Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent price comparison available. Good buyer demand for calves and yearlings mostly coming right off grass. Flesh condition light to moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $254.40/cwt on 131 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −190.44 against this barn's trailing median of $444.85.

Average price

$254.40

131 head · 567 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,441

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−15.24

vs ND average

−5.23 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	567	254.40	1,441	131

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

18 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $483.60, low $415.83, median $444.85 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 sale131 hd

254.40

—

ND average3 barns · 832 hd

269.64

−15.24

National average195 barns · 25,856 hd

259.63

−5.23

This barn, trailing median18 sales

444.85

−190.44

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	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,138	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	274.95/cwt	266.00–288.00	1,732	140
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	249.58/cwt	241.00–254.00	1,947	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	265.25/cwt	257.00–279.50	1,958	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,573	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	591	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,610	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,549	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	832	254.93/cwt	246.00–265.50	2,121	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	331.84/cwt	322.50–350.00	1,586	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	305.62/cwt	286.00–313.00	1,724	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	267.84/cwt	267.50–269.00	1,811	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	388.46/cwt	372.50–397.50	1,445	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,291	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	275.94/cwt	260.00–282.50	1,305	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	587	245.93/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,444	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,477	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	805	235.02/cwt	229.00–243.50	1,892	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	330.25/cwt	310.00–334.00	1,688	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	873	251.76/cwt	242.00–259.50	2,198	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	319.02/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,327	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	706	248.42/cwt	244.00–249.00	1,754	177
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	251.79/cwt	238.00–261.00	1,712	196
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,139	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	269.55/cwt	267.00–277.50	1,429	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	250.74/cwt	250.00–251.50	1,931	161
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	353	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,359	2
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,054	215.50/cwt	215.50–215.50	2,271	9
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,033	220.65/cwt	219.50–222.00	2,279	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	996	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	2,251	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	606	264.50/cwt	264.50–264.50	1,603	7

How this sale compares

North Dakota weighted averages

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