Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-11-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers 400-450lbs and 600-650lbs sharply higher, 500-550lbs and 750-800lbs 8.00 to 12.00 higher, 550-600lbs and 700-750lbs steady to 1.00 higher, 650-700lbs 1.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder heifers 400-450lbs up to 12.00 lower, 450-500lbs and 550-600lbs 14.00 to 17.00 higher, 500-550lbs sharply higher, 600-650lbs 8.00 higher, 650-700lbs trading steady. Good buyer demand on many full loads in today's offering. Cattle without total vaccination program bringing lower end of price range. Flesh condition light to moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $315.95/cwt on 925 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −179.44 against this barn's trailing median of $495.39.

Average price

$315.95

925 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,745

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$177

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

$20.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.35

vs ND average

+10.51 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	317.75	1,760	845
Medium and Large 1-2	533	296.94	1,584	80

One grade step is worth $20.81/cwt here — about $177 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale925 hd

315.95

—

ND average3 barns · 2,716 hd

317.30

−1.35

National average190 barns · 31,255 hd

305.44

+10.51

This barn, trailing median18 sales

495.39

−179.44

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

39 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	500–550	521	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,657	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	438	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,533	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	950	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,138	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	877	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,982	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	320.90/cwt	300.00–331.00	1,489	141
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	286.09/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,385	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	308	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,140	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,713	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	445	327.49/cwt	322.50–330.00	1,457	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	839	251.23/cwt	251.00–265.00	2,108	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	328.38/cwt	312.50–344.00	1,737	405
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	307.96/cwt	290.00–320.00	1,777	440
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	757	274.58/cwt	274.50–275.00	2,079	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	394	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	1,450	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	298.32/cwt	290.00–307.50	1,575	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	387	319.99/cwt	317.50–322.50	1,238	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	409	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,656	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	611	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,970	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	338	418.99/cwt	405.00–425.00	1,416	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	705	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,780	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	589	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,664	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	272.40/cwt	269.00–276.00	1,449	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	444	292.08/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,297	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	262.39/cwt	245.00–270.00	1,619	135
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	288.79/cwt	283.00–307.50	1,796	1,587
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	355.87/cwt	340.00–375.00	1,502	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	277.44/cwt	264.00–285.00	1,870	143
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	352.92/cwt	337.50–360.00	1,341	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	273.89/cwt	260.00–285.00	1,594	244
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	294.68/cwt	284.00–310.00	1,562	255
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	338.14/cwt	325.00–355.00	1,633	312
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	277.34/cwt	268.00–283.00	2,013	316
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	400.95/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,443	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	334	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,186	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	292	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,051	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	757	236.68/cwt	229.00–246.00	1,792	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	324.40/cwt	310.00–337.50	1,382	143
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	258.13/cwt	252.50–260.50	1,742	164
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,428	16

How this sale compares

North Dakota weighted averages

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