Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; 400-450lbs and 600-650lbs 16.00 to 17.00 higher, 450-500lbs sharply higher, 550-600lbs 3.00 higher, 650-750lbs 9.00 to 11.00 higher, 750-800lbs 3.00 to 6.00 lower. Feeder heifers 400-450lbs 10.00 lower, 450-600lbs steady to 3.00 higher, 600-750lbs 9.00 to 10.00 higher with instances up to 15.00 higher. Good buyer demand. Quality replacement heifers available in today's offering. Flesh condition light to moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $318.49/cwt on 311 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −176.90 against this barn's trailing median of $495.39.

Average price

$318.49

311 head · 572 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,823

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$182

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

$39.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.78

vs ND average

+2.42 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	570	325.81	1,856	253
Medium and Large 1-2	584	286.57	1,674	58

One grade step is worth $39.24/cwt here — about $182 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

18 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $538.00, low $449.65, median $495.39 across 18 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale311 hd

318.49

—

ND average3 barns · 1,068 hd

331.27

−12.78

National average167 barns · 13,796 hd

316.07

+2.42

This barn, trailing median18 sales

495.39

−176.90

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

45 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	284.39/cwt	277.00–290.00	1,368	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	359	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,274	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	406	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	1,713	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	456	400.29/cwt	395.00–404.00	1,825	178
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,777	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	799	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	2,029	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,495	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,716	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	378.10/cwt	365.00–390.00	1,630	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	255.50/cwt	255.50–255.50	2,236	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	301.72/cwt	282.00–310.00	1,581	272
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	283.10/cwt	265.00–294.00	2,035	423
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	969	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,306	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	297.22/cwt	284.00–311.00	1,997	178
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	267.73/cwt	264.50–271.00	2,083	182
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	309.32/cwt	297.50–326.00	1,949	195
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	909	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,750	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	736	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,877	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	677	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,808	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	878	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,923	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	348	341.98/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,190	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	234.94/cwt	227.50–245.00	1,795	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	252.76/cwt	248.00–260.00	1,830	210
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,096	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	405.34/cwt	395.00–415.00	1,492	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	317.37/cwt	302.50–332.50	1,203	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	809	227.66/cwt	223.00–231.00	1,842	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	328.11/cwt	315.00–340.00	1,385	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,633	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	686	208.39/cwt	205.00–210.00	1,430	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	271.80/cwt	267.00–279.00	1,862	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	788	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,915	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	326.64/cwt	305.00–335.00	1,516	212
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	287.32/cwt	270.00–300.00	1,658	245
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	286.57/cwt	277.50–302.50	1,674	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	437	350.21/cwt	345.00–352.50	1,530	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,322	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,315	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	325.93/cwt	310.00–337.50	1,861	244
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	239	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	932	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	271.03/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,420	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	596	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,597	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	345.56/cwt	337.50–357.50	1,686	122
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	261.62/cwt	246.00–267.50	1,750	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	272.54/cwt	264.00–287.00	1,717	193

How this sale compares

North Dakota weighted averages

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