Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-11-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers 400-450lbs and 600-700lbs 25.00 to 27.00 lower, 450-500lbs and 700-750lbs 5.00 lower with instances up to 11.00 lower, 500-600lbs 31.00 lower with instances up to 38.00 lower. Feeder heifers 400-450lbs and 500-550lbs 2.00 lower with instances up to 11.00 lower, 450-500lbs and 550-600lbs 15.00 to 17.00 higher, 600-650lbs 38.00 lower. Good buyer demand. Many full loads in today's offering. Flesh condition light to moderate. Next report will be December 4, 2025.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $413.64/cwt on 940 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −81.74 against this barn's trailing median of $495.39.

Average price

$413.64

940 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,293

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$230

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

$38.98/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.20

vs ND average

+3.56 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	418.20	2,320	830
Medium and Large 1-2	551	379.23	2,090	110

One grade step is worth $38.98/cwt here — about $230 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 sale940 hd

413.64

—

ND average3 barns · 2,790 hd

425.85

−12.20

National average185 barns · 23,076 hd

410.08

+3.56

This barn, trailing median18 sales

495.39

−81.74

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

41 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 1Fancy	550–600	583	423.00/cwt	423.00–423.00	2,466	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	458	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,947	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	645	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	2,593	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	462	485.75/cwt	485.00–486.00	2,244	123
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	646	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,132	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	699	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,922	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	385.99/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,664	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	712	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,421	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	376.67/cwt	370.00–385.00	2,170	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	543	380.06/cwt	375.00–384.00	2,064	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	374.04/cwt	369.00–405.00	2,192	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	361.10/cwt	355.00–365.00	1,722	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	397	387.48/cwt	380.00–395.00	1,538	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	351.48/cwt	345.00–360.00	2,067	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,216	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	349.40/cwt	347.50–352.50	2,173	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,886	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	708	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,230	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	350.61/cwt	335.00–366.00	2,686	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	438.86/cwt	415.00–443.00	1,909	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	697	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,265	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	424.04/cwt	405.00–437.50	2,239	326
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Spayed	750–800	788	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,187	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	394.77/cwt	375.00–414.00	2,073	293
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	386.84/cwt	364.00–396.00	2,425	233
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	342	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,625	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	452.99/cwt	432.50–465.00	1,676	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	314	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,570	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	841	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,670	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	478.05/cwt	467.50–500.00	2,056	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	383.66/cwt	360.00–395.00	2,605	122
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	331	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,556	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	432.81/cwt	410.00–445.00	2,000	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,570	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	378.35/cwt	350.00–385.00	2,754	143
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	913	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,803	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	401.51/cwt	380.00–420.00	1,911	247
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	997	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,841	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	353	567.94/cwt	565.00–570.00	2,005	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	414.43/cwt	390.00–428.50	2,371	504
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	460.99/cwt	447.50–470.00	2,222	210

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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