Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2026-01-22

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Jan 22
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098
Receipts
1,383 head
4,050 vs last sale 5,433 572 vs year ago 1,955 · 29.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Not all weights well tested for comparison. Feeder steers 450-550lbs 35.00 lower with instances up to 42.00 lower, 600-650lbs, 700-750lbs, 800-850lbs and 900-950lbs 2.00 to 6.00 lower with instances up to 15.00 lower. Feeder heifers 450-500lbs and 750-800lbs 2.00 to 6.00 lower, 550-650lbs 17.00 to 21.00 lower and 650-700lbs 3.00 higher. Light sale due to frigid temperatures. 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 $482.53/cwt on 68 head, down $1.82 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 18 comparable sales and sits 12.85 against this barn's trailing median of $495.39.
Average price
$482.53
1.82 vs prior sale
68 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,648
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+4.11
vs ND average
+17.20 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1549482.532,64868
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

18 sales
552513474436median 495.3912/1801/2903/1204/1606/11
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 sale68 hd
482.53
ND average3 barns · 537 hd
478.43
+4.11
National average169 barns · 18,411 hd
465.33
+17.20
This barn, trailing median18 sales
495.39
−12.85
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

27 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy550–600550495.00/cwt495.00–495.002,7236
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550526445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,3415
HeifersMedium and Large 1900–950944306.00/cwt306.00–306.002,88911
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400387505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,95414
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850802341.00/cwt341.00–341.002,73523
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750727363.03/cwt360.00–373.002,63929
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700655425.81/cwt420.00–427.502,78931
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900870347.50/cwt347.50–347.503,02322
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800796358.00/cwt358.00–358.002,85026
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400386603.00/cwt595.00–625.002,32811
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600570417.63/cwt396.00–429.002,380134
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700667398.81/cwt388.00–412.002,66081
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500461475.00/cwt475.00–475.002,1905
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700684372.28/cwt370.00–375.002,54611
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500475445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,11412
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500480482.34/cwt454.00–495.002,315108
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650623399.07/cwt385.00–407.502,486120
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600585437.06/cwt420.00–452.002,55721
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500482528.48/cwt500.00–537.502,54759
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800765354.00/cwt354.00–354.002,70849
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000999312.50/cwt312.50–312.503,1228
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750716400.86/cwt376.00–408.002,87096
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850825353.17/cwt351.00–363.002,914112
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650623435.09/cwt427.00–445.002,711214
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550530504.00/cwt480.00–515.002,67141
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950927337.82/cwt337.00–339.003,13256
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350330670.00/cwt670.00–670.002,2111

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.