Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers, 450-500lbs sharply higher, 500-550lbs and 750-800lbs 1.00 to 2.00 higher, 550-600lbs and 650-700lbs 5.00 to 9.00 lower, 600-650lbs and 700-750lbs 8.00 to 13.00 higher. Feeder heifers, 450-500lbs and 600-700lbs 10.00 to 13.00 higher, 500-550lbs steady to 2.00 lower, 550-600lbs 3.00 higher, 700-750lbs sharply higher. Good buyer demand. Many 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 $380.35/cwt on 288 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −115.04 against this barn's trailing median of $495.39.

Average price

$380.35

288 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,082

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$100

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

$47.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.18

vs ND average

+21.68 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	383.50	2,087	269
Medium and Large 1-2	592	335.75	1,988	19thin

One grade step is worth $47.75/cwt here — about $100 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 sale288 hd

380.35

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ND average3 barns · 492 hd

377.17

+3.18

National average173 barns · 15,162 hd

358.67

+21.68

This barn, trailing median18 sales

495.39

−115.04

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,824	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,459	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	792	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,146	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	987	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,329	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	1,827	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	307.22/cwt	288.00–315.00	1,929	234
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,079	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	417.01/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,968	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	398.34/cwt	372.50–401.00	2,083	163
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	466.29/cwt	445.00–475.00	1,758	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	402	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,568	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	310.27/cwt	291.00–317.00	2,274	470
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	332.09/cwt	317.50–336.00	2,262	140
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	850–900	869	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,346	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	592	335.75/cwt	332.00–340.00	1,988	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	278.00/cwt	276.00–280.00	2,268	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	781	300.84/cwt	288.00–306.00	2,350	207
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	439.95/cwt	430.00–445.00	1,848	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	352.95/cwt	332.00–368.00	2,188	520
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	324.65/cwt	319.00–337.50	1,873	218
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	879	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,417	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	286.37/cwt	281.00–294.50	2,091	144
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	614	317.77/cwt	306.00–325.00	1,951	119
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	724	296.88/cwt	291.00–304.00	2,149	134
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	678	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,034	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,586	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	360.68/cwt	348.00–385.00	2,081	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	771	280.49/cwt	257.50–300.00	2,163	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	343.40/cwt	320.00–348.00	1,799	162
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	296.71/cwt	287.00–302.00	2,018	251
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	418	349.99/cwt	345.00–355.00	1,463	25

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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