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Napoleon Livestock Auction

Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-11-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-11-12

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Nov 12

● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098

← Nov 5Nov 12latest

Receipts

2,409 head

▲ 884 vs last sale 1,525▼ 1,630 vs year ago 4,039 · −40.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves 20.00 to 30.00 higher, instances to 40.00 higher. Very good demand for steer and heifer calves this week as the cattle futures complex stopped it's free fall this week and turned higher. The market was very active as the weather has cleared up in cattle feeding country and feed yard pen conditions are getting in better shape, making it easier for cattle feeders to care for newly arriving calves.

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 $430.71/cwt on 405 head, up $26.08 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 14 comparable sales and sits −59.04 against this barn's trailing median of $489.76.

Average price

$430.71

▲ 26.08 vs prior sale

405 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,365

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$193

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

$44.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.60

vs ND average

+12.07 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	436.36	2,390	353
Medium and Large 1-2	560	392.36	2,196	52

One grade step is worth $44.00/cwt here — about $193 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale405 hd

430.71

—

ND average2 barns · 1,176 hd

430.12

+0.60

National average131 barns · 16,955 hd

418.64

+12.07

This barn, trailing median14 sales

489.76

−59.04

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

14 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $538.00, low $404.63, median $489.76 across 14 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

35 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	346	542.00/cwt	542.00–542.00	1,875	8
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	377	515.09/cwt	510.00–530.00	1,942	19
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	504.38/cwt	475.00–520.00	2,154	38
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	484.33/cwt	475.00–495.00	2,281	89
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	478	512.50/cwt	512.50–512.50	2,450	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	489	438.57/cwt	435.00–445.00	2,145	55
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	510	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,499	20
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	529	447.68/cwt	427.50–465.00	2,368	159
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	530	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,147	27
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	419.86/cwt	402.50–430.00	2,389	174
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	592	378.71/cwt	378.00–380.00	2,242	25
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	622	361.17/cwt	355.00–364.00	2,246	32
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	413.59/cwt	390.00–423.00	2,585	420
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	666	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,331	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	390.99/cwt	370.00–405.00	2,639	154
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	722	373.11/cwt	340.00–378.50	2,694	139
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	781	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,687	36
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	847	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,871	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	321	408.00/cwt	392.50–425.00	1,310	11
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	365	456.35/cwt	450.00–465.00	1,666	24
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	462.41/cwt	435.00–467.00	1,988	33
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	454	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,748	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	418.47/cwt	400.00–440.50	1,971	127
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	517	423.00/cwt	423.00–423.00	2,187	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	388.81/cwt	365.00–400.00	2,033	73
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	529	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,838	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	348.38/cwt	345.00–352.50	1,986	13
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Replacement	576	439.50/cwt	439.50–439.50	2,532	132
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	608	346.85/cwt	323.00–363.00	2,109	100
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Replacement	671	381.50/cwt	381.50–381.50	2,560	95
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	740	345.83/cwt	315.00–350.00	2,559	88
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	832	332.38/cwt	307.50–340.00	2,765	25
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	863	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,831	25
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,014	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,814	7
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,091	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,891	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 Nov 12, 2026

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

Receipts 2,409Last week 1,525Year ago 4,039

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
55	450–500	489	435.00–445.00	438.57
27	500–550	530	405.00	405.00
25	550–600	592	378.00–380.00	378.71
32	600–650	622	355.00–364.00	361.17
7	650–700	666	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	346	542.00	542.00
19	350–400	377	510.00–530.00	515.09
38	400–450	427	475.00–520.00	504.38
89	450–500	471	475.00–495.00	484.33
159	500–550	529	427.50–465.00	447.68
174	550–600	569	402.50–430.00	419.86
420	600–650	625	390.00–423.00	413.59
154	650–700	675	370.00–405.00	390.99
139	700–750	722	340.00–378.50	373.11
36	750–800	781	344.00	344.00
5	800–850	847	339.00	339.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	478	512.50	512.50
20	500–550	510	490.00	490.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	454	385.00	385.00
7	500–550	529	347.50	347.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	321	392.50–425.00	408.00
24	350–400	365	450.00–465.00	456.35
33	400–450	430	435.00–467.00	462.41
127	450–500	471	400.00–440.50	418.47
73	500–550	523	365.00–400.00	388.81
13	550–600	570	345.00–352.50	348.38
100	600–650	608	323.00–363.00	346.85
88	700–750	740	315.00–350.00	345.83
25	800–850	832	307.50–340.00	332.38
25	850–900	863	328.00	328.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
132	550–600	576	439.50	439.50
95	650–700	671	381.50	381.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	517	423.00	423.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	1000–1050	1,014	277.50	277.50
5	1050–1100	1,091	265.00	265.00

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.