Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers 400-450lbs and 500-550lbs 5.00 to 8.00 lower, 550-600lbs and 650-700lbs 30.00 to 32.00 higher, 600-650lbs and 700-750lbs 44.00 to 47.00 higher. Feeder heifers 450-500lbs 5.00 to 10.00 lower, 500-550lbs 28.00 lower, 550-600lbs 12.00 to 15.00 higher. Not all weights well tested in feed heifers. Very good buyer demand on full loads. Flesh condition light to moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $451.28/cwt on 350 head. That ranks 2 of 18 comparable sales and sits −44.10 against this barn's trailing median of $495.39.

Average price

$451.28

350 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,509

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$228

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

$56.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.35

vs ND average

+20.65 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	462.00	2,551	283
Medium and Large 1-2	572	406.01	2,322	67

One grade step is worth $56.00/cwt here — about $228 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 sale350 hd

451.28

—

ND average3 barns · 815 hd

445.93

+5.35

National average179 barns · 20,601 hd

430.63

+20.65

This barn, trailing median18 sales

495.39

−44.10

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

23 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	600–650	615	474.00/cwt	474.00–474.00	2,915	99
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,988	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	792	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,574	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	396	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	1,812	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,342	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	443	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,971	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	677	383.65/cwt	382.50–385.00	2,597	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	405.28/cwt	400.00–415.00	2,330	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,220	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	644	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,479	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	389.00/cwt	377.00–407.50	2,198	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	460.83/cwt	452.50–461.50	2,456	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	462.85/cwt	436.00–472.50	2,620	164
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	371.67/cwt	365.00–377.50	2,312	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	426.97/cwt	405.00–435.00	2,092	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	409.14/cwt	390.00–427.50	2,144	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	442.78/cwt	430.00–460.00	2,170	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	486.55/cwt	467.58–500.00	2,082	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	753	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,805	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	419.92/cwt	390.00–429.00	2,771	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	609	427.31/cwt	417.00–442.50	2,602	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	396.45/cwt	372.50–417.50	2,874	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	886	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,968	9

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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