Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago; Feeder steers 400-450lbs, 650-700lbs and 750-800lbs 4.00 to 5.00 higher with instances up to 11.00 higher, 450-500lbs and 550-600lbs 19.00 to 24.00 higher, 500-550lbs and 600-650lbs 28.00 to 32.00 higher, 700-750lbs 15.00 lower and 800-850lbs 71.00 higher. Feeder heifers 400-450lbs, 500-550lbs and 600-650lbs 37.00 to 41.00 higher, 450-500lbs 15.00 higher and 550-600lbs 23.00 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 $442.94/cwt on 498 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −52.44 against this barn's trailing median of $495.39.

Average price

$442.94

498 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,410

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$29

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

$46.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.62

vs ND average

+13.79 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	443.97	2,410	487
Medium and Large 1-2	599	397.50	2,381	11thin

One grade step is worth $46.47/cwt here — about $29 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale498 hd

442.94

—

ND average3 barns · 1,836 hd

442.32

+0.62

National average190 barns · 23,426 hd

429.15

+13.79

This barn, trailing median18 sales

495.39

−52.44

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

30 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	400–450	407	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,954	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	516	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,348	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	800–850	806	384.50/cwt	384.50–384.50	3,099	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,634	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	480.50/cwt	465.00–500.00	1,826	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	859	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,671	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	430.89/cwt	412.50–440.00	2,460	169
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	1,893	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	394	430.91/cwt	425.00–435.00	1,698	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	495	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,141	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	664	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,424	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	599	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,381	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	490.44/cwt	467.50–505.00	2,124	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	425.06/cwt	415.00–440.00	1,972	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	692	354.96/cwt	350.00–362.50	2,456	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	429.62/cwt	420.00–452.50	1,860	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	369.54/cwt	360.00–390.00	2,295	145
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	403.05/cwt	380.00–420.00	2,100	223
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,032	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	3,261	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	391.85/cwt	372.50–399.00	2,602	234
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	450.92/cwt	425.00–469.00	2,381	318
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,916	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	874	337.15/cwt	330.00–339.00	2,947	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,642	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	410.85/cwt	395.00–430.00	2,576	137
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	782	374.05/cwt	357.00–377.50	2,925	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	324.81/cwt	323.00–329.00	2,534	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	986	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	2,948	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	378.27/cwt	365.00–392.50	2,217	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	482.84/cwt	465.00–505.00	2,216	87

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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