Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2020-01-23

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Jan 23
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098
Receipts
3,424 head
1,864 vs last sale 1,560 3,424 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers 500-650lbs steady to 5.00 higher, 650-700lbs 4.00 to 6.00 lower, 750-850lbs 2.00 to 4.00 higher, 850-900lbs 4.00 to 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers 450-500lbs 2.00 to 7.00 higher, 550-650lbs up to 9.00 higher, 650-700lbs 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Higher weights in heifers not well tested. Flesh condition light to moderate plus. Good buyer demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $161.39/cwt on 1,781 head.
Average price
$161.39
1,781 head · 657 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,060
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$82
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$17.73/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.91
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1656162.121,0641,708
Medium and Large 1-2680144.3998273
One grade step is worth $17.73/cwt here — about $82 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 sale1,781 hd
161.39
ND average4 barns · 6,260 hd
157.48
+3.91
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
HeifersMedium and Large 1480158.52/cwt152.50–164.5076177
HeifersMedium and Large 1422163.69/cwt162.00–165.5069163
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2637129.53/cwt127.00–132.5082522
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2658121.00/cwt121.00–121.007968
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2532136.00/cwt136.00–136.007245
SteersMedium and Large 1666158.03/cwt151.00–166.501,052276
SteersMedium and Large 1776144.47/cwt137.00–148.251,121265
SteersMedium and Large 1574174.87/cwt168.50–182.001,004216
HeifersMedium and Large 1574147.43/cwt139.50–153.00846225
HeifersMedium and Large 1671136.96/cwt129.00–141.00919210
HeifersMedium and Large 1525152.53/cwt147.00–156.50801188
SteersMedium and Large 1-2749140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,04917
SteersMedium and Large 1-2619155.91/cwt153.00–157.5096514
SteersMedium and Large 1-2692148.50/cwt148.50–148.501,02811
SteersMedium and Large 1862142.39/cwt137.00–143.501,22781
SteersMedium and Large 1830139.50/cwt138.50–141.001,15855
SteersMedium and Large 1482190.51/cwt188.00–191.0091854
SteersMedium and Large 1917129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,18311
SteersMedium and Large 1524181.82/cwt170.00–188.00953169
SteersMedium and Large 1719152.11/cwt143.00–155.751,094168
SteersMedium and Large 1436188.32/cwt178.00–194.0082191
SteersMedium and Large 1-2518142.00/cwt142.00–142.007368
SteersMedium and Large 1626166.54/cwt159.50–172.501,043301
HeifersMedium and Large 1778130.97/cwt124.00–137.001,01959
HeifersMedium and Large 1731129.97/cwt128.00–133.5095054
HeifersMedium and Large 1382158.80/cwt158.00–160.0060712
HeifersMedium and Large 1827121.50/cwt121.50–121.501,00511
HeifersMedium and Large 1320159.00/cwt159.00–159.0050911
HeifersMedium and Large 1857121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,0377
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy872133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,16016
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy807128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,0335
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy716139.50/cwt139.50–139.5099923
HeifersMedium and Large 1620144.02/cwt136.50–150.00893155

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.