Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2020-11-19

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Nov 19
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098
Receipts
3,621 head
▲ 138 vs last sale 3,483▼ 853 vs year ago 4,474 · −19.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers 500-550lbs 4.00 to 5.00 higher, 550-700lbs steady to 4.00 lower with instances up to 10.00 lower, 750-800lbs 1.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers 450-600lbs 1.00 to 3.00 lower with instances up to 8.00 lower, 600-700lbs steady to 4.00 higher with instances up to 9.00 higher. Unvaccinated calves bringing the lower end of the price range. Good buyer demand. Flesh condition light to moderate. Next report December 3rd, 2020.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $156.03/cwt on 1,534 head.
Average price
$156.03
1,534 head · 606 lb average
Value per head Derived
$945
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$264
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$46.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.30
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1605156.549481,430
Medium and Large 1-2568152.2586596
Large 11,101110.001,2118thin
One grade step is worth $46.54/cwt here — about −$264 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 sale1,534 hd
156.03
—
ND average3 barns · 6,852 hd
153.74
+2.30
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

29 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 1—1,037116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,2036
SteersLarge 1—1,101110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,2118
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy—508151.50/cwt151.50–151.507707
HeifersMedium and Large 1—379148.00/cwt148.00–148.005616
HeifersMedium and Large 1—848117.00/cwt117.00–117.009926
HeifersMedium and Large 1—713123.50/cwt123.50–123.5088111
HeifersMedium and Large 1—622130.51/cwt127.00–136.00812144
SteersMedium and Large 1—676145.12/cwt138.50–150.00981402
HeifersMedium and Large 1—565138.48/cwt130.00–144.00782213
SteersMedium and Large 1—906123.50/cwt123.50–123.501,1198
HeifersMedium and Large 1—463143.47/cwt137.00–146.0066472
SteersMedium and Large 1—476170.77/cwt166.00–179.0081366
HeifersMedium and Large 1—780122.00/cwt122.00–122.0095224
SteersMedium and Large 1—521174.91/cwt164.00–179.00911269
SteersMedium and Large 1—621150.28/cwt145.00–156.50933197
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—543126.00/cwt126.00–126.006848
SteersMedium and Large 1—584157.41/cwt148.00–163.00919363
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—441170.56/cwt167.00–174.0075214
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—533158.83/cwt158.50–162.0084749
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—645135.00/cwt135.00–135.008716
SteersMedium and Large 1—721141.62/cwt139.00–143.501,02132
HeifersMedium and Large 1—941112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,05411
SteersMedium and Large 1—761139.39/cwt135.00–142.001,06154
SteersMedium and Large 1—424189.90/cwt179.00–194.0080539
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—680134.66/cwt134.50–135.0091627
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—581127.44/cwt124.50–129.5074076
HeifersMedium and Large 1—656132.51/cwt126.00–136.00869121
HeifersMedium and Large 1—430142.50/cwt140.00–147.5061332
HeifersMedium and Large 1—516138.51/cwt135.00–141.0071562

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.