Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Not all weights well tested for comparison. Feeder steers 400-450lbs sharply higher, 450-500lbs and 650-700lbs 1.00 to 3.00 higher, 550-600lbs 8.00 to 12.00 lower, 600-650lbs 2.00 lower. Feeder heifers 400-500lbs and 550-600lbs sharply higher, 500-550lbs and 700-750lbs 9.00 to 10.00 higher. Good buyer demand on the many full loads in today's offering. Flesh condition light to moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $285.28/cwt on 170 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −159.57 against this barn's trailing median of $444.85.

Average price

$285.28

170 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,555

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$240

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

$39.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.43

vs ND average

+24.82 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	286.68	1,564	164
Medium and Large 1-2	536	247.00	1,324	6thin

One grade step is worth $39.68/cwt here — about $240 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

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 sale170 hd

285.28

—

ND average3 barns · 1,305 hd

276.85

+8.43

National average194 barns · 26,693 hd

260.46

+24.82

This barn, trailing median18 sales

444.85

−159.57

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

31 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 1Fancy	550–600	559	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,677	91
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,004	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	2,234	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	869	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,051	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	261.12/cwt	246.00–269.50	1,637	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	303	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,030	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	661	232.20/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,535	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	814	254.91/cwt	243.00–260.00	2,075	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	261.75/cwt	261.50–263.00	1,892	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	405	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,438	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,539	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	314	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	1,331	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,984	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	311.41/cwt	310.00–312.50	1,510	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	276.94/cwt	273.00–286.00	1,698	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	698	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,696	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	338.16/cwt	325.00–353.50	1,650	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	408	402.68/cwt	380.00–404.00	1,643	147
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	969	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,238	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	267.88/cwt	265.00–270.00	1,792	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,444	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	315.11/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,642	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	273.78/cwt	260.00–287.50	1,418	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	314.97/cwt	310.00–317.50	1,169	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	258.50/cwt	258.50–258.50	1,843	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,551	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	833	245.01/cwt	234.00–248.50	2,041	290
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	297.32/cwt	288.00–301.00	1,689	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	993	221.50/cwt	221.50–221.50	2,199	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	342.57/cwt	312.50–344.00	1,387	119
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,714	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,324	6

How this sale compares

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 →