Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2020-01-02

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Jan 2
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098
Receipts
1,815 head
978 vs last sale 2,793 1,815 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago; Feeder steers 500-600lbs steady to 3.00 lower, 600-650lbs 2.00 to 3.00 higher, 650-700lbs 1.00 to 4.00 lower, 700-750lbs 1.00 to 4.00 higher, Feeder heifers under 600lbs steady to 5.00 higher, over 600lbs 3.00 to 7.00 lower. Not all weights well tested. Flesh condition light to moderate. Good buyer demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $152.56/cwt on 984 head.
Average price
$152.56
984 head · 680 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,037
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$334
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$16.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.73
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2421168.3270919thin
Medium and Large 1685152.251,043965
One grade step is worth $16.07/cwt here — about −$334 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 sale984 hd
152.56
ND average2 barns · 1,812 hd
150.83
+1.73
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

16 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 1579137.49/cwt130.50–143.0079693
HeifersMedium and Large 1518141.49/cwt138.00–143.0073363
HeifersMedium and Large 1495149.69/cwt146.50–150.0074155
SteersMedium and Large 1627155.10/cwt150.00–158.50972123
SteersMedium and Large 1505169.25/cwt169.00–171.0085541
SteersMedium and Large 1482170.89/cwt164.00–175.0082431
SteersMedium and Large 1-2421168.32/cwt165.00–176.0070919
SteersMedium and Large 1719146.64/cwt143.00–149.001,054169
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2413140.26/cwt139.00–141.0057922
SteersMedium and Large 1575163.60/cwt158.00–167.50941162
SteersMedium and Large 1689148.21/cwt137.50–150.251,021159
SteersMedium and Large 1811147.37/cwt147.00–147.751,195141
SteersMedium and Large 1790143.73/cwt143.00–147.001,135139
HeifersMedium and Large 1672136.15/cwt133.50–137.50915213
HeifersMedium and Large 1734135.88/cwt135.50–136.25997103
HeifersMedium and Large 1628134.31/cwt125.50–135.5084397

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.