Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2020-04-16

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Apr 16
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098
Receipts
1,279 head
352 vs last sale 1,631 1,279 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 2.00 to 7.00 higher with instances up to 16.00 higher. Feeder Heifers 550-600lbs 6.00 to 9.00 higher, 650-700lbs 1.00 to 6.00 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

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $133.46/cwt on 621 head.
Average price
$133.46
621 head · 697 lb average
Value per head Derived
$931
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$222
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$14.55/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.79
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1700133.88937603
Medium and Large 1-2600119.3371618thin
One grade step is worth $14.55/cwt here — about $222 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 sale621 hd
133.46
ND average2 barns · 1,401 hd
132.67
+0.79
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

35 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
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy788119.00/cwt119.00–119.0093812
HeifersMedium and Large 1339151.00/cwt151.00–151.005125
HeifersMedium and Large 1714129.50/cwt129.50–129.509259
HeifersMedium and Large 1630135.50/cwt135.50–135.5085412
HeifersMedium and Large 1412151.00/cwt151.00–151.0062218
HeifersMedium and Large 1534153.29/cwt153.00–154.0081929
HeifersMedium and Large 1768125.37/cwt121.50–134.0096337
SteersMedium and Large 1567163.45/cwt160.00–166.0092768
SteersMedium and Large 1628151.16/cwt148.50–153.5094985
SteersMedium and Large 1-2790120.50/cwt120.50–120.509527
SteersMedium and Large 1-2495149.07/cwt141.00–156.0073815
SteersMedium and Large 1443182.32/cwt182.00–182.5080814
SteersMedium and Large 1653156.47/cwt154.50–157.501,02227
SteersMedium and Large 1752134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,00828
SteersMedium and Large 1969115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,11438
SteersMedium and Large 1851123.31/cwt121.00–124.001,04948
SteersMedium and Large 1818123.69/cwt118.00–126.001,01260
SteersLarge 11,086105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,14012
HeifersMedium and Large 1800114.50/cwt114.50–114.5091637
SteersMedium and Large 1348182.50/cwt182.50–182.506353
SteersMedium and Large 1714141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,0077
SteersMedium and Large 1470172.00/cwt172.00–172.008088
SteersMedium and Large 1376182.69/cwt180.00–186.006879
SteersMedium and Large 1520167.00/cwt167.00–167.0086813
HeifersMedium and Large 1479152.61/cwt148.50–158.0073139
HeifersMedium and Large 1879110.47/cwt109.50–111.5097147
HeifersMedium and Large 1558149.27/cwt143.00–152.5083355
HeifersMedium and Large 1689132.90/cwt123.50–136.00916146
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2433131.00/cwt131.00–131.005678
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2733110.00/cwt110.00–110.0080610
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement637136.50/cwt136.50–136.508709
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement747134.00/cwt130.00–136.001,00127
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement775128.27/cwt121.00–139.0099451
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement838138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,15668
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement850115.50/cwt115.50–115.5098214

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.