Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2020-02-27

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Feb 27
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098
Receipts
4,939 head
1,585 vs last sale 6,524 4,939 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers and heifers showing a downward trend with steers 500-550lbs 9.00 to 12.00 lower, 550-950lbs 1.00 to 5.00 lower except 700-850lbs 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Feeder heifers 450-550lbs steady to 5.00 lower, 550-650lbs 7.00 to 12.00 lower, 650lbs and up 2.00 to 7.00 lower. Many strings of steers and heifers available in today's offering. 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 $148.80/cwt on 2,360 head.
Average price
$148.80
2,360 head · 709 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,055
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$142
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$6.95/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.21
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2589155.6091651
Medium and Large 1712148.651,0582,309
One grade step is worth $6.95/cwt here — about −$142 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 sale2,360 hd
148.80
ND average4 barns · 4,318 hd
147.58
+1.21
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

37 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
HeifersLarge 11,073109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,1705
HeifersMedium and Large 1414153.88/cwt153.00–155.0063725
SteersMedium and Large 1-2668137.60/cwt133.00–141.0091912
SteersMedium and Large 1469182.07/cwt176.00–195.0085440
SteersMedium and Large 1420194.00/cwt182.00–200.5081542
SteersMedium and Large 1540175.56/cwt166.00–182.5094855
SteersMedium and Large 1863124.45/cwt123.50–125.501,07436
SteersMedium and Large 1914126.30/cwt125.25–127.501,15478
SteersMedium and Large 1626160.46/cwt154.00–170.501,004155
SteersMedium and Large 1569175.49/cwt166.00–178.50999214
SteersMedium and Large 1680152.96/cwt144.00–159.001,040485
SteersMedium and Large 1-2416177.00/cwt177.00–177.007367
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2588134.01/cwt133.00–134.5078836
SteersMedium and Large 1-2597157.67/cwt157.50–158.0094132
SteersMedium and Large 1783135.76/cwt130.00–146.751,063388
SteersMedium and Large 1810134.45/cwt127.50–137.001,089402
SteersMedium and Large 1715146.30/cwt138.00–150.501,046410
SteersMedium and Large 1964122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,1764
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2782117.78/cwt114.00–121.0092157
HeifersMedium and Large 1628142.10/cwt133.50–145.50892295
HeifersMedium and Large 1730127.59/cwt121.00–134.50931297
HeifersMedium and Large 1666137.59/cwt131.00–141.00916411
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2524127.00/cwt127.00–127.006657
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2616129.00/cwt129.00–129.0079510
HeifersMedium and Large 1531153.38/cwt148.00–156.2581488
HeifersMedium and Large 1584145.93/cwt137.00–149.75852140
HeifersMedium and Large 1759134.88/cwt127.50–138.501,024173
HeifersMedium and Large 1493157.14/cwt157.00–157.5077547
HeifersMedium and Large 1809119.72/cwt117.50–121.5096953
HeifersMedium and Large 1872115.82/cwt109.00–119.501,01056
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement602136.50/cwt136.50–136.5082213
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement666137.00/cwt137.00–137.0091235
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement759125.79/cwt123.50–128.5095542
BullsMedium and Large 1588153.50/cwt153.50–153.509039
BullsMedium and Large 1469175.00/cwt175.00–175.008218
BullsMedium and Large 1840118.00/cwt118.00–118.009916
BullsMedium and Large 1706116.00/cwt116.00–116.008195

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.