Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2020-01-30

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Jan 30
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098
Receipts
2,834 head
▼ 590 vs last sale 3,424▲ 2,834 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder calves showing mostly a downward trend. Steers 500-550lbs 2.00 to 3.00 higher, 550-750lbs 7.00 to 12.00 lower, 750-850lbs 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers 400-800lbs 1.00 to 6.00 lower. 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 $153.00/cwt on 1,238 head.
Average price
$153.00
1,238 head · 682 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,044
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$155
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$15.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.23
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2531167.9189225
Medium and Large 1685152.691,0461,213
One grade step is worth $15.22/cwt here — about −$155 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 sale1,238 hd
153.00
—
ND average4 barns · 4,375 hd
154.23
−1.23
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 1—769129.82/cwt128.00–131.0099857
HeifersMedium and Large 1—880128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,12664
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—666106.00/cwt106.00–106.007067
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—978120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,17412
HeifersLarge 1—1,044120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,2537
HeifersMedium and Large 1—905126.50/cwt126.50–126.501,14512
HeifersMedium and Large 1—427159.33/cwt150.00–163.0068040
HeifersMedium and Large 1—511153.41/cwt150.00–155.5078442
SteersMedium and Large 1—577163.37/cwt158.00–170.0094390
SteersMedium and Large 1—718144.84/cwt142.50–147.001,040144
SteersMedium and Large 1—675150.07/cwt143.50–155.501,013193
SteersMedium and Large 1—927124.50/cwt124.50–124.501,1545
SteersMedium and Large 1—388189.00/cwt189.00–189.0073312
SteersMedium and Large 1—467187.77/cwt179.00–193.0087727
SteersMedium and Large 1—809137.95/cwt135.00–139.501,11682
SteersMedium and Large 1—428188.00/cwt188.00–188.008055
SteersMedium and Large 1—873133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,1615
SteersMedium and Large 1—761141.32/cwt135.00–143.501,075196
SteersMedium and Large 1—627159.80/cwt152.50–166.001,002314
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—531167.91/cwt165.00–171.0089225
HeifersMedium and Large 1—580146.88/cwt140.50–153.00852334
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—554129.00/cwt129.00–129.007158
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—633132.41/cwt132.00–133.0083812
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—764106.20/cwt103.00–108.0081117
SteersMedium and Large 1—959134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,28561
SteersMedium and Large 1—518183.94/cwt175.00–191.0095367
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—983103.50/cwt103.50–103.501,0175
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—451137.00/cwt137.00–137.006187
HeifersMedium and Large 1—709130.63/cwt129.50–131.0092688
HeifersMedium and Large 1—617143.94/cwt138.00–153.75888198
HeifersMedium and Large 1—682130.90/cwt125.50–136.75893201
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—668136.00/cwt136.00–136.0090813
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—585149.50/cwt149.50–149.5087516

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.