Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers 400-450lbs and 500-550lbs 27.00 to 29.99 higher, 550-600lbs 8.00 higher, 600-650lbs and 700-750lbs 18.00 to 22.00 lower, 650-700lbs 12.00 lower. Feeder heifers 450-500lbs and 550-600lbs 35.00 to 40.00 higher with instances up to 45.00 higher, 500-550lbs 28.00 higher. Not all weights well tested in Feeder heifers. Good buyer demand. Flesh condition light to moderate. Next report will be January 8, 2026.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $449.65/cwt on 710 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −45.73 against this barn's trailing median of $495.39.

Average price

$449.65

710 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,538

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$238

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

$20.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.49

vs ND average

+5.55 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	568	452.10	2,567	627
Medium and Large 1-2	540	431.21	2,329	83

One grade step is worth $20.89/cwt here — about $238 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale710 hd

449.65

—

ND average3 barns · 1,969 hd

457.14

−7.49

National average163 barns · 16,063 hd

444.10

+5.55

This barn, trailing median18 sales

495.39

−45.73

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

32 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	Large 1	1000–1050	1,002	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	3,131	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	464	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,181	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	555	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,664	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,237	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,987	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,614	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	564	392.11/cwt	380.00–395.00	2,212	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	459	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,088	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	432.68/cwt	413.00–455.00	2,259	154
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	378.23/cwt	378.00–380.00	2,545	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	374	467.90/cwt	465.00–475.00	1,750	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	495.72/cwt	470.00–507.50	2,360	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,248	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	417	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,772	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	436.53/cwt	410.00–452.50	2,715	263
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	756	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,778	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	446	449.80/cwt	445.00–475.00	2,006	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	505.67/cwt	485.00–527.50	2,184	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,755	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	485.41/cwt	475.00–510.00	1,830	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	471.32/cwt	460.00–490.00	1,989	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	384.63/cwt	375.00–399.00	2,400	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	435.59/cwt	417.50–452.50	2,470	286
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	601.48/cwt	590.00–610.00	1,895	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	405.51/cwt	391.00–417.50	2,762	154
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	388.50/cwt	375.00–399.00	2,782	208
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	431.21/cwt	427.50–445.00	2,329	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	446.88/cwt	426.00–461.00	2,578	531
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	438.09/cwt	420.00–455.00	2,129	174
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	861	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,820	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	519.15/cwt	515.00–530.00	1,936	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	480.96/cwt	449.00–490.00	2,482	95

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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