Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers 500-600lbs, 700-750lbs and 800-850lbs 3.00 to 5.00 higher, 600-700lbs and 750-800lbs steady to 3.00 lower with instances up to 15.00 lower. Feeder heifers 500-550lbs and 600-650lbs 11.00-14.00 lower, 550-600lbs and 650-750lbs sharply lower. Good buyer demand. Quality replacement 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 $360.43/cwt on 289 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −134.96 against this barn's trailing median of $495.39.

Average price

$360.43

289 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,013

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$136

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

$36.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.96

vs ND average

+18.05 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	362.92	2,022	269
Medium and Large 1-2	577	326.90	1,886	20

One grade step is worth $36.02/cwt here — about $136 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale289 hd

360.43

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ND average3 barns · 805 hd

368.39

−7.96

National average187 barns · 18,766 hd

342.38

+18.05

This barn, trailing median18 sales

495.39

−134.96

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

31 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	750–800	755	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,039	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	457	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,714	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	252.08/cwt	252.00–252.50	1,979	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	374.02/cwt	367.50–380.00	1,410	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	339.21/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,598	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	359.22/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,484	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,016	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	711	308.75/cwt	289.00–315.00	2,195	164
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	756	289.68/cwt	283.00–308.00	2,190	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	386	387.56/cwt	370.00–395.00	1,496	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,881	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	832	279.56/cwt	276.00–283.50	2,326	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	492	373.01/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,835	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	337.86/cwt	322.50–352.50	2,095	261
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	449	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,706	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	308.80/cwt	294.00–325.00	2,097	309
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	347	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,475	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	411.00/cwt	401.00–420.00	1,965	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	388.03/cwt	362.00–394.00	1,983	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	290.71/cwt	275.00–305.00	1,823	275
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	326.90/cwt	322.50–330.00	1,886	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	783	261.50/cwt	261.50–261.50	2,048	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	806	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,176	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	273.64/cwt	265.00–277.50	1,954	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	713	291.46/cwt	272.50–295.00	2,078	157
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	398	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,353	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	357.05/cwt	337.00–370.00	2,028	218
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	308.73/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,633	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	311.60/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,804	207
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	273.47/cwt	265.00–277.50	1,860	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	333.03/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,748	134

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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