Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-09-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale of the fall market season, no recent price comparison available. Good buyer demand for a nice offering of yearling steers and heifers, mostly right off grass. Several long strings of yearlings 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 $274.65/cwt on 55 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −220.74 against this barn's trailing median of $495.39.

Average price

$274.65

55 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,460

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$251

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

$48.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.04

vs ND average

+0.36 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	531	282.60	1,501	46
Medium and Large 1-2	534	234.00	1,250	9thin

One grade step is worth $48.60/cwt here — about $251 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale55 hd

274.65

—

ND average2 barns · 79 hd

277.69

−3.04

National average169 barns · 10,664 hd

274.29

+0.36

This barn, trailing median18 sales

495.39

−220.74

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

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,001	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	2,162	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	249.27/cwt	246.00–254.00	1,660	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	702	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,474	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,250	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	893	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,974	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	788	244.02/cwt	240.00–245.50	1,923	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	542	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,423	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	826	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,933	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	253.92/cwt	253.50–257.50	1,678	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	251.22/cwt	242.50–264.50	1,540	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	252.88/cwt	249.50–255.00	1,836	145
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	963	220.01/cwt	213.00–223.75	2,119	204
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	271.24/cwt	255.50–283.00	1,942	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	971	223.61/cwt	221.00–226.00	2,171	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	255.76/cwt	251.00–261.00	2,136	316
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	271.84/cwt	251.00–277.50	2,104	528
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,368	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,630	13
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,014	227.12/cwt	220.00–230.50	2,303	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	872	243.25/cwt	236.00–249.50	2,121	338
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	925	235.50/cwt	225.00–242.00	2,178	351
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,430	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	274.34/cwt	270.00–291.00	1,750	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	279.69/cwt	275.00–288.00	1,452	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	918	224.09/cwt	216.50–229.00	2,057	273
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	229.26/cwt	224.50–238.50	2,017	162
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	233.40/cwt	229.50–238.50	1,926	335
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	871	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,751	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	711	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,635	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	790	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,738	33

How this sale compares

North Dakota weighted averages

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