Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago; Most weights not well tested for comparison. Feeder steers 500-550lbs sharply higher, 550-600lbs up to 6.00 higher, 600-700lbs 4.00 to 7.00 lower. Feeder heifers 550-600lbs 3.00 to 5.00 lower, 600-700lbs 13.00 to 15.00 higher. Good buyer demand. Flesh condition light to moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $332.33/cwt on 1,014 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −112.51 against this barn's trailing median of $444.85.

Average price

$332.33

1,014 head · 577 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,918

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$210

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

$13.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs ND average

+15.78 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	578	332.64	1,923	991
Medium and Large 1-2	537	319.03	1,713	23

One grade step is worth $13.61/cwt here — about $210 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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $483.60, low $415.83, median $444.85 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 sale1,014 hd

332.33

—

ND average1 barns · 1,014 hd

332.33

+0.00

National average178 barns · 10,561 hd

316.55

+15.78

This barn, trailing median18 sales

444.85

−112.51

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

30 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	650–700	677	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,845	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,934	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,108	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	439	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,558	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	378.41/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,434	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	330.17/cwt	305.00–333.50	2,040	205
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	997	256.50/cwt	256.50–256.50	2,557	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,944	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	396	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,584	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	684	331.66/cwt	310.00–337.00	2,269	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	360.61/cwt	358.00–390.00	2,102	403
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,945	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	297.58/cwt	293.00–301.00	2,306	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	634	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,013	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	888	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,220	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	385.23/cwt	375.00–390.00	2,015	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	271.41/cwt	270.00–280.00	2,234	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	346.80/cwt	334.00–365.00	2,192	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	348.56/cwt	337.50–352.50	1,861	165
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	637	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,051	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	746	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,178	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	700–750	716	306.50/cwt	306.50–306.50	2,195	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	520	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,171	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	2,146	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	587	329.46/cwt	313.00–337.50	1,934	826
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	319.03/cwt	317.50–320.00	1,713	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	928	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	2,292	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	645	298.64/cwt	292.50–303.00	1,926	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	368.06/cwt	365.00–375.00	1,778	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	308.35/cwt	306.00–310.00	2,041	52

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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