Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago; Feeder steers 450-500lbs and 650-700lbs sharply higher, 550-600lbs 1.00 to 6.00 lower, 600-650lbs and 700-850lbs 7.00 to 12.00 higher with instances up to 15.00 higher. Feeder heifers 450-500lbs, 550-600lbs and 750-800lbs 1.00 to 4.00 higher, 500-550lbs and 700-750lbs sharply higher, 600-700lbs 12.00 to 17.00 higher. Very good buyer demand with many fulls load 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 $369.01/cwt on 326 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −126.38 against this barn's trailing median of $495.39.

Average price

$369.01

326 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,048

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$177

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

$35.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.86

vs ND average

+20.77 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	372.18	2,063	297
Medium and Large 1-2	561	336.48	1,887	29

One grade step is worth $35.70/cwt here — about $177 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 sale326 hd

369.01

—

ND average3 barns · 1,224 hd

363.14

+5.86

National average180 barns · 14,929 hd

348.24

+20.77

This barn, trailing median18 sales

495.39

−126.38

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

35 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 1Fleshy	750–800	792	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,972	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	247.18/cwt	240.00–252.50	2,042	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	373.18/cwt	350.00–385.00	1,601	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	759	267.97/cwt	264.00–269.00	2,034	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	350.92/cwt	330.00–365.00	1,835	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	705	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,826	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	695	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,141	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	314.51/cwt	298.00–325.00	2,280	701
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	499	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,984	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	364.13/cwt	340.00–375.00	2,105	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	328.79/cwt	316.00–346.00	2,200	528
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	857	284.09/cwt	279.00–288.00	2,435	131
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	378.80/cwt	365.00–400.00	2,027	163
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,928	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	334.04/cwt	330.00–337.50	1,971	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	419.41/cwt	407.00–445.00	1,996	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	468.75/cwt	465.00–470.00	2,016	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	391	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,760	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	338.46/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,818	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	814	290.06/cwt	275.00–299.00	2,361	271
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	295.75/cwt	291.00–304.50	2,268	499
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	289.05/cwt	275.00–303.00	1,980	352
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	708	278.84/cwt	275.00–291.00	1,974	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	694	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,117	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	831	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	2,186	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	457	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	2,091	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	340.51/cwt	328.00–352.00	2,159	532
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	318.47/cwt	309.00–327.00	1,857	584
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	928	273.26/cwt	267.00–273.75	2,536	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	370.06/cwt	365.00–382.50	1,787	134
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	285.30/cwt	267.00–295.00	2,051	334
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	310.02/cwt	287.00–313.00	1,947	452
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	316	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,288	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,503	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	728	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,020	12

How this sale compares

North Dakota weighted averages

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