Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale of the fall season, no recent price comparison available. Good buyer demand for nice offering of yearling steers mostly right off grass. Several strings of yearlings 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 $419.85/cwt on 58 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −75.54 against this barn's trailing median of $495.39.

Average price

$419.85

58 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,310

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+0.00

vs ND average

+3.32 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	419.85	2,310	58

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 sale58 hd

419.85

—

ND average1 barns · 58 hd

419.85

+0.00

National average140 barns · 6,808 hd

416.53

+3.32

This barn, trailing median18 sales

495.39

−75.54

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

24 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	570	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,565	2
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,060	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	3,244	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	1,853	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	929	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	3,112	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,987	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	400.10/cwt	398.00–414.00	2,281	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	965	318.48/cwt	315.00–319.00	3,073	148
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,093	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,935	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	3,152	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	836	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,759	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,605	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	381.58/cwt	376.00–385.00	2,973	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	2,232	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	390.30/cwt	387.00–397.00	2,389	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	412.04/cwt	395.00–424.00	2,361	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,114	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	383.10/cwt	376.00–392.00	2,613	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	859	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	3,058	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	415.05/cwt	408.00–416.00	2,806	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	965	341.64/cwt	339.00–346.75	3,297	301
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	941	354.84/cwt	339.50–364.25	3,339	444
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	419.03/cwt	415.00–421.00	2,602	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	2,805	23

How this sale compares

North Dakota weighted averages

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