Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2020-04-02

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Apr 2
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098
Receipts
2,233 head
10 vs last sale 2,243 2,233 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder Steers 550lbs and higher 12.00 to 16.00 lower except 600-650lbs 27.00 to 32.00 lower. Feeder Heifers 600-700lbs 15.00 to 20.00 lower. Not all weights well tested for comparison. Many strings of steers available in today's offering. Flesh condition light to moderate. Moderate buyer demand as not all buyers were present.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $132.26/cwt on 1,609 head.
Average price
$132.26
1,609 head · 702 lb average
Value per head Derived
$929
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$120
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$7.91/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.42
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1705132.769371,508
Medium and Large 1-2654124.85817101
One grade step is worth $7.91/cwt here — about $120 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 sale1,609 hd
132.26
ND average2 barns · 2,129 hd
131.84
+0.42
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

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 1Fancy655132.50/cwt132.50–132.508688
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy708140.25/cwt140.25–140.2599375
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy83798.00/cwt98.00–98.008209
BullsMedium and Large 1732111.00/cwt111.00–111.008135
BullsMedium and Large 1565136.00/cwt136.00–136.007686
HeifersMedium and Large 1468142.30/cwt135.00–144.5066623
HeifersMedium and Large 1449143.50/cwt143.50–143.5064425
HeifersMedium and Large 1384141.57/cwt140.00–142.5054432
HeifersMedium and Large 1715115.26/cwt110.00–118.5082444
SteersMedium and Large 1677138.45/cwt132.00–144.00937402
SteersMedium and Large 1-293788.00/cwt88.00–88.008255
SteersMedium and Large 1-2641127.00/cwt127.00–127.008146
SteersMedium and Large 1-2490144.00/cwt144.00–144.0070615
SteersMedium and Large 1410174.75/cwt170.00–177.0071638
SteersMedium and Large 1969102.97/cwt97.00–105.5099894
SteersMedium and Large 1635135.59/cwt135.00–141.00861113
SteersMedium and Large 1578154.05/cwt146.50–159.00890190
SteersMedium and Large 1717127.98/cwt124.00–137.00918241
SteersMedium and Large 1815113.82/cwt113.75–114.00928292
SteersMedium and Large 1-2583133.60/cwt130.00–143.0077933
SteersMedium and Large 1-2737115.21/cwt110.00–120.0084942
SteersMedium and Large 1509157.50/cwt157.50–157.508025
SteersMedium and Large 1479168.50/cwt168.50–168.508079
SteersMedium and Large 1367182.50/cwt182.50–182.5067012
SteersMedium and Large 1764122.78/cwt119.75–132.0093837
HeifersMedium and Large 1561131.19/cwt125.00–133.0073653
HeifersMedium and Large 1685118.42/cwt114.50–123.5081160
HeifersMedium and Large 1510137.06/cwt135.00–137.5069975
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement794129.81/cwt122.00–137.001,03167
HeifersMedium and Large 1-268393.00/cwt93.00–93.0063514
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2773105.00/cwt105.00–105.008128
HeifersMedium and Large 1626132.38/cwt129.50–135.7582977

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.