.00–333.002,7719
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Replacement858344.51/cwt332.50–366.002,95675
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1874326.16/cwt310.00–329.002,851243
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1Replacement907330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,99364
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1915311.83/cwt311.00–313.502,853195
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1Replacement965319.09/cwt315.00–320.503,079184
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1989300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,967135

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.