Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2026-06-11

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Jun 11
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098
May 7Jun 11latest
Receipts
1,946 head
537 vs last sale 2,483 1,946 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No price comparison for this report. Good buyer demand. Flesh condition light to moderate. Many replacement heifers in today's offering.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $431.83/cwt on 65 head, down $51.77 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 19 comparable sales and sits 12.12 against this barn's trailing median of $443.95.
Average price
$431.83
51.77 vs prior sale
65 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,334
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+0.00
vs ND average
+31.31 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1540431.832,33465
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

19 sales
498460423385median 443.9512/1101/2203/0504/1606/11
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $483.60, low $399.21, median $443.95 across 19 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 sale65 hd
431.83
ND average1 barns · 65 hd
431.83
+0.00
National average163 barns · 8,321 hd
400.52
+31.31
This barn, trailing median19 sales
443.95
−12.12
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

28 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
SteersLarge 11050–11001,051313.00/cwt313.00–313.003,29019
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy650–700657468.00/cwt468.00–468.003,07577
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850818327.50/cwt327.50–327.502,6798
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700692386.00/cwt386.00–386.002,67112
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800788331.00/cwt331.00–331.002,60813
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500477410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,95615
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600583427.50/cwt427.50–427.502,4925
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700694380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,6377
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650612457.50/cwt457.50–457.502,80012
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750725429.81/cwt424.50–435.003,116156
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement900–950907330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,99364
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement850–900858344.51/cwt332.50–366.002,95675
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550520508.46/cwt500.00–512.502,64418
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600572461.64/cwt455.00–465.002,64129
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900874326.16/cwt310.00–329.002,851243
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750719365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,62438
HeifersMedium and Large 1900–950915311.83/cwt311.00–313.502,853195
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000968327.69/cwt326.00–335.003,17282
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700673435.22/cwt422.50–444.002,92987
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900864365.78/cwt350.00–371.003,160179
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement800–850832333.00/cwt333.00–333.002,7719
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement950–1000965319.09/cwt315.00–320.503,079184
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600577445.04/cwt442.50–457.502,56829
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650627407.09/cwt407.00–410.002,55265
HeifersMedium and Large 1950–1000989300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,967135
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550511421.19/cwt410.00–425.002,15236
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800775387.21/cwt384.00–415.003,00140
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950913337.40/cwt335.00–340.003,08050

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.