Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers 500-600lbs 12.00 to 17.00 higher, 600-800lbs and 850-900lbs sharply higher. Feeder heifers 450-500lbs, 550-600lbs and 650-700lbs 8.00 to 10.00 higher, 500-550lbs , 600-650lbs and 700-750lbs sharply higher. Good buyer demand with many full loads in today's offering, Flesh condition light to moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $351.10/cwt on 644 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −144.28 against this barn's trailing median of $495.39.

Average price

$351.10

644 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,968

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$274

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

$18.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.26

vs ND average

+9.02 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	351.86	1,980	617
Medium and Large 1-2	511	333.83	1,706	27

One grade step is worth $18.03/cwt here — about $274 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 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 sale644 hd

351.10

—

ND average3 barns · 1,758 hd

353.37

−2.26

National average155 barns · 22,672 hd

342.08

+9.02

This barn, trailing median18 sales

495.39

−144.28

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

27 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 1	400–450	424	367.70/cwt	364.00–377.50	1,559	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	689	275.08/cwt	264.00–290.00	1,895	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	312.33/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,799	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	403.24/cwt	397.50–421.00	1,758	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	754	269.50/cwt	269.50–269.50	2,032	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	369.40/cwt	369.00–370.00	1,441	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	274.34/cwt	267.50–278.00	2,000	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	398.98/cwt	383.00–421.00	1,827	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	888	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	2,149	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,823	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	331.88/cwt	312.50–345.00	2,094	635
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	895	274.34/cwt	274.25–280.00	2,455	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	305.60/cwt	285.00–315.00	2,249	351
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	345.85/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,992	423
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	838	266.44/cwt	265.00–280.00	2,233	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	339.73/cwt	331.00–360.00	1,648	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	301.10/cwt	282.00–309.00	1,873	252
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,419	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	511	333.83/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,706	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	320.37/cwt	309.00–338.00	2,175	443
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	300.22/cwt	284.00–315.00	2,294	578
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	322.91/cwt	305.00–338.00	1,708	356
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	401	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,784	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	742	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,096	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	364.96/cwt	345.00–377.50	1,949	194
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	674	303.59/cwt	301.00–305.00	2,046	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	769	278.73/cwt	269.00–282.50	2,143	73

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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