Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2020-03-12

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Mar 12
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098
Receipts
2,600 head
2,438 vs last sale 5,038 2,600 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder cattle trading on a downward trend with feeder steers 700lbs and lower 11.00 to 16.00 lower with instances up to 19.00 lower, 700lbs and higher 4.00 to 9.00 lower. Feeder heifers 450lbs and higher 2.00 to 6.00 lower with instances up to 13.00 lower. 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 $142.24/cwt on 1,526 head.
Average price
$142.24
1,526 head · 697 lb average
Value per head Derived
$992
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$132
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$41.05/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.42
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1696143.009951,413
Medium and Large 1-2622140.1787391
Large 11,105101.951,12622
One grade step is worth $41.05/cwt here — about −$132 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 sale1,526 hd
142.24
ND average4 barns · 3,629 hd
138.83
+3.42
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

40 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 1-2580127.50/cwt124.00–130.0074037
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2541127.00/cwt127.00–127.006876
HeifersMedium and Large 1526150.00/cwt150.00–150.0078966
HeifersMedium and Large 1469147.41/cwt139.00–150.5069151
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2493134.00/cwt134.00–134.0066122
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2404137.50/cwt137.50–137.5055620
SteersMedium and Large 1584159.88/cwt152.00–162.0093494
SteersMedium and Large 1464176.28/cwt170.00–182.0081867
SteersMedium and Large 1376182.51/cwt178.00–188.0068633
SteersMedium and Large 1999111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,1098
SteersLarge 11,166101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,1789
SteersLarge 11,011103.00/cwt103.00–103.001,0418
SteersMedium and Large 1781129.53/cwt122.00–134.001,012373
SteersMedium and Large 1672142.08/cwt137.50–146.50955190
SteersMedium and Large 1620156.01/cwt145.50–160.50967141
SteersLarge 11,145102.00/cwt102.00–102.001,1685
SteersMedium and Large 1870118.93/cwt118.00–119.501,035101
SteersMedium and Large 1545164.10/cwt163.00–173.0089497
SteersMedium and Large 1-2734130.00/cwt130.00–130.0095415
SteersMedium and Large 1-2671120.85/cwt117.50–123.0081115
SteersMedium and Large 1-2597145.50/cwt145.50–145.5086914
SteersMedium and Large 1424182.36/cwt177.00–185.5077353
SteersMedium and Large 1824125.52/cwt119.50–128.751,03442
SteersMedium and Large 1-2487161.50/cwt161.50–161.5078714
SteersMedium and Large 1709143.09/cwt138.00–144.501,015112
SteersMedium and Large 1912118.74/cwt117.50–119.501,083102
SteersMedium and Large 1-2618142.26/cwt140.00–144.0087933
HeifersMedium and Large 1433155.06/cwt150.00–160.0067150
HeifersMedium and Large 1814113.27/cwt108.00–115.0092243
HeifersMedium and Large 1755117.95/cwt114.50–119.5089136
HeifersMedium and Large 1385147.22/cwt146.00–149.0056714
HeifersMedium and Large 1961103.00/cwt103.00–103.0099010
HeifersMedium and Large 1672127.84/cwt120.50–133.5085981
HeifersMedium and Large 1726117.94/cwt114.00–120.5085687
HeifersMedium and Large 1616136.84/cwt130.00–142.50843103
HeifersMedium and Large 1570143.32/cwt140.00–145.00817147
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2611118.00/cwt118.00–118.007216
HeifersMedium and Large 1-291392.00/cwt92.00–92.008409
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement803114.00/cwt114.00–114.0091510
HeifersLarge 11,09193.00/cwt93.00–93.001,0158

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.