Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago; Not all weights well tested for comparison. Feeder steers 450-500lbs and 650-700lbs sharply higher, 500-600lbs 12.00 to 13.00 higher and 600-650lbs 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers 450-550lbs 12.00 to 13.00 lower, 550-600lbs sharply higher. Good buyer demand. Flesh condition light to moderate. Many full loads in today's offering.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $342.23/cwt on 887 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −153.15 against this barn's trailing median of $495.39.

Average price

$342.23

887 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,861

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$48

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

$34.64/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.92

vs ND average

+16.86 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	343.64	1,862	851
Medium and Large 1-2	587	309.00	1,814	36

One grade step is worth $34.64/cwt here — about $48 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 sale887 hd

342.23

—

ND average3 barns · 2,789 hd

337.31

+4.92

National average187 barns · 33,494 hd

325.37

+16.86

This barn, trailing median18 sales

495.39

−153.15

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

41 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	550	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,755	34
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,039	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	2,275	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	306.63/cwt	291.00–317.00	1,601	248
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	922	246.44/cwt	245.00–247.00	2,272	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,814	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	266.47/cwt	265.00–269.00	1,815	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	489	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,638	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,292	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	548	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,740	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,710	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	429.15/cwt	415.00–445.00	1,644	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	877	251.06/cwt	251.00–252.50	2,202	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	255.83/cwt	253.50–259.00	2,090	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,780	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	278.58/cwt	267.50–284.00	2,000	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	996	248.50/cwt	248.50–248.50	2,475	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	884	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,967	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	288.31/cwt	274.00–303.50	1,955	240
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	332.54/cwt	315.00–346.00	1,882	311
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	308.32/cwt	292.00–320.00	1,945	339
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	350.03/cwt	330.00–362.00	1,848	540
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	412	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,236	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	306	406.55/cwt	405.00–415.00	1,244	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	651	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,031	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	856	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,020	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	404.33/cwt	394.00–422.50	1,755	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,158	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	327.37/cwt	315.00–342.50	1,408	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	360.00/cwt	345.00–372.50	1,714	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	293.48/cwt	285.50–310.00	1,690	233
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,525	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,864	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	919	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	2,141	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	323.71/cwt	308.00–337.50	1,557	175
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	462	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	1,830	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	277.49/cwt	262.50–288.00	1,737	164
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	264.77/cwt	252.00–272.50	1,753	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	340.32/cwt	332.50–350.00	1,256	135
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,131	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	595	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,592	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	280.10/cwt	277.00–285.00	1,468	47

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.

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