Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2025-03-20

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Mar 20
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098
Receipts
1,399 head
2,338 vs last sale 3,737 2,023 vs year ago 3,422 · 59.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Not all weights well tested for comparison. Feeder steers, 500-550lbs and 650-750lbs 4.00 to 5.00 higher with instances up to 10.00 higher, 550-650lbs 3.00 lower with instances up to 10.00 lower. Feeder heifers, 450-500lbs 1.00 lower, 500-600lbs 12.00 to 13.00 higher, 600-700lbs steady to 3.00 higher. 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 $385.67/cwt on 90 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits 109.72 against this barn's trailing median of $495.39.
Average price
$385.67
90 head · 534 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,058
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+11.26
vs ND average
+28.51 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1534385.672,05890
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

18 sales
552513474436median 495.3912/1801/2903/1204/1606/11
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 sale90 hd
385.67
ND average3 barns · 525 hd
374.41
+11.26
National average170 barns · 10,920 hd
357.16
+28.51
This barn, trailing median18 sales
495.39
−109.72
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

27 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersLarge 11000–10501,015230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,3356
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650630310.11/cwt303.00–315.001,95440
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500480374.58/cwt372.50–375.001,79842
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550526349.83/cwt339.00–360.001,84049
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600567335.57/cwt322.50–350.001,90377
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500469330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,54814
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750725312.62/cwt306.00–327.502,26678
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400362480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,7383
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650612327.50/cwt327.50–327.502,0046
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement700–750736287.01/cwt284.00–295.002,11225
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement600–650601317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,90815
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement750–800793266.00/cwt266.00–266.002,1098
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850818285.18/cwt273.00–291.002,33378
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700688319.72/cwt309.00–340.502,20080
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950907265.71/cwt262.50–267.502,41014
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600588312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,83510
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450424385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,6324
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700670301.40/cwt293.50–305.002,019218
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500490417.72/cwt415.00–420.002,04720
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450432458.77/cwt455.00–460.001,98224
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550506401.76/cwt370.00–406.002,03343
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement650–700678300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,03415
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850803260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,0886
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750724286.00/cwt286.00–286.002,0718
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy750–800785281.00/cwt281.00–281.002,2066
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600559370.95/cwt370.00–375.002,07447
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650626347.25/cwt337.50–365.002,174168

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.