Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago; Most weights not well tested. Feeder steers 850-900lbs 14.00 higher, 900-950lbs steady to instances of 6.00 higher. Good buyer demand for yearlings mostly right off grass. Flesh condition light to moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $420.00/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −75.39 against this barn's trailing median of $495.39.

Average price

$420.00

5 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,264

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+0.00

vs ND average

+15.36 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	420.00	2,264	5thin

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 sale5 hd

420.00

—

ND average1 barns · 5 hd

420.00

+0.00

National average165 barns · 10,728 hd

404.64

+15.36

This barn, trailing median18 sales

495.39

−75.39

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

17 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	500–550	515	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,073	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	949	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	3,084	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,391	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	981	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	3,051	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	354.50/cwt	354.50–354.50	2,598	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	343.42/cwt	342.50–347.00	2,816	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	889	363.50/cwt	355.50–370.00	3,232	204
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	784	381.12/cwt	368.50–386.00	2,988	206
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,794	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	566	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,066	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	883	331.11/cwt	323.00–343.00	2,924	243
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	539	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,264	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,847	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	422.98/cwt	421.00–424.00	2,876	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,620	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	818	380.86/cwt	379.00–381.00	3,115	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	904	356.48/cwt	346.00–364.50	3,223	123

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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