Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2021-03-18

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Mar 18
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098
Receipts
2,246 head
▼ 3,745 vs last sale 5,991▲ 398 vs year ago 1,848 · +21.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers 500-550lbs 1.00 to 4.00 lower, 550lbs and higher steady to 4.00 higher with instances up to 10.00 higher except 700-750lbs which were 3.00 to 8.00 lower. Feeder heifers 450-550lbs 5.00 to 10.00 lower, 550-850lbs steady to 3.00 higher with instances up to 10.00 higher. Good buyer demand. Flesh condition light to moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $138.55/cwt on 1,191 head.
Average price
$138.55
1,191 head · 693 lb average
Value per head Derived
$960
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$1
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$22.90/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.21
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1690139.139591,161
Medium and Large 1-2826116.2296030
One grade step is worth $22.90/cwt here — about −$1 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 sale1,191 hd
138.55
—
ND average2 barns · 2,244 hd
138.34
+0.21
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

28 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
BullsMedium and Large 1—756123.00/cwt123.00–123.009306
HeifersMedium and Large 1—437160.74/cwt159.00–165.0070214
HeifersMedium and Large 1—380167.38/cwt166.00–168.0063616
HeifersMedium and Large 1—526147.36/cwt141.00–153.0077564
HeifersMedium and Large 1—475156.42/cwt154.50–159.0074366
HeifersMedium and Large 1—786126.70/cwt126.25–127.5099673
SteersMedium and Large 1—469193.10/cwt185.50–203.5090637
SteersMedium and Large 1—612164.87/cwt154.00–167.001,00970
SteersMedium and Large 1—875134.06/cwt132.50–136.001,17391
SteersMedium and Large 1—413200.00/cwt200.00–200.008262
SteersMedium and Large 1—847135.05/cwt134.00–135.501,14440
SteersMedium and Large 1—520176.72/cwt165.00–182.0091954
SteersMedium and Large 1—577167.78/cwt165.50–175.5096871
SteersMedium and Large 1—688147.63/cwt145.00–152.001,01681
SteersMedium and Large 1—732141.45/cwt136.00–144.001,03557
SteersMedium and Large 1—353211.00/cwt211.00–211.007452
HeifersMedium and Large 1—664142.03/cwt137.25–145.75943188
HeifersMedium and Large 1—725134.94/cwt124.00–136.50978192
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—698128.50/cwt128.50–128.508978
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—883110.66/cwt110.00–111.0097717
HeifersMedium and Large 1—919124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,14073
HeifersMedium and Large 1—891124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,10574
HeifersMedium and Large 1—580150.04/cwt139.50–153.0087076
HeifersMedium and Large 1—628145.81/cwt142.50–148.00916214
HeifersMedium and Large 1—815127.49/cwt123.50–128.501,039111
SteersMedium and Large 1—764143.04/cwt142.00–144.001,09332
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—837115.50/cwt115.50–115.509675
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—862120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0348

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.