Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers 450-550lbs 13.00 to 17.00 lower, 550-600lbs and 650-700lbs 6.00 to 8.00 lower, 600-650lbs and 700-750lbs steady to 3.00 lower. Feeder heifers 400-450lbs and 500-550lbs steady with instances of sharply higher, 450-500lbs, 550-600lbs and 650-700lbs 10.00 to 12.00 lower with instances up to 17.00 lower. Good buyer demand. Flesh condition light to moderate. Next report January 2, 2025.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $333.80/cwt on 512 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −161.58 against this barn's trailing median of $495.39.

Average price

$333.80

512 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,866

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$214

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

$38.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.24

vs ND average

+7.17 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	335.21	1,874	493
Medium and Large 1-2	559	297.21	1,660	19thin

One grade step is worth $38.00/cwt here — about $214 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

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 sale512 hd

333.80

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ND average3 barns · 1,868 hd

339.04

−5.24

National average173 barns · 17,754 hd

326.63

+7.17

This barn, trailing median18 sales

495.39

−161.58

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

42 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	1000–1050	1,034	225.52/cwt	225.00–226.00	2,332	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	400	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,480	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	551	318.50/cwt	318.50–318.50	1,755	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	403	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,672	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,671	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	283.31/cwt	282.50–285.00	1,748	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	282.53/cwt	282.00–285.00	1,766	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	469	336.91/cwt	332.50–337.50	1,580	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,621	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	825	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,918	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	291.31/cwt	287.50–297.50	1,675	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	546	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,542	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	348	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,183	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	545	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,512	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	323.73/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,224	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	601	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,442	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,553	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	284.74/cwt	281.50–292.25	2,062	190
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	362.60/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,740	295
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	995	231.50/cwt	231.50–231.50	2,303	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	377.22/cwt	375.00–390.00	1,369	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	932	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,218	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	693	259.97/cwt	255.00–262.50	1,802	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	335.01/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,464	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	308.89/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,656	184
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	856	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,947	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,785	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	378.90/cwt	365.00–390.00	1,239	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	756	242.52/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,833	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	278.61/cwt	272.00–285.00	1,727	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	283.08/cwt	272.50–295.00	1,633	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	285.41/cwt	274.00–297.00	1,924	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	306.33/cwt	292.00–323.50	1,911	145
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	347.76/cwt	330.00–357.50	1,822	148
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	319.93/cwt	300.00–328.00	1,494	226
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	427.85/cwt	415.00–440.00	1,562	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	386	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,525	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	845	269.27/cwt	267.50–269.50	2,275	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	275.24/cwt	275.00–278.00	2,144	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	329.83/cwt	310.00–342.00	1,893	345
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	348	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,549	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	443	365.00/cwt	362.50–375.00	1,617	19

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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