Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers 450-500lbs, 650-700lbs and 850-900lbs 7.00 to 11.00 lower with instances up to 13.00 lower, 500-550lbs and 700-750lbs steady to 1.00 lower, 550-650lbs 2.00 to 5.00 higher and 750-800lbs sharply lower.

Feeder heifers 400-450lbs and 500-600lbs 3.00 to 7.00 higher, 450-500lbs, 600-650lbs and 700-750lbs 1.00 to 4.00 lower with instances up to 8.00 lower, 650-700lbs trading up to 19.00 higher. Good buyer demand with many full loads of steers and heifers 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 $354.61/cwt on 673 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −140.77 against this barn's trailing median of $495.39.

Average price

$354.61

673 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,977

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$162

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

$20.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.24

vs ND average

+12.16 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	355.43	1,984	646
Medium and Large 1-2	544	335.00	1,822	27

One grade step is worth $20.43/cwt here — about $162 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 sale673 hd

354.61

—

ND average3 barns · 1,650 hd

356.86

−2.24

National average190 barns · 32,836 hd

342.45

+12.16

This barn, trailing median18 sales

495.39

−140.77

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

36 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	900–950	906	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,265	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	387.75/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,439	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	298.44/cwt	284.00–301.00	1,880	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	323.61/cwt	312.00–345.00	1,709	302
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	332.24/cwt	327.50–356.00	1,615	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	268.38/cwt	250.00–277.00	1,975	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	394	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,497	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	646	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,777	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	296.17/cwt	295.00–297.00	2,017	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	383.74/cwt	383.00–385.00	1,635	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	544	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,822	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	359.80/cwt	359.00–360.00	1,763	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	351.15/cwt	332.00–363.00	2,026	350
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	961	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	2,383	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	416.37/cwt	400.00–435.00	1,582	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	410.23/cwt	397.50–423.00	1,748	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	927	259.55/cwt	256.00–262.50	2,406	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	851	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	2,323	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	321.57/cwt	299.00–325.00	2,148	598
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	335.06/cwt	317.00–348.00	2,097	604
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	781	276.09/cwt	270.00–289.00	2,156	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	275.45/cwt	262.50–286.00	2,261	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	391.42/cwt	381.00–410.00	1,840	141
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	360.50/cwt	341.00–376.00	1,932	296
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,545	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	592	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,732	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	396	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,445	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	272.00/cwt	268.00–278.00	1,847	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	361	451.00/cwt	451.00–451.00	1,628	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	306.00/cwt	294.00–314.50	2,200	443
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	366.26/cwt	355.00–380.00	1,553	112
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	262.81/cwt	255.00–269.50	2,045	126
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	300.58/cwt	283.00–309.50	2,017	220
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	320.10/cwt	309.00–325.00	1,825	271
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	447	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,547	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,643	5

How this sale compares

North Dakota weighted averages

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