Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2021-02-04

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Feb 4
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098
Receipts
3,808 head
▼ 2,427 vs last sale 6,235▲ 1,378 vs year ago 2,430 · +56.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers over 450lbs steady to 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers 500lbs and under steady to 5.00 higher with instances up to 8.00 higher, 500lbs and over steady to 4.00 lower with instances up to 7.00 lower except 750-800lbs which was 5.00 higher. Many quality replacement heifers in today's offering. Good buyer demand. Flesh condition light to moderate plus.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $139.65/cwt on 2,108 head.
Average price
$139.65
2,108 head · 641 lb average
Value per head Derived
$896
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$161
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2
$41.59/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.23
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1640140.098962,066
Medium and Large 1-2608124.8775931
Large 1-21,07398.501,05711thin
One grade step is worth $41.59/cwt here — about −$161 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 sale2,108 hd
139.65
—
ND average3 barns · 4,185 hd
137.42
+2.23
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

44 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
SteersLarge 1Fleshy—1,443105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,51536
SteersLarge 1—1,012128.75/cwt128.75–128.751,30354
HeifersLarge 1-2—1,07398.50/cwt98.50–98.501,05711
BullsMedium and Large 1—638138.00/cwt138.00–138.0088013
HeifersMedium and Large 1—824124.01/cwt120.00–126.001,02212
HeifersMedium and Large 1—310171.61/cwt168.00–174.0053225
SteersMedium and Large 1—343199.70/cwt198.00–206.006859
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—732128.59/cwt127.50–135.5094165
SteersMedium and Large 1—403203.37/cwt199.00–204.5082030
HeifersMedium and Large 1—379166.92/cwt166.50–169.5063360
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—679139.01/cwt132.00–162.0094462
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—926137.50/cwt137.50–137.501,27314
SteersMedium and Large 1—877128.25/cwt125.00–129.501,125128
SteersMedium and Large 1—668146.86/cwt143.50–152.00981150
SteersMedium and Large 1—773136.52/cwt131.50–140.001,055638
HeifersMedium and Large 1—437163.23/cwt156.50–166.0071340
SteersMedium and Large 1—636152.58/cwt148.50–158.0097069
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—763144.69/cwt128.00–149.001,104101
SteersMedium and Large 1—709147.87/cwt137.50–149.751,048250
SteersMedium and Large 1—994121.50/cwt121.50–121.501,2088
HeifersMedium and Large 1—466164.82/cwt160.50–167.00768112
HeifersMedium and Large 1—862119.50/cwt119.50–119.501,03061
SteersMedium and Large 1—380199.00/cwt199.00–199.0075611
SteersMedium and Large 1—812129.75/cwt126.00–132.751,05452
SteersMedium and Large 1—517178.22/cwt171.00–183.0092145
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—672132.50/cwt132.50–132.508909
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—546157.98/cwt154.50–163.0086317
HeifersMedium and Large 1—733125.54/cwt122.50–127.00920199
SteersMedium and Large 1—576168.81/cwt160.00–174.50972217
SteersMedium and Large 1—285212.50/cwt212.50–212.506061
SteersMedium and Large 1—480183.09/cwt179.25–194.00879218
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—622138.00/cwt138.00–138.008586
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—640142.00/cwt142.00–142.0090926
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—458156.00/cwt156.00–156.007148
HeifersMedium and Large 1—516156.40/cwt146.50–159.0080775
HeifersMedium and Large 1—558151.90/cwt143.50–155.0084876
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—433142.00/cwt142.00–142.006159
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—835107.00/cwt107.00–107.008935
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—658119.00/cwt119.00–119.0078312
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—575126.00/cwt126.00–126.007255
HeifersMedium and Large 1—617139.93/cwt137.00–144.75863889
HeifersMedium and Large 1—685129.45/cwt128.50–132.50887108
HeifersMedium and Large 1—951115.50/cwt115.50–115.501,09828
HeifersMedium and Large 1—764126.33/cwt120.50–131.00965113

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.