Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2020-04-23

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Apr 23
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098
Receipts
2,870 head
▲ 1,591 vs last sale 1,279▲ 2,870 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers 550-850lbs 1.00 to 6.00 lower, 850-900lbs 8.00 to 9.00 lower. Feeder heifers 550-600lbs 2.00 to 3.00 lower, 650-700lbs 3.00 to 7.00 higher. Not all weights well tested for comparison especially in heifer weights. Many strings of heifers available in today's offerings. Good buyer demand. Flesh condition light to moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.42/cwt on 1,281 head.
Average price
$124.42
1,281 head · 732 lb average
Value per head Derived
$910
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$95
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$2.88/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.69
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1735124.569151,221
Medium and Large 1-2674121.6882060
One grade step is worth $2.88/cwt here — about $95 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 sale1,281 hd
124.42
—
ND average2 barns · 1,668 hd
127.12
−2.69
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 1—474152.62/cwt151.00–155.0072323
HeifersMedium and Large 1—413153.36/cwt149.00–156.0063313
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—827119.87/cwt111.50–122.50991140
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—786120.50/cwt115.50–126.0094792
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—725108.00/cwt108.00–108.007835
HeifersMedium and Large 1—936104.00/cwt104.00–104.00973137
HeifersMedium and Large 1—571146.84/cwt140.00–150.00838126
HeifersMedium and Large 1—666133.98/cwt130.00–139.5089298
HeifersMedium and Large 1—784113.94/cwt112.25–117.0089390
HeifersMedium and Large 1—719126.16/cwt119.50–132.25907295
SteersMedium and Large 1—883114.77/cwt113.00–115.001,01386
SteersMedium and Large 1—775126.61/cwt125.25–131.5098178
SteersMedium and Large 1—438183.00/cwt183.00–183.0080215
SteersLarge 1—1,033100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,03319
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—675123.65/cwt123.25–125.5083549
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—624117.00/cwt117.00–117.007306
SteersMedium and Large 1—625146.34/cwt141.50–156.0091578
SteersMedium and Large 1—558161.88/cwt154.00–165.0090366
SteersMedium and Large 1—529163.62/cwt161.00–169.0086625
SteersMedium and Large 1—454165.90/cwt164.00–169.0075316
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—664133.50/cwt133.50–133.508868
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—648134.00/cwt134.00–134.008686
SteersMedium and Large 1—819120.54/cwt112.00–126.00987155
SteersMedium and Large 1—725137.89/cwt136.00–140.501,000119
SteersMedium and Large 1—661141.48/cwt134.00–147.00935106
SteersMedium and Large 1—929113.43/cwt111.50–114.501,05491
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—599144.50/cwt144.50–144.5086619
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—775114.02/cwt112.00–117.5088416
HeifersMedium and Large 1—82299.71/cwt96.00–104.0082077
HeifersMedium and Large 1—636135.93/cwt135.00–138.0086557
HeifersMedium and Large 1—528150.55/cwt147.00–152.5079555
HeifersMedium and Large 1—87992.01/cwt91.00–93.0080918

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.