Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2020-09-10

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Sep 10
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098
Receipts
951 head
951 vs last sale 0 951 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale for the fall marketing season, no recent price comparison available. Good buyer demand for yearling steers and heifers, most right off grass. Flesh condition light to moderate plus. Several strings of yearlings offered.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $151.34/cwt on 449 head.
Average price
$151.34
449 head · 762 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,154
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$220
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$25.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.47
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1723155.221,123377
Medium and Large 1-2556137.5076510thin
Large 11,033130.001,34362
One grade step is worth $25.22/cwt here — about −$220 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 sale449 hd
151.34
ND average2 barns · 765 hd
145.87
+5.47
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

17 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 1921124.40/cwt122.50–126.001,14615
HeifersMedium and Large 1722133.00/cwt133.00–133.009609
HeifersLarge 11,078119.75/cwt119.75–119.751,29118
HeifersMedium and Large 1978128.23/cwt126.50–129.001,25423
SteersMedium and Large 1930139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,29340
SteersMedium and Large 1877141.50/cwt141.50–141.501,24123
SteersMedium and Large 1968130.30/cwt129.50–131.501,26120
SteersMedium and Large 1844140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,1825
SteersLarge 11,033130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,34362
HeifersMedium and Large 1811132.85/cwt125.00–134.001,077112
SteersMedium and Large 1-2556137.50/cwt137.50–137.5076510
SteersMedium and Large 1666161.73/cwt156.50–162.501,07792
SteersMedium and Large 1621166.25/cwt166.25–166.251,03282
SteersMedium and Large 1769152.76/cwt149.50–153.001,17574
SteersMedium and Large 1553160.50/cwt160.50–160.5088841
HeifersMedium and Large 1618148.00/cwt148.00–148.0091580
HeifersLarge 11,011124.66/cwt124.00–125.501,26018

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.