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Napoleon Livestock Auction

Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-09-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-17

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Sep 17

● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098

← Jun 11Sep 17Oct 1 →

Receipts

895 head

▼ 1,051 vs last sale 1,946▼ 316 vs year ago 1,211 · −26.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale of the fall market season, no recent price comparison available. Good buyer demand for yearling steers and heifers. Flesh condition light to moderate.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb steers averaged $360.00/cwt on 7 head, down $88.36 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −80.27 against this barn's trailing median of $440.27.

Average price

$360.00

▼ 88.36 vs prior sale

7 head · 632 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,275

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+0.00

vs ND average

−3.27 vs national

Price by quality 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	632	360.00	2,275	7thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale7 hd

360.00

—

ND average1 barns · 7 hd

360.00

+0.00

National average163 barns · 10,010 hd

363.27

−3.27

This barn, trailing median12 sales

440.27

−80.27

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 600–700 lb

12 sales

Steers 600–700 lb: high $486.00, low $399.57, median $440.27 across 12 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

11 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	632	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,275	7
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	744	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,693	76
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	752	359.88/cwt	359.00–366.00	2,706	64
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	822	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,630	9
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	840	352.26/cwt	351.00–353.50	2,959	142
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	870	347.67/cwt	344.50–351.00	3,025	140
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	918	341.20/cwt	335.00–345.50	3,132	305
Feeder Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	668	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,338	9
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	752	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,489	14
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	833	317.11/cwt	310.00–323.00	2,642	53
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	965	296.98/cwt	288.50–299.50	2,866	43

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 Sep 17, 2026

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

Receipts 895Last week 1,946Year ago 1,211

First reported sale of the fall market season, no recent price comparison available. Good buyer demand for yearling steers and heifers. Flesh condition light to moderate.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	650–700	668	350.00	350.00
14	750–800	752	331.00	331.00
53	800–850	833	310.00–323.00	317.11
43	950–1000	965	288.50–299.50	296.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
76	700–750	744	362.00	362.00
64	750–800	752	359.00–366.00	359.88
142	800–850	840	351.00–353.50	352.26
140	850–900	870	344.50–351.00	347.67
305	900–950	918	335.00–345.50	341.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	632	360.00	360.00
9	800–850	822	320.00	320.00

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.