Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2020-04-09

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Apr 9
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098
Receipts
1,631 head
602 vs last sale 2,233 1,631 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder cattle showing and upward trend with feeder steers 500-600lbs steady to 3.00 higher, 600lbs and higher 7.00 to 9.00 higher with instances up to 16.00 higher. Feeder heifers 500-700lbs 5.00 to 10.00 higher with instances up to 12.00 higher. 700-750lbs 1.00 to 5.00 higher. Not all weights well tested for comparison. Quality replacement heifers 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 $141.99/cwt on 883 head.
Average price
$141.99
883 head · 694 lb average
Value per head Derived
$985
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$97
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$20.33/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.21
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1692143.14990833
Medium and Large 1-2727122.8189350
One grade step is worth $20.33/cwt here — about $97 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 sale883 hd
141.99
ND average2 barns · 1,518 hd
133.78
+8.21
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

29 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 1481148.00/cwt148.00–148.0071210
HeifersMedium and Large 1759121.50/cwt121.50–121.5092215
HeifersMedium and Large 1872105.01/cwt100.00–111.0091615
HeifersMedium and Large 1439146.26/cwt144.00–149.0064233
HeifersMedium and Large 1668126.97/cwt125.50–134.0084841
HeifersMedium and Large 1728116.70/cwt115.50–120.0085041
SteersMedium and Large 1-2735120.55/cwt119.00–123.0088634
SteersMedium and Large 1725137.63/cwt131.00–143.5099837
SteersMedium and Large 1635150.56/cwt143.00–157.50956112
SteersMedium and Large 1834121.49/cwt120.00–123.001,013120
SteersMedium and Large 1772133.03/cwt123.00–135.501,027156
SteersMedium and Large 1592157.16/cwt144.00–159.50930184
SteersMedium and Large 1-2494157.00/cwt157.00–157.007766
SteersMedium and Large 1-2842110.00/cwt110.00–110.0092610
SteersMedium and Large 1925102.00/cwt102.00–102.0094412
SteersMedium and Large 1445181.62/cwt178.00–183.5080828
SteersMedium and Large 1677139.42/cwt137.50–142.0094432
SteersMedium and Large 1479177.23/cwt176.50–180.0084938
SteersMedium and Large 1522167.18/cwt160.00–173.2587340
SteersMedium and Large 1871119.45/cwt112.00–120.001,04074
HeifersMedium and Large 1527145.02/cwt133.00–146.7576479
HeifersMedium and Large 1577141.16/cwt137.00–143.50814102
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2548123.00/cwt123.00–123.006749
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2579125.00/cwt125.00–125.0072415
HeifersMedium and Large 1625138.98/cwt135.00–144.5086967
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2427132.00/cwt132.00–132.005646
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement885112.00/cwt112.00–112.009916
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement730127.12/cwt126.00–132.5092856
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement764135.98/cwt127.00–150.001,03979

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.