Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-04-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Not all weights well tested in steers and no weights well tested in heifers. Feeder steers and 850-900lbs 4.00 lower with instances up to 10.00 lower. Good buyer demand. Replacement heifers in today's offerings. Flesh condition light to moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $524.05/cwt on 45 head, up $29.64 from the prior sale. That ranks 17 of 18 comparable sales and sits +28.67 against this barn's trailing median of $495.39.

Average price

$524.05

▲ 29.64 vs prior sale

45 head · 568 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,975

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$297

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

$56.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.37

vs ND average

+45.02 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	567	531.60	3,014	39
Medium and Large 1-2	572	475.00	2,717	6thin

One grade step is worth $56.60/cwt here — about $297 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale45 hd

524.05

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ND average2 barns · 119 hd

514.68

+9.37

National average158 barns · 12,009 hd

479.03

+45.02

This barn, trailing median18 sales

495.39

+28.67

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	551	507.50/cwt	507.50–507.50	2,796	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	874	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	3,015	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	489	537.50/cwt	537.50–537.50	2,628	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	2,783	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,121	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,095	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	376.94/cwt	365.00–379.00	3,298	258
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	2,732	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	531.60/cwt	529.00–542.00	3,014	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	382.17/cwt	378.00–395.00	2,549	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	381.33/cwt	375.00–387.00	2,948	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	812	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	3,053	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,717	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	742	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,801	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,057	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	597.35/cwt	575.00–620.00	2,604	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	680	385.33/cwt	375.00–405.00	2,620	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	771	334.25/cwt	325.00–345.00	2,577	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	455.58/cwt	451.00–470.00	2,825	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,693	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	439.19/cwt	430.00–450.00	2,328	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	814	363.47/cwt	340.00–367.50	2,959	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	845	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,932	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	438.50/cwt	427.50–460.00	2,758	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	701	431.01/cwt	422.50–435.00	3,021	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	743	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,842	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	919	361.82/cwt	335.00–365.50	3,325	68

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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