Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers 500-700lbs and 750-800lbs 10.00 to 15.00 lower with instances up to 20.00 lower, 700-750lbs and 800-900lbs 3.00 to 7.00 higher with instances up to 17.00 higher. Feeder heifers 450-500lbs and 650-700lbs 10.00 to 14.00 lower, 500-550lbs, 600-650lbs and 700-750lbs 5.00 to 7.00 higher with instances up to 13.00 higher, 550-600lbs 1.00 lower and 750-800lbs 18.00 to 23.00 higher. 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 $496.61/cwt on 318 head, down $7.99 from the prior sale. That ranks 11 of 18 comparable sales and sits +1.23 against this barn's trailing median of $495.39.

Average price

$496.61

▼ 7.99 vs prior sale

318 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,804

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−0.11

vs ND average

+18.22 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	565	496.61	2,804	318

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

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 sale318 hd

496.61

—

ND average3 barns · 783 hd

496.72

−0.11

National average184 barns · 16,706 hd

478.39

+18.22

This barn, trailing median18 sales

495.39

+1.23

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

38 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,681	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	648	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	2,867	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	642	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,632	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,587	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,407	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	2,529	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,794	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,176	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	464.40/cwt	445.00–490.00	2,424	149
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	336	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,646	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	446	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,498	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	831	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,784	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	591	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,438	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,868	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	424.53/cwt	405.00–446.00	2,861	526
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	715	388.87/cwt	386.00–395.00	2,780	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	692	396.16/cwt	395.00–397.50	2,741	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	382	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,044	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	418.61/cwt	405.00–430.00	2,583	203
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	387.81/cwt	380.00–393.00	2,614	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	385.71/cwt	375.00–390.00	2,985	236
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	440.95/cwt	417.00–459.00	2,549	481
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	703	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,355	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,772	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,803	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	453.01/cwt	437.50–465.00	2,836	247
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	526.22/cwt	510.00–537.50	2,815	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	376.64/cwt	361.00–388.00	2,685	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	442	509.72/cwt	502.50–515.00	2,253	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	489	501.29/cwt	492.50–507.50	2,451	169
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	480.29/cwt	473.00–495.00	2,790	205
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	371.24/cwt	371.00–371.50	3,193	141
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	409	615.67/cwt	612.50–620.00	2,518	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	709	412.26/cwt	385.00–419.00	2,923	163
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	362.03/cwt	359.00–368.00	2,809	231
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	838	370.59/cwt	350.00–374.00	3,106	209
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	393	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,142	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	545.54/cwt	537.50–555.00	2,640	38

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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