Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2020-03-05

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Mar 5
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098
Receipts
5,038 head
99 vs last sale 4,939 5,038 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feed steers 500-550lbs 4.00 to 7.00 higher, 550lbs and up steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers trading mixed, 450-550lbs 1.00 to 5.00 lower, 550lbs and up 1.00 to 6.00 higher except for 650-750lbs 1.00 to 6.00 lower with instances up to 13.00 lower. Flesh condition light to moderate. Good buyer demand. Many strings of feeder steers in today's offerings.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $149.43/cwt on 3,124 head.
Average price
$149.43
3,124 head · 708 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,059
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$239
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$36.61/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.94
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1712149.611,0652,927
Medium and Large 1-2648147.76958192
Large 11,154113.001,3045thin
One grade step is worth $36.61/cwt here — about −$239 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 sale3,124 hd
149.43
ND average3 barns · 5,360 hd
148.50
+0.94
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

31 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 1Replacement619151.00/cwt151.00–151.0093524
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement654137.50/cwt137.50–137.508995
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement721145.50/cwt145.50–145.501,04922
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2586137.58/cwt133.00–140.0080632
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2435139.00/cwt139.00–139.0060514
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2642127.50/cwt127.50–127.508197
HeifersMedium and Large 1727126.22/cwt122.00–133.50918207
HeifersMedium and Large 1629141.09/cwt136.00–148.00887144
HeifersMedium and Large 1679131.30/cwt126.50–135.50892106
SteersMedium and Large 1468191.59/cwt188.00–192.5089730
SteersMedium and Large 1907126.40/cwt126.00–127.001,14625
SteersMedium and Large 1974120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,16923
SteersLarge 11,154113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,3045
SteersMedium and Large 1821133.55/cwt130.00–137.001,096287
SteersMedium and Large 1431190.23/cwt188.00–191.5082017
SteersMedium and Large 1680152.28/cwt147.50–156.001,036463
SteersMedium and Large 1632161.76/cwt156.50–173.001,022369
SteersMedium and Large 1571169.98/cwt166.00–178.50971327
SteersMedium and Large 1-2640149.47/cwt143.00–155.50957159
SteersMedium and Large 1882126.80/cwt125.00–128.501,118159
SteersMedium and Large 1522182.85/cwt176.50–186.0095469
SteersMedium and Large 1724147.36/cwt141.00–151.001,067632
SteersMedium and Large 1784138.74/cwt130.50–142.251,088526
HeifersMedium and Large 1773121.40/cwt120.00–125.00938102
HeifersMedium and Large 1538149.49/cwt144.50–155.0080485
HeifersMedium and Large 1572151.66/cwt146.00–155.7586784
HeifersMedium and Large 1477156.40/cwt152.00–159.5074654
HeifersMedium and Large 1883118.08/cwt115.50–120.501,04340
HeifersMedium and Large 1814118.50/cwt118.50–118.5096527
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy689139.50/cwt139.50–139.5096133
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy720140.50/cwt140.50–140.501,01210

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.