Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2026-10-22

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-10-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-22

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Oct 22

● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098

← Oct 1Oct 22Oct 29 →

Receipts

1,026 head

▼ 1,541 vs last sale 2,567▼ 355 vs year ago 1,381 · −25.7%

View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

The last feeder sale was three weeks ago and numbers were low this week so no comparison will be made. Today's sale consisted of yearlings steers and heifers and a few drafts of spring calves. The weather has been so nice that calves are being left on the cow for later sales. Most calves were in light to moderate flesh condition. Buyer demand was good for today's offering.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $423.24/cwt on 78 head, down $7.90 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −72.15 against this barn's trailing median of $495.39.

Average price

$423.24

▼ 7.90 vs prior sale

78 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,284

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−19.38

vs ND average

−16.03 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	423.24	2,284	78

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale78 hd

423.24

—

ND average3 barns · 1,613 hd

442.61

−19.38

National average183 barns · 33,329 hd

439.27

−16.03

This barn, trailing median14 sales

495.39

−72.15

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

14 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $538.00, low $423.24, median $495.39 across 14 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	350	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	496.58/cwt	475.00–510.00	2,150	32
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	486	488.06/cwt	472.50–495.00	2,372	48
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	436.07/cwt	427.50–442.00	2,276	55
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	582	392.55/cwt	390.00–395.00	2,285	23
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	636	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,544	18
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fancy	716	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	2,893	84
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	731	358.89/cwt	350.00–375.00	2,623	17
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	731	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,211	7
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	755	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,763	14
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	831	345.02/cwt	329.00–347.50	2,867	79
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	851	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,936	6
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	901	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,874	20
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,093	301.50/cwt	301.50–301.50	3,295	115
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,679	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	393	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	484	393.70/cwt	380.00–407.50	1,906	31
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	525	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,258	24
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	539	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,860	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	371.01/cwt	350.00–385.00	2,130	24
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	686	323.16/cwt	312.50–330.00	2,217	42
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	757	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,006	5
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	816	327.75/cwt	304.00–334.00	2,674	38
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	884	299.52/cwt	295.00–323.00	2,648	99
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	943	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,829	34
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	989	286.14/cwt	283.00–292.00	2,830	28
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,006	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,767	69
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,078	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,921	10

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.

North Dakota feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Napoleon Livestock Auction - Napoleon, ND

Thu Oct 22, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Bismarck, ND (LS-BM)

Receipts 1,026Last week 2,567Year ago 1,381

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
69	1000–1050	1,006	275.00	275.00
10	1050–1100	1,078	271.00	271.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
24	500–550	525	430.00	430.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	373	450.00	450.00
11	350–400	393	1,750.00	1,750.00
31	450–500	484	380.00–407.50	393.70
24	550–600	574	350.00–385.00	371.01
42	650–700	686	312.50–330.00	323.16
38	800–850	816	304.00–334.00	327.75
99	850–900	884	295.00–323.00	299.52
34	900–950	943	300.00	300.00
28	950–1000	989	283.00–292.00	286.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	539	345.00	345.00
5	750–800	757	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
115	1050–1100	1,093	301.50	301.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
84	700–750	716	404.00	404.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
8	350–400	350	1,900.00	1,900.00
32	400–450	433	475.00–510.00	496.58
48	450–500	486	472.50–495.00	488.06
55	500–550	522	427.50–442.00	436.07
23	550–600	582	390.00–395.00	392.55
18	600–650	636	400.00	400.00
17	700–750	731	350.00–375.00	358.89
14	750–800	755	366.00	366.00
79	800–850	831	329.00–347.50	345.02
6	850–900	851	345.00	345.00
20	900–950	901	319.00	319.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	700–750	731	302.50	302.50

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.