Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2019-11-14

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Nov 14
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098
Receipts
4,395 head
1,397 vs last sale 2,998 4,395 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers 500-550lbs traded 13.00 higher, 550-700lbs 1.00 to 3.00 higher, 700-850lbs 1.00 to 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers 500-650lbs traded 4.00 to 7.00 higher, 650-750lbs 1.00 to 6.00 lower. Large strings of calves in today's offering. Good buyer demand for lighter weight calves. Flesh condition light to moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $157.29/cwt on 2,336 head.
Average price
$157.29
2,336 head · 597 lb average
Value per head Derived
$939
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$129
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$2.56/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.99
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1601157.449472,204
Medium and Large 1-2528154.87818132
One grade step is worth $2.56/cwt here — about $129 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 sale2,336 hd
157.29
ND average4 barns · 8,479 hd
156.30
+0.99
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

34 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1380151.34/cwt148.00–154.0057537
HeifersMedium and Large 1661131.61/cwt125.00–135.0087069
HeifersMedium and Large 1610135.21/cwt127.00–137.0082578
HeifersMedium and Large 1716126.62/cwt122.00–134.0090788
HeifersMedium and Large 1531143.51/cwt137.00–150.50762304
HeifersMedium and Large 1569140.10/cwt133.00–145.00797310
HeifersMedium and Large 1469149.69/cwt139.00–153.50702326
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2669121.00/cwt121.00–121.008099
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2635120.50/cwt120.50–120.5076512
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2556128.31/cwt121.00–130.5071323
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2538131.07/cwt125.00–134.0070528
SteersMedium and Large 1907144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,30611
SteersMedium and Large 1375173.70/cwt169.00–180.0065112
SteersMedium and Large 1868140.19/cwt135.00–144.001,21714
SteersMedium and Large 1825144.75/cwt141.50–146.251,19449
SteersMedium and Large 1426178.90/cwt173.50–183.00762128
SteersMedium and Large 1771142.58/cwt137.50–145.751,099129
SteersMedium and Large 1479172.75/cwt162.50–178.50827130
SteersMedium and Large 1721143.78/cwt139.50–146.501,037166
SteersMedium and Large 1615151.73/cwt143.50–158.00933288
SteersMedium and Large 1674147.52/cwt139.50–153.00994342
SteersMedium and Large 1517173.56/cwt161.00–177.50897344
SteersMedium and Large 1570157.01/cwt149.50–165.50895591
SteersMedium and Large 1-2535155.00/cwt155.00–155.008296
SteersMedium and Large 1-2636139.50/cwt139.50–139.5088711
SteersMedium and Large 1-2587147.76/cwt146.00–148.5086731
SteersMedium and Large 1-2492159.50/cwt159.50–159.5078584
HeifersMedium and Large 1430150.73/cwt146.50–153.0064832
HeifersMedium and Large 1918135.50/cwt135.50–135.501,24420
HeifersMedium and Large 1341153.00/cwt153.00–153.0052211
HeifersLarge 11,044127.50/cwt127.50–127.501,3315
BullsMedium and Large 1715114.00/cwt114.00–114.008159
BullsMedium and Large 1550141.50/cwt141.50–141.507787
BullsMedium and Large 1441169.00/cwt169.00–169.007457

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.