Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2020-11-12

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Nov 12
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098
Receipts
3,483 head
550 vs last sale 2,933 912 vs year ago 4,395 · 20.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers trading higher with 400-450lbs 22.00 to 27.00 higher, 500-700lbs 5.00 to 9.00 higher with instances up to 14.00 higher, 750-800lbs 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers traded mixed with 400-600lbs 8.00 -11.00 higher except 450-500lbs and 650-700lbs 1.00 to 5.00 lower. Good buyer demand for light weight feeders 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 $159.36/cwt on 1,695 head.
Average price
$159.36
1,695 head · 595 lb average
Value per head Derived
$948
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$119
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$9.60/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.26
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1597159.839541,612
Medium and Large 1-2556150.2383583
One grade step is worth $9.60/cwt here — about $119 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 sale1,695 hd
159.36
ND average3 barns · 5,612 hd
156.10
+3.26
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

31 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
HeifersLarge 11,104115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,2705
HeifersLarge 11,095117.50/cwt117.50–117.501,28721
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy745138.50/cwt138.50–138.501,03255
HeifersMedium and Large 1718124.76/cwt122.50–128.0089619
HeifersMedium and Large 1970127.24/cwt125.50–128.001,23420
HeifersMedium and Large 1791127.83/cwt127.00–128.501,01122
HeifersMedium and Large 1619130.26/cwt127.00–132.0080659
HeifersMedium and Large 1424148.13/cwt146.00–149.0062846
HeifersMedium and Large 1510144.67/cwt137.00–149.00738196
SteersMedium and Large 1-2585145.63/cwt145.00–149.5085243
SteersMedium and Large 1728132.62/cwt130.00–137.5096534
SteersMedium and Large 1523170.61/cwt159.50–175.25892444
SteersMedium and Large 1933131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,2229
SteersMedium and Large 1675147.45/cwt140.50–149.50995240
HeifersMedium and Large 1679122.44/cwt120.00–127.5083147
SteersMedium and Large 1-2624142.50/cwt142.50–142.5088920
SteersMedium and Large 1783137.49/cwt136.50–138.501,077121
SteersMedium and Large 1365196.00/cwt196.00–196.0071522
SteersMedium and Large 1568163.99/cwt156.00–173.50931284
SteersMedium and Large 1413197.02/cwt185.00–201.5081460
SteersMedium and Large 1328188.94/cwt179.00–200.0062012
SteersMedium and Large 1-2424167.84/cwt166.00–170.0071220
SteersMedium and Large 1624153.36/cwt144.50–160.00957338
SteersMedium and Large 1856139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,19010
HeifersMedium and Large 1372149.53/cwt145.00–157.5055629
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2585127.66/cwt127.00–129.0074728
SteersMedium and Large 1804127.50/cwt127.50–127.501,02513
SteersMedium and Large 1464173.14/cwt166.00–177.0080325
HeifersMedium and Large 1565139.35/cwt133.50–146.00787194
HeifersMedium and Large 1920129.12/cwt125.00–133.001,18850
HeifersMedium and Large 1480143.64/cwt140.00–147.50689150

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.