Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers 450-500lbs and 700-750lbs sharply lower, 500-550lbs, 650-700lbs and 750-800lbs steady to 1.00 lower, 550-650lbs 8.00 to 10.00 higher, 800-950lbs 8.00 to 10.00 lower with instances up to 14.00 lower. Feeder heifers 450-700lbs 11.00 to 15.00 lower with instances up to 17.00 lower except 550-600lbs trading up to 7.00 higher, 700-750lbs sharply lower. Good buyer demand. Flesh condition light to moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $370.38/cwt on 416 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −125.00 against this barn's trailing median of $495.39.

Average price

$370.38

416 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,048

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$181

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

$25.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.20

vs ND average

+21.10 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	370.75	2,051	410
Medium and Large 1-2	542	345.00	1,870	6thin

One grade step is worth $25.75/cwt here — about $181 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 sale416 hd

370.38

—

ND average3 barns · 854 hd

369.18

+1.20

National average172 barns · 12,998 hd

349.28

+21.10

This barn, trailing median18 sales

495.39

−125.00

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

39 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,997	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	449	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,639	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,910	17
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,009	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,422	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	269.08/cwt	267.00–270.00	1,924	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	376	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,222	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	429.11/cwt	420.00–445.00	1,828	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,474	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,652	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	342.93/cwt	327.00–360.00	2,112	292
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	925	257.21/cwt	245.00–265.00	2,379	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	380.39/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,856	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	387.28/cwt	370.00–400.00	2,022	180
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	542	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,870	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	318.64/cwt	305.00–333.00	2,154	311
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	439	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,471	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	299.13/cwt	285.00–310.00	1,555	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	287.83/cwt	282.00–290.00	1,949	141
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	296.55/cwt	280.00–305.00	2,272	344
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	296.53/cwt	283.00–304.00	2,150	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,821	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	319.35/cwt	307.50–334.00	1,817	219
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	292.38/cwt	280.00–302.00	1,854	442
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	292.10/cwt	291.00–297.50	1,697	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	785	265.43/cwt	255.00–271.00	2,084	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	862	272.05/cwt	267.50–274.50	2,345	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	814	276.83/cwt	264.50–289.50	2,253	155
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	346	341.99/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,183	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	356.42/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,358	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	352.85/cwt	345.00–365.00	1,655	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	568	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,187	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	652	344.08/cwt	344.00–345.00	2,243	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	356.06/cwt	340.00–375.00	2,058	216
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	317.12/cwt	315.00–320.00	1,554	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	661	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,686	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	340.66/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,792	210
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	943	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,263	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,588	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	738	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	2,170	51

How this sale compares

North Dakota weighted averages

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