Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-06-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Three weeks since last report so no price comparison. 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 $402.24/cwt on 29 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −93.15 against this barn's trailing median of $495.39.

Average price

$402.24

29 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,209

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+0.00

vs ND average

+32.66 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	402.24	2,209	29

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 sale29 hd

402.24

—

ND average1 barns · 29 hd

402.24

+0.00

National average140 barns · 6,212 hd

369.58

+32.66

This barn, trailing median18 sales

495.39

−93.15

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

16 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	400–450	403	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,531	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	757	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,195	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,863	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	602	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,053	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,350	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	876	307.53/cwt	295.00–321.25	2,694	134
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	358.79/cwt	345.00–375.00	1,862	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	363	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,525	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	439	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,756	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	329.39/cwt	325.00–340.00	2,019	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	502	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,657	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	419	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,446	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	403.38/cwt	395.00–420.00	2,356	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	401.02/cwt	385.00–410.00	2,053	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	492	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,066	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	320.39/cwt	320.00–321.25	2,675	209

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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