Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2020-02-06

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Feb 6
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098
Receipts
2,430 head
▼ 404 vs last sale 2,834▲ 2,430 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 1.00 to 6.00 lower, 550-600lbs 8.00 to 9.00 higher, 600-800lbs steady to 5.00 higher with instances up to 8.00 higher. Feeder heifers 400-600lbs 1.00 to 6.00 higher, 600-650lbs 3.00 to 7.00 lower, 650-700lbs 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Not all weights well tested for comparison. 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 $160.37/cwt on 1,200 head.
Average price
$160.37
1,200 head · 654 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,049
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$213
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$41.78/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.37
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1649161.781,0501,143
Medium and Large 1-2681135.3692245
Large 11,052120.001,26212thin
One grade step is worth $41.78/cwt here — about −$213 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 sale1,200 hd
160.37
—
ND average4 barns · 3,728 hd
157.01
+3.37
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

32 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 1-2—682121.00/cwt121.00–121.008259
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—622127.40/cwt125.00–128.5079235
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—535135.00/cwt135.00–135.0072222
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—424145.00/cwt145.00–145.0061512
HeifersMedium and Large 1—480157.92/cwt154.00–159.0075889
HeifersMedium and Large 1—432162.28/cwt155.50–164.5070197
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—640133.00/cwt133.00–133.0085118
SteersMedium and Large 1—884135.50/cwt135.50–135.501,19872
SteersMedium and Large 1—782141.92/cwt140.00–144.501,110201
HeifersMedium and Large 1—534155.84/cwt152.00–157.0083281
HeifersMedium and Large 1—569152.31/cwt148.00–156.5086778
HeifersMedium and Large 1—621140.88/cwt133.00–146.0087576
SteersMedium and Large 1—622163.74/cwt155.00–167.001,018210
SteersLarge 1—1,052120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,26212
SteersMedium and Large 1—528182.23/cwt178.00–185.00962152
SteersMedium and Large 1—676157.04/cwt148.50–160.251,062117
SteersMedium and Large 1—717149.25/cwt140.00–155.501,070106
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—685142.50/cwt142.50–142.5097620
SteersMedium and Large 1—572171.17/cwt163.50–179.5097992
SteersMedium and Large 1—444196.00/cwt191.00–196.5087089
SteersMedium and Large 1—473184.05/cwt179.00–191.0087143
SteersMedium and Large 1—958119.15/cwt119.00–119.501,14123
SteersMedium and Large 1—360199.02/cwt195.00–205.0071617
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—776121.00/cwt121.00–121.009397
SteersMedium and Large 1—809132.80/cwt132.00–134.001,07415
SteersMedium and Large 1—326189.00/cwt189.00–189.006166
HeifersMedium and Large 1—362160.92/cwt160.00–165.0058337
HeifersMedium and Large 1—714126.41/cwt124.50–129.0090328
HeifersMedium and Large 1—656136.32/cwt130.50–138.0089423
HeifersMedium and Large 1—854117.67/cwt117.00–119.001,0059
HeifersMedium and Large 1—316160.00/cwt160.00–160.005068
BullsMedium and Large 1—627144.50/cwt144.50–144.509066

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.