Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2020-12-17

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Dec 17
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098
Receipts
3,380 head
736 vs last sale 4,116 587 vs year ago 2,793 · +21.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers 450-850lbs 4.00 to 8.00 higher with instances up to 14.00 higher except 500-550lbs which were steady to 3.00 lower. Feeder heifers 400lbs and higher steady to 5.00 higher with instances up to 11.00 higher. Good buyer demand on full loads. Flesh condition light to moderate. Next report January 7th, 2021.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $159.12/cwt on 1,842 head.
Average price
$159.12
1,842 head · 635 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,011
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$146
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$3.71/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.39
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1640159.321,0191,742
Medium and Large 1-2561155.61873100
One grade step is worth $3.71/cwt here — about $146 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 sale1,842 hd
159.12
ND average3 barns · 5,492 hd
157.72
+1.39
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

37 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 1340173.00/cwt173.00–173.005883
HeifersMedium and Large 1363165.00/cwt165.00–165.005994
HeifersMedium and Large 1625129.87/cwt122.50–135.0081217
HeifersMedium and Large 1829126.25/cwt126.25–126.251,04729
HeifersMedium and Large 1738128.77/cwt124.50–130.2595041
HeifersMedium and Large 1892118.66/cwt118.00–119.751,05845
SteersMedium and Large 1468180.66/cwt176.00–192.0084547
SteersMedium and Large 1842138.37/cwt136.00–138.751,16583
SteersMedium and Large 1381191.97/cwt187.00–203.0073120
SteersMedium and Large 1719142.85/cwt137.00–149.001,027153
SteersMedium and Large 1442198.29/cwt189.00–202.00876134
SteersMedium and Large 1339185.77/cwt185.00–187.0063010
HeifersMedium and Large 1791125.27/cwt121.50–126.00991170
SteersMedium and Large 1909136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,2368
SteersMedium and Large 1665150.83/cwt144.00–159.001,003154
HeifersMedium and Large 1579139.87/cwt136.00–144.5081093
SteersMedium and Large 1576165.06/cwt159.50–173.50951307
HeifersMedium and Large 1477146.68/cwt144.50–153.0070079
SteersMedium and Large 1524168.93/cwt165.00–179.00885256
HeifersMedium and Large 1523145.48/cwt139.00–152.50761207
SteersMedium and Large 1973132.50/cwt132.50–132.501,28912
SteersMedium and Large 1-2563150.00/cwt150.00–150.0084512
HeifersMedium and Large 1437155.10/cwt151.00–162.5067878
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2764111.00/cwt111.00–111.008486
HeifersMedium and Large 1667132.40/cwt131.25–137.5088385
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2593127.00/cwt127.00–127.0075322
SteersMedium and Large 1781147.63/cwt137.50–150.501,153225
SteersMedium and Large 1-2643123.00/cwt123.00–123.007916
HeifersMedium and Large 1926128.25/cwt128.25–128.251,18871
SteersMedium and Large 1-2424174.00/cwt174.00–174.0073821
SteersMedium and Large 1621156.11/cwt145.00–160.00969223
SteersMedium and Large 1-2539159.91/cwt159.00–161.0086242
SteersMedium and Large 1868141.65/cwt138.50–147.001,230110
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2341156.00/cwt156.00–156.0053211
SteersMedium and Large 1-2687143.00/cwt143.00–143.0098211
SteersMedium and Large 1-2798135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,0778
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2683119.49/cwt116.00–121.0081619

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.