Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers 500-550lbs, 600-700lbs and 850-900lbs 7.00 to 11.00 higher with instances up to 18.00 higher, 550-600lbs steady, 700-750lbs and 800-850lbs 7.00 lower. Feeder heifers 450-500lbs and 700-750lbs sharply higher, 500-600lbs and 650-700lbs 6.00 to 11.00 higher with instances up to 13.00 higher, 600-650lbs 1.00 lower. 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 $367.90/cwt on 469 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −127.48 against this barn's trailing median of $495.39.

Average price

$367.90

469 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,995

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$122

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

$23.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.61

vs ND average

+19.24 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	368.71	1,999	453
Medium and Large 1-2	544	345.00	1,877	16thin

One grade step is worth $23.71/cwt here — about $122 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale469 hd

367.90

—

ND average3 barns · 1,117 hd

368.51

−0.61

National average177 barns · 23,098 hd

348.66

+19.24

This barn, trailing median18 sales

495.39

−127.48

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

37 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	500–550	514	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	1,830	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	733	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,236	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	472	372.63/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,759	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	320.23/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,848	356
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	275.69/cwt	265.00–293.00	2,002	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	953	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,287	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	631	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,956	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	976	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,489	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,952	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	456.92/cwt	455.00–460.00	1,851	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	272.88/cwt	259.00–280.00	2,227	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	853	277.87/cwt	270.00–280.00	2,370	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	913	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	2,429	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	348.88/cwt	337.50–365.00	2,003	181
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,763	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	305.42/cwt	295.00–310.00	2,242	266
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	381.91/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,990	272
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	303.39/cwt	281.00–310.00	2,312	310
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	337.49/cwt	325.00–355.00	2,126	427
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	636	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,797	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	544	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,877	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	339.54/cwt	327.50–355.00	1,657	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	749	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,966	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	675	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,295	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	308.38/cwt	296.00–325.00	2,091	149
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	857	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,121	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	396.13/cwt	380.00–415.00	1,897	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	302.34/cwt	289.00–316.00	1,884	251
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	904	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	2,224	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	377.10/cwt	375.00–405.00	1,471	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,766	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	295.30/cwt	283.00–313.00	1,993	363
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	810	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,823	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	841	256.07/cwt	247.00–265.00	2,154	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	268.29/cwt	260.00–273.00	2,074	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	380.66/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,603	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	328.23/cwt	315.00–345.00	1,733	109

How this sale compares

North Dakota weighted averages

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