Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers 500-550lbs sharply lower, 550-750lbs 4.00 to 9.00 higher, 800-850lbs 15.00 to 19.00 higher, Feeder heifers, 450-500lbs steady to 5.00 higher, 550-600lbs up to 10.00 lower, 650-700lbs 13.00 higher. Good buyer demand. Many quality 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 $370.12/cwt on 374 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −125.27 against this barn's trailing median of $495.39.

Average price

$370.12

374 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,061

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+2.28

vs ND average

+6.14 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	370.12	2,061	374

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

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 sale374 hd

370.12

—

ND average2 barns · 468 hd

367.84

+2.28

National average170 barns · 13,177 hd

363.98

+6.14

This barn, trailing median18 sales

495.39

−125.27

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

37 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	800–850	837	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	2,201	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	939	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	2,263	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,884	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,399	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	623	323.94/cwt	322.00–329.00	2,018	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	271.11/cwt	255.00–277.50	2,082	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	354	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,788	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	336.53/cwt	311.00–344.00	2,231	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	304.54/cwt	280.00–310.00	2,339	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	326.04/cwt	312.50–333.50	2,331	150
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	422	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,688	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	819	301.44/cwt	292.00–306.00	2,469	227
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	986	254.50/cwt	254.50–254.50	2,509	16
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,018	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	2,565	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	361.48/cwt	343.00–369.00	2,256	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	2,411	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	361.26/cwt	357.00–372.50	1,886	150
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,952	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	469	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,759	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	550–600	588	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,964	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	406.97/cwt	385.00–425.00	1,970	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	773	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,450	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	850–900	852	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,386	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	827	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,225	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	884	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	2,325	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,760	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	376.05/cwt	359.00–384.00	2,181	224
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	396.10/cwt	375.00–405.00	1,719	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	807	262.02/cwt	256.50–267.50	2,115	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	367.58/cwt	362.00–375.00	1,761	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	726	305.72/cwt	305.00–307.50	2,220	147
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	418.76/cwt	410.00–422.50	1,604	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	691	334.55/cwt	300.00–357.00	2,312	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	323.80/cwt	322.50–325.00	1,706	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	319.10/cwt	310.00–320.00	2,020	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	311.14/cwt	299.50–318.00	2,075	123
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	334.49/cwt	328.00–340.00	1,923	82

How this sale compares

North Dakota weighted averages

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