Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-06-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Most weights not well tested for comparison. Feeder steers 750-800lbs sharply higher. Feeder heifers 700-750lbs and 850-900lbs 1.00 to 5.00 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 $429.58/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −65.81 against this barn's trailing median of $495.39.

Average price

$429.58

13 head · 513 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,204

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+0.00

vs ND average

+51.00 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	513	429.58	2,204	13thin

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 sale13 hd

429.58

—

ND average1 barns · 13 hd

429.58

+0.00

National average158 barns · 13,435 hd

378.58

+51.00

This barn, trailing median18 sales

495.39

−65.81

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

20 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	750–800	782	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,229	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	502	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,958	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,763	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,836	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	819	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,342	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	360.47/cwt	355.00–374.00	2,065	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	921	285.50/cwt	285.50–285.50	2,629	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	429.58/cwt	417.50–440.00	2,204	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,524	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	373.89/cwt	369.00–392.50	2,561	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,099	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,224	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	313.20/cwt	307.50–315.00	2,302	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	878	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	2,485	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,599	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	420.76/cwt	410.00–435.00	2,032	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,729	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	709	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,588	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	759	344.71/cwt	330.00–351.00	2,616	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	984	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	2,785	59

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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