Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Most weights not well tested. Feeder steers 800-850lbs sharply lower, 850-950lbs 8.00 to 9.00 lower with instances up to 17.00 lower. 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 $421.02/cwt on 307 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −74.36 against this barn's trailing median of $495.39.

Average price

$421.02

307 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,342

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$207

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$49.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.62

vs ND average

+3.93 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	424.40	2,356	286
Medium and Large 1-2	573	375.00	2,149	21

One grade step is worth $49.40/cwt here — about $207 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

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 sale307 hd

421.02

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ND average2 barns · 320 hd

421.64

−0.62

National average168 barns · 11,658 hd

417.09

+3.93

This barn, trailing median18 sales

495.39

−74.36

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

33 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 1	950–1000	973	347.43/cwt	346.00–349.00	3,380	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	431.92/cwt	430.00–432.50	2,669	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	858	352.14/cwt	347.50–353.00	3,021	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	388.89/cwt	370.00–401.00	2,835	185
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	429.32/cwt	410.00–440.00	2,443	196
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	927	352.28/cwt	340.00–355.00	3,266	268
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,834	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	840	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,923	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	981	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	3,115	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	311	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,368	15
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,030	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	3,193	20
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,027	333.23/cwt	325.00–345.50	3,422	157
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,081	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	3,502	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	589	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,091	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	435.93/cwt	432.50–450.00	1,992	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	441	429.94/cwt	415.00–450.00	1,896	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	376.99/cwt	370.00–395.00	2,115	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	819	343.71/cwt	342.00–347.00	2,815	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	674	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,410	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,149	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	686	394.65/cwt	375.00–403.00	2,707	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	491	377.90/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,855	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	360.99/cwt	355.00–370.00	2,444	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	707	371.96/cwt	370.00–373.00	2,630	256
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	361	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,697	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	439	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,019	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	3,057	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	914	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,916	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	543	371.18/cwt	367.50–380.00	2,016	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	861	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,712	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	413.69/cwt	405.00–415.00	2,172	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	786	350.68/cwt	340.00–352.00	2,756	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	648	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,414	33

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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