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

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers 400-450lbs, 500-550lbs and 700-750lbs 8.00 to 13.00 higher, 450-500lbs sharply higher, 650-700lbs steady with instances up to 9.00 lower, 550-650lbs 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers 450-550lbs 2.00 to 3.00 higher, 400-450lbs and 550-700lbs 7.00 to 9.00 higher with instances up to 17.00 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 $346.38/cwt on 768 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −149.00 against this barn's trailing median of $495.39.

Average price

$346.38

768 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,869

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$77

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

$17.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.42

vs ND average

+22.03 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	348.14	1,877	691
Medium and Large 1-2	544	330.63	1,800	77

One grade step is worth $17.51/cwt here — about $77 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 sale768 hd

346.38

—

ND average3 barns · 2,269 hd

346.81

−0.42

National average185 barns · 29,268 hd

324.35

+22.03

This barn, trailing median18 sales

495.39

−149.00

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

34 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	1050–1100	1,072	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	2,444	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	644	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,964	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	564	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,850	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,737	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	548	318.05/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,743	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	334	373.76/cwt	367.50–385.50	1,248	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	387.02/cwt	385.00–387.50	1,680	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	334.07/cwt	332.00–336.00	1,794	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	702	246.06/cwt	246.00–247.50	1,727	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	309.52/cwt	290.00–320.00	1,606	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	312.01/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,822	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	417	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,272	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	272.38/cwt	262.50–279.50	1,879	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	433.51/cwt	415.00–455.00	1,561	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	284.08/cwt	283.00–285.00	1,605	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	350	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,348	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	314.04/cwt	306.00–322.00	1,793	174
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,909	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	334.49/cwt	317.50–350.00	1,910	249
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	417.34/cwt	397.50–430.00	1,757	252
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	323.50/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,550	380
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	638	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,786	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	279.46/cwt	270.00–282.00	1,752	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	281.16/cwt	270.00–292.50	2,050	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	289.71/cwt	274.00–292.00	2,213	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	861	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	2,273	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	369.46/cwt	357.50–392.50	1,766	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	340.54/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,478	141
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	362	360.70/cwt	350.00–385.00	1,306	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	313.89/cwt	295.00–323.00	1,981	305
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	355.83/cwt	343.00–375.00	1,854	442
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	684	292.13/cwt	277.50–303.00	1,998	237
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	308	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,263	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	854	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,930	11

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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