Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2020-05-14

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, May 14
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098
Receipts
1,840 head
799 vs last sale 1,041 1,840 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago; Steers 550lbs and higher 5.00 to 8.00 higher with instances up to 12.00 higher. Not all weights well tested for comparison in steers. No weights well tested for comparison in heifers but showing a steady to upward trend. Large quantity of heifers available in today's offering. Flesh condition light to moderate plus. Good buyer demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.04/cwt on 886 head.
Average price
$127.04
886 head · 698 lb average
Value per head Derived
$887
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$56
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$21.57/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.06
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1696127.52888866
Medium and Large 1-2785105.9583120
One grade step is worth $21.57/cwt here — about $56 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 sale886 hd
127.04
ND average3 barns · 2,253 hd
124.98
+2.06
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

30 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 1487152.00/cwt152.00–152.0074014
HeifersMedium and Large 1427149.00/cwt144.00–153.0063619
HeifersMedium and Large 1800115.00/cwt115.00–115.0092044
HeifersMedium and Large 1534143.00/cwt143.00–143.0076445
HeifersMedium and Large 1564139.61/cwt136.50–144.5078762
HeifersMedium and Large 1619136.79/cwt129.50–142.00847116
SteersMedium and Large 1-2840106.00/cwt106.00–106.008906
SteersMedium and Large 1822124.92/cwt124.00–127.001,02739
SteersMedium and Large 1562165.51/cwt158.00–169.0093064
SteersMedium and Large 1852123.48/cwt122.00–123.751,05277
SteersMedium and Large 1676147.20/cwt136.00–150.2599592
SteersMedium and Large 1980110.52/cwt104.00–111.001,083143
SteersMedium and Large 1728138.64/cwt134.00–146.001,009198
SteersMedium and Large 1495180.00/cwt180.00–180.008913
SteersMedium and Large 1944103.00/cwt103.00–103.009726
SteersMedium and Large 1424174.00/cwt174.00–174.007387
SteersMedium and Large 1799127.50/cwt127.50–127.501,0199
SteersMedium and Large 1614152.76/cwt150.00–154.0093826
SteersMedium and Large 1536172.64/cwt171.00–176.0092527
HeifersMedium and Large 1681127.64/cwt121.00–133.25869126
HeifersMedium and Large 1775118.22/cwt116.00–124.00916131
HeifersMedium and Large 1727124.09/cwt120.50–129.00902139
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2780107.00/cwt107.00–107.008356
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2724115.00/cwt115.00–115.008337
HeifersMedium and Large 1-284996.00/cwt96.00–96.008157
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement666134.00/cwt134.00–134.0089210
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement859112.50/cwt112.50–112.5096621
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement714124.00/cwt124.00–124.0088528
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement760122.50/cwt122.50–122.5093133
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement817120.79/cwt116.50–123.5098778

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.