Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-11-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago; Not all weights well tested for comparison. Feeder steers 500-550lbs and 600-750lbs all sharply lower. Feeder heifers 400-450lbs sharply lower, 550-600lbs and 900-950lbs 16.00 to 18.00 lower. Many full loads in today's offering. 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 $423.14/cwt on 647 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −72.24 against this barn's trailing median of $495.39.

Average price

$423.14

647 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,326

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$182

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

$53.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.00

vs ND average

+4.04 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	427.91	2,341	589
Medium and Large 1-2	576	374.78	2,159	58

One grade step is worth $53.13/cwt here — about $182 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale647 hd

423.14

—

ND average3 barns · 2,370 hd

424.14

−1.00

National average195 barns · 36,957 hd

419.10

+4.04

This barn, trailing median18 sales

495.39

−72.24

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 1Fancy	550–600	551	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,452	78
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,932	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	329	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,448	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	806	359.50/cwt	359.50–359.50	2,898	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,910	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	493	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,194	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	357.46/cwt	355.00–363.00	2,202	150
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,022	305.50/cwt	305.50–305.50	3,122	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	432	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	2,084	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	609	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	2,454	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	381.12/cwt	375.00–400.00	1,471	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	689	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,405	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,965	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,199	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	376.65/cwt	357.50–385.00	2,512	206
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	417.85/cwt	415.00–430.00	1,776	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	377.83/cwt	357.50–389.00	2,358	243
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	440.39/cwt	425.00–462.50	2,316	268
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	374.78/cwt	367.50–380.00	2,159	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	345.43/cwt	340.00–350.00	2,193	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	707	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,588	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	800–850	823	330.04/cwt	328.00–331.00	2,716	185
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	358.03/cwt	350.00–377.00	2,649	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	502.37/cwt	475.00–515.00	2,110	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	408.65/cwt	390.00–423.00	2,325	243
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	484.71/cwt	455.00–497.50	2,254	114
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	372.44/cwt	352.50–384.00	2,134	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	372.88/cwt	365.00–375.00	1,782	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	382.24/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,980	112
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	395.42/cwt	380.00–420.00	1,938	131
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	354	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,947	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	926	308.81/cwt	308.00–311.00	2,860	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	850–900	855	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,736	6

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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