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Napoleon Livestock Auction

Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-10-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-29

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Oct 29

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098

← Oct 22Oct 29latest

Receipts

1,167 head

▲ 141 vs last sale 1,026▲ 1,167 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

There were not enough numbers of feeders to make a comparison this week. Today's sale consisted of yearlings and spring calves. There was good demand by the buyers to obtain these feeders this week.Several nice strings of yearlings and spring calves in today's offering. Most feeders were in light to moderate flesh condition. Expecting a larger numbers of calves in next weeks sale.

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 $448.68/cwt on 214 head, up $25.44 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 14 comparable sales and sits −46.71 against this barn's trailing median of $495.39.

Average price

$448.68

▲ 25.44 vs prior sale

214 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,433

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$360

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

$68.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.06

vs ND average

+13.53 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	450.91	2,445	207
Medium and Large 1-2	545	382.50	2,085	7thin

One grade step is worth $68.41/cwt here — about $360 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale214 hd

448.68

—

ND average3 barns · 2,013 hd

450.74

−2.06

National average163 barns · 26,594 hd

435.15

+13.53

This barn, trailing median14 sales

495.39

−46.71

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

29 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,887	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	421	512.61/cwt	508.00–517.00	2,158	25
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	490	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,230	14
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	467.77/cwt	427.50–486.00	2,432	100
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	545	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,085	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	435.16/cwt	327.50–449.00	2,450	107
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	633	409.15/cwt	383.00–419.00	2,590	159
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	683	395.51/cwt	389.00–403.00	2,701	41
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	696	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,332	21
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	709	395.40/cwt	356.00–405.00	2,803	118
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	731	313.49/cwt	300.00–325.00	2,292	11
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	749	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,509	6
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	782	357.25/cwt	328.00–382.00	2,794	56
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	811	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,806	14
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	946	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	3,056	10
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,060	295.50/cwt	295.50–295.50	3,132	8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	446.59/cwt	431.00–465.00	1,889	36
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	482	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,832	11
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	509	410.60/cwt	380.00–422.00	2,090	77
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,030	13
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	631	345.54/cwt	325.00–369.00	2,180	64
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	705	322.74/cwt	300.00–336.00	2,275	11
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	749	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,187	7
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	764	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,407	8
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	890	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,581	8
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	905	324.15/cwt	319.00–325.50	2,934	88
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	988	297.56/cwt	296.00–302.00	2,940	15
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,031	287.10/cwt	280.00–289.00	2,960	25
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	647	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,618	9

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 29, 2026

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

Receipts 1,167Last week 1,026Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	1000–1050	1,031	280.00–289.00	287.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	400–450	423	431.00–465.00	446.59
77	500–550	509	380.00–422.00	410.60
13	550–600	560	362.50	362.50
64	600–650	631	325.00–369.00	345.54
11	700–750	705	300.00–336.00	322.74
8	750–800	764	315.00	315.00
8	850–900	890	290.00	290.00
88	900–950	905	319.00–325.50	324.15
15	950–1000	988	296.00–302.00	297.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	482	380.00	380.00
7	700–750	749	292.00	292.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	1050–1100	1,060	295.50	295.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	700–750	749	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	545	382.50	382.50
21	650–700	696	335.00	335.00
11	700–750	731	300.00–325.00	313.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	370	510.00	510.00
25	400–450	421	508.00–517.00	512.61
14	450–500	490	455.00	455.00
100	500–550	520	427.50–486.00	467.77
107	550–600	563	327.50–449.00	435.16
159	600–650	633	383.00–419.00	409.15
41	650–700	683	389.00–403.00	395.51
118	700–750	709	356.00–405.00	395.40
56	750–800	782	328.00–382.00	357.25
14	800–850	811	346.00	346.00
10	900–950	946	323.00	323.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	647	250.00	250.00

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.