Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2026-02-05

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Feb 5
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098
Receipts
6,343 head
2,887 vs last sale 3,456 3,290 vs year ago 3,053 · +107.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers 450-500lbs and 600-700lbs 18.00 to 22.00 higher with instances up to 28.00 higher, 500-600lbs and 750-800lbs 10.00 to 15.00 higher, 700-750lbs steady to 3.00 lower, 800-950lbs 11.00 to 15.00 lower with instances up to 18.00 lower. Feed heifers 450-500lbs 27.00 higher, 500 to 550lbs 10.00 higher, 550-650lbs and 750-800lbs steady to 5.00 lower with instances up to 8.00 lower, 650 to 750lbs 15.00 lower with instances up to 23.00 lower. Good buyer demand on the many full loads in today's offering. Many quality replacement heifers also in today's offering. Flesh condition light to moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $504.60/cwt on 706 head, up $23.34 from the prior sale. That ranks 14 of 18 comparable sales and sits +9.21 against this barn's trailing median of $495.39.
Average price
$504.60
23.34 vs prior sale
706 head · 560 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,823
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+2.17
vs ND average
+21.57 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1560504.602,823706
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 sale706 hd
504.60
ND average3 barns · 996 hd
502.43
+2.17
National average143 barns · 13,122 hd
483.03
+21.57
This barn, trailing median18 sales
495.39
+9.21
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

36 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 1Fancy650–700652457.00/cwt457.00–457.002,98057
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy600–650606480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,909104
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850817350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,8609
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400384564.94/cwt560.00–570.002,16914
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450426525.68/cwt505.00–560.002,23926
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500467505.92/cwt470.00–517.502,36349
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500475445.41/cwt440.00–450.002,11613
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450448555.00/cwt555.00–555.002,48615
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700689370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,54919
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550544433.35/cwt430.00–435.002,35727
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650639380.76/cwt380.00–383.002,43336
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650628422.50/cwt422.50–422.502,65312
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement750–800756390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,9487
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement650–700678419.77/cwt397.50–437.502,846163
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement700–750729383.40/cwt379.00–397.502,795206
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550527531.77/cwt510.00–547.002,802310
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600585483.33/cwt467.50–505.002,827396
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600550420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,3105
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600571442.31/cwt425.00–460.002,526147
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700675392.77/cwt367.50–407.502,651177
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550534463.56/cwt445.00–485.002,475261
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350328650.00/cwt650.00–650.002,1323
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850827367.89/cwt351.00–371.003,042304
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650632416.76/cwt395.00–435.002,634469
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500477555.79/cwt540.00–580.002,65189
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950915350.30/cwt345.00–355.003,205142
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800773382.40/cwt369.00–410.002,956687
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750724403.78/cwt385.00–412.502,923704
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800772342.69/cwt341.00–345.002,64661
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700676421.39/cwt406.00–435.002,849458
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750719361.96/cwt350.00–375.002,60275
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650630450.30/cwt431.00–461.002,837251
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000965332.50/cwt332.50–332.503,20915
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400365627.85/cwt600.00–640.002,29226
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450420600.43/cwt580.00–610.002,52247
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900896354.50/cwt354.50–354.503,17662

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.