Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers 550-600lbs and 800-850lbs 6.00 to 7.00 higher, 600-750lbs 5.00 to 7.00 lower, 750-800lbs sharply lower. Feeder heifers 450-500lbs 3.00 higher, 500-550lbs, 600-650lbs and 700-750lbs 5.00 to 9.00 lower, 550-600lbs and 650-700lbs 10.00 to 14.00 higher. Good buyer demand on the 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 $362.77/cwt on 187 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −132.62 against this barn's trailing median of $495.39.

Average price

$362.77

187 head · 575 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,087

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$163

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

$42.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.38

vs ND average

+24.10 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	574	364.81	2,094	178
Medium and Large 1-2	599	322.50	1,932	9thin

One grade step is worth $42.31/cwt here — about $163 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 sale187 hd

362.77

—

ND average2 barns · 432 hd

366.15

−3.38

National average155 barns · 9,244 hd

338.67

+24.10

This barn, trailing median18 sales

495.39

−132.62

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

25 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	350–400	378	386.91/cwt	375.00–398.00	1,463	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	392.64/cwt	375.00–399.00	1,653	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	707	266.65/cwt	259.00–272.00	1,885	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	305.81/cwt	294.00–325.00	1,743	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	368.27/cwt	364.00–378.00	1,790	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	286.16/cwt	270.50–291.00	1,929	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	381.84/cwt	362.50–393.00	1,764	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	589	350.48/cwt	346.00–353.00	2,064	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	866	281.50/cwt	281.50–281.50	2,438	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	997	260.50/cwt	260.50–260.50	2,597	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	298.30/cwt	286.00–310.00	2,190	231
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	792	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,281	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	599	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,932	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	293.97/cwt	275.00–296.00	1,831	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	336.10/cwt	328.00–345.00	2,043	153
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,081	251.50/cwt	251.50–251.50	2,719	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	692	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,194	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	433.52/cwt	430.00–450.00	1,894	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	837	283.50/cwt	283.00–289.00	2,373	238
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	562	376.50/cwt	376.50–376.50	2,116	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	319	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,515	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	781	267.88/cwt	267.75–268.00	2,092	147
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	805	265.93/cwt	257.50–266.50	2,141	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	329.70/cwt	322.00–340.00	1,731	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	644	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,707	12

How this sale compares

North Dakota weighted averages

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