Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2019-11-07

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Nov 7
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098
Receipts
2,998 head
174 vs last sale 2,824 2,998 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers 550-550lbs traded 9.00 higher, 550-600lbs 3.00 higher, 600-650lbs 10.00 higher, 650-700lbs 9.00 lower, 700-750lbs 12.00 higher, 950-1000lbs 1.00 higher. Feeder heifers 500-600lbs traded 5.00 to 6.00 higher, 600-650lbs 4.00 lower, 650-700lbs 13.00 lower, 800-850lbs 2.00 lower, 900-950lbs 1.00 lower. Larger amount of calves in today's offering. Good buyer demand for lighter weight calves and feeder steers. Flesh condition light to moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $146.62/cwt on 1,286 head.
Average price
$146.62
1,286 head · 673 lb average
Value per head Derived
$987
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$519
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$70.85/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.67
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1666150.261,0011,192
Large 11,122123.501,38612thin
Medium and Large 1-2824117.5796938
Medium and Large 260779.4148244
One grade step is worth $70.85/cwt here — about $519 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale1,286 hd
146.62
ND average3 barns · 5,842 hd
152.28
−5.67
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

33 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
HeifersLarge 11,013128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,29722
HeifersMedium and Large 1365157.47/cwt155.00–160.0057514
HeifersMedium and Large 1887129.50/cwt129.50–129.501,14919
HeifersMedium and Large 1472139.02/cwt134.00–146.5065629
HeifersMedium and Large 1919132.50/cwt132.50–132.501,21861
HeifersMedium and Large 1703132.09/cwt127.50–132.7592981
HeifersMedium and Large 1624128.65/cwt126.50–130.0080385
HeifersMedium and Large 1523139.60/cwt131.00–145.00730103
HeifersMedium and Large 1672132.54/cwt126.00–136.00891129
HeifersMedium and Large 1584133.02/cwt126.00–137.00777139
HeifersMedium and Large 1834137.12/cwt136.75–138.501,144165
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2773120.50/cwt120.50–120.5093110
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2841124.50/cwt124.50–124.501,04711
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2533129.00/cwt129.00–129.0068824
SteersLarge 11,086126.50/cwt126.50–126.501,3746
SteersLarge 11,158120.50/cwt120.50–120.501,3956
SteersMedium and Large 1945139.50/cwt139.50–139.501,3184
SteersMedium and Large 1341184.00/cwt184.00–184.006276
SteersMedium and Large 1486160.47/cwt159.50–162.0078022
SteersMedium and Large 1440168.50/cwt166.00–169.5074125
SteersMedium and Large 1977137.15/cwt132.50–138.001,34053
SteersMedium and Large 1573154.46/cwt147.50–161.5088555
SteersMedium and Large 1804145.28/cwt137.00–147.501,16893
SteersMedium and Large 1720148.37/cwt138.00–152.251,068108
SteersMedium and Large 1772143.50/cwt140.00–147.001,108159
SteersMedium and Large 1667146.93/cwt143.00–152.00980201
SteersMedium and Large 1538160.84/cwt153.50–168.00865218
SteersMedium and Large 1631149.15/cwt137.00–152.50941248
SteersMedium and Large 1-2996122.50/cwt122.50–122.501,22011
SteersMedium and Large 1-2532107.50/cwt107.50–107.5057212
SteersMedium and Large 1-2931122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,13615
SteersMedium and Large 268872.50/cwt72.50–72.5049912
SteersMedium and Large 257782.00/cwt82.00–82.0047332

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.