Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Four weeks since last report so no price comparison. Good buyer demand for grass cattle. Flesh condition light to moderate. Quality replacement heifers in today's offering.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $339.69/cwt on 44 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −105.16 against this barn's trailing median of $444.85.

Average price

$339.69

44 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,901

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−32.01

vs ND average

+7.00 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	339.69	1,901	44

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

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 sale44 hd

339.69

—

ND average2 barns · 378 hd

371.69

−32.01

National average127 barns · 6,029 hd

332.69

+7.00

This barn, trailing median18 sales

444.85

−105.16

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

23 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	847	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	2,321	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	326.32/cwt	325.00–327.00	2,059	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	442	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,768	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	329.89/cwt	316.00–337.50	2,204	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	910	293.72/cwt	292.00–295.50	2,673	142
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	2,080	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,861	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	688	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	2,036	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,497	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	896	295.28/cwt	294.00–295.50	2,646	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	850–900	883	278.50/cwt	278.50–278.50	2,459	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	381.10/cwt	367.50–390.00	2,161	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	791	317.67/cwt	311.00–321.00	2,513	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,439	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	308.32/cwt	295.00–310.00	2,282	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	333.95/cwt	325.00–342.50	1,880	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	753	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	2,251	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,120	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	347.86/cwt	337.50–352.50	2,310	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	900–950	912	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,563	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	951	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	2,606	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	351	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,492	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	541	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,002	7

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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