Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-11-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers 400-450lbs, 500-550lbs, 600-650lbs and 700-750lbs 10.00 to 13.00 higher with instances up to 18.00 higher, 450-500lbs and 550-600lbs steady to 4.00 higher and 650-700lbs 37.00 to 38.00 higher. Feeder heifers 400-450lbs 37.00 lower, 450-500lbs 10.00 lower, 500- 700lbs 21.00 to 25.00 higher with instances up to 29.00 higher, 700-750lbs 25.00 lower. Many full loads in today's offering. Good buyer demand. Cattle without total vaccination program bringing lower end of price range. Flesh condition light to moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $441.66/cwt on 672 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −53.73 against this barn's trailing median of $495.39.

Average price

$441.66

672 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,408

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$89

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

$42.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.69

vs ND average

+16.79 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	449.05	2,421	555
Medium and Large 1-2	574	406.60	2,332	117

One grade step is worth $42.45/cwt here — about $89 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 sale672 hd

441.66

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ND average3 barns · 3,391 hd

448.34

−6.69

National average177 barns · 31,012 hd

424.87

+16.79

This barn, trailing median18 sales

495.39

−53.73

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

44 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	300–350	313	518.23/cwt	515.00–525.00	1,622	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	349.37/cwt	342.50–365.00	2,037	119
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	401.53/cwt	377.50–410.00	1,871	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	430.28/cwt	425.00–445.00	1,867	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	617	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,326	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	734	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,551	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	395.72/cwt	372.50–406.00	2,038	189
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	371.49/cwt	350.00–382.50	2,274	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,978	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	393.49/cwt	375.00–400.00	1,676	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	684	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,445	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	413.34/cwt	410.00–417.50	2,182	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	357.76/cwt	335.00–365.00	1,918	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,224	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	464	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,065	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	404.48/cwt	400.00–407.50	2,378	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	519	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,465	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	514	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,185	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	607	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,367	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	686	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,538	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	583	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	2,367	41
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,036	291.52/cwt	281.00–302.00	3,020	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	701	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,103	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	392	426.54/cwt	420.00–430.50	1,672	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	495.91/cwt	477.50–525.00	2,093	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	741	382.79/cwt	376.00–390.00	2,836	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	400.88/cwt	388.00–422.50	2,634	179
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	443.70/cwt	422.50–459.00	2,511	213
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	950	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,888	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,541	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	235	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	1,422	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	695	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,981	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	484.33/cwt	472.50–497.50	2,238	134
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,965	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	342.36/cwt	340.00–345.00	2,688	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	448.77/cwt	421.00–465.00	2,347	295
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	408.44/cwt	382.50–417.50	2,557	333
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	936	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,883	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	626	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,635	173
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	599	318.97/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,911	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	331.78/cwt	312.50–341.00	2,392	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,766	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	470.73/cwt	455.00–500.00	1,718	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	319	452.75/cwt	447.50–475.00	1,444	5

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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