Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2021-02-11

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Feb 11
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098
Receipts
1,010 head
2,798 vs last sale 3,808 342 vs year ago 1,352 · 25.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Most weights not well tested for comparison. Feeder steers 500-550lbs and 700-750lbs 2.00 to 7.00 lower, 600-650lbs 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers 550-600lbs 4.00 to 6.00 lower, 600-650lbs and 700-750lbs steady to 4.00 higher. Light sale due to frigid weather. Good buyer demand. Flesh condition light to moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $155.32/cwt on 458 head.
Average price
$155.32
458 head · 635 lb average
Value per head Derived
$986
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$261
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$17.37/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.19
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2422172.507285thin
Medium and Large 1637155.13989453
One grade step is worth $17.37/cwt here — about −$261 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 sale458 hd
155.32
ND average2 barns · 1,592 hd
146.13
+9.19
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

20 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 1673132.75/cwt132.75–132.758935
HeifersMedium and Large 1857117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,0035
HeifersMedium and Large 1762121.00/cwt121.00–121.0092216
HeifersMedium and Large 1532144.85/cwt142.00–151.0077118
HeifersMedium and Large 1407151.42/cwt146.50–157.0061636
HeifersMedium and Large 1499153.97/cwt152.50–155.0076839
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement713125.90/cwt124.00–127.0089838
SteersMedium and Large 1455187.03/cwt182.50–188.0085117
SteersMedium and Large 1529175.84/cwt164.00–179.5093055
SteersMedium and Large 1662143.59/cwt140.00–145.0095133
SteersMedium and Large 1628156.34/cwt145.00–160.00982166
SteersMedium and Large 1767133.96/cwt129.50–137.001,02733
SteersMedium and Large 1722140.69/cwt135.50–146.001,01698
HeifersMedium and Large 1581145.83/cwt139.00–149.0084752
SteersMedium and Large 1937118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,1065
SteersMedium and Large 1-2422172.50/cwt172.50–172.507285
HeifersMedium and Large 1612143.65/cwt141.00–144.7587998
SteersMedium and Large 1581167.18/cwt166.00–173.0097139
HeifersMedium and Large 1705127.83/cwt125.75–129.0090162
SteersMedium and Large 1336202.16/cwt200.00–205.006797

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.