Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2020-11-05

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Nov 5
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098
Receipts
2,933 head
▲ 163 vs last sale 2,770▼ 65 vs year ago 2,998 · −2.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers selling mixed with 450-550lbs 4.00 to 6.00 higher with instances up to 12.00 higher, 600-800lbs 2.00 to 7.00 lower with instances up to 12.00 lower. Feeder heifers 400-700lbs 6.00 to 8.00 lower with instances up to 13.00 lower. Good buyer demand for light weight steers and full loads. Flesh condition light to moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $156.80/cwt on 1,333 head.
Average price
$156.80
1,333 head · 594 lb average
Value per head Derived
$932
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$154
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$3.52/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.12
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1597156.919371,289
Medium and Large 1-2511153.3978344
One grade step is worth $3.52/cwt here — about $154 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 sale1,333 hd
156.80
—
ND average3 barns · 5,069 hd
153.68
+3.12
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

33 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—357143.00/cwt143.00–143.0051112
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy—554171.75/cwt171.75–171.7595179
HeifersMedium and Large 1—825124.50/cwt124.50–124.501,02710
HeifersMedium and Large 1—934124.50/cwt124.50–124.501,16310
HeifersMedium and Large 1—603132.50/cwt132.50–132.5079912
HeifersMedium and Large 1—722128.50/cwt128.50–128.5092825
SteersMedium and Large 1—560154.18/cwt144.00–159.00863142
SteersMedium and Large 1—625144.93/cwt135.50–148.00906178
SteersMedium and Large 1—768134.65/cwt133.50–136.001,03461
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—599143.50/cwt143.50–143.5086015
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—465158.51/cwt158.00–159.0073729
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—580111.65/cwt110.00–113.0064815
SteersMedium and Large 1—912140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,27736
SteersMedium and Large 1—359185.16/cwt183.00–186.5066544
SteersMedium and Large 1—466174.47/cwt163.00–177.00813244
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—618118.62/cwt116.00–122.5073315
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—546124.50/cwt124.50–124.506806
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—301135.00/cwt135.00–135.0040610
SteersMedium and Large 1—669142.71/cwt141.00–144.0095597
SteersMedium and Large 1—314191.00/cwt191.00–191.0060024
HeifersMedium and Large 1—650127.69/cwt125.50–128.0083049
HeifersMedium and Large 1—347150.00/cwt150.00–150.0052141
SteersMedium and Large 1—894140.50/cwt140.50–140.501,25665
SteersMedium and Large 1—829142.87/cwt137.00–145.501,18468
HeifersMedium and Large 1—582131.98/cwt130.00–135.5076888
HeifersMedium and Large 1—994127.75/cwt127.75–127.751,270115
HeifersMedium and Large 1—532134.94/cwt127.50–140.50718120
SteersMedium and Large 1—532164.37/cwt159.00–165.75874106
SteersMedium and Large 1—722136.38/cwt133.00–140.0098569
SteersMedium and Large 1—434170.01/cwt163.00–173.0073876
HeifersMedium and Large 1—479144.25/cwt136.50–149.5069162
HeifersMedium and Large 1—871125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,08966
HeifersMedium and Large 1—439137.17/cwt127.00–141.0060277

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.