Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2021-03-25

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Mar 25
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098
Receipts
3,110 head
864 vs last sale 2,246 867 vs year ago 2,243 · +38.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers 500lbs and higher 1.00 to 5.00 higher with instances up to 7.00 higher. Feeder heifers 450lbs and higher 1.00 to 5.00 higher with instances up to 11.00 higher except 650-700lbs which were 2.00 to 6.00 lower. Many quality replacement heifers in today's offering. 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 $151.54/cwt on 1,260 head.
Average price
$151.54
1,260 head · 725 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,099
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$136
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$29.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.77
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1726151.881,1031,207
Medium and Large 1-2642147.7394845
Large 11,012122.501,2408thin
One grade step is worth $29.38/cwt here — about −$136 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 sale1,260 hd
151.54
ND average3 barns · 2,741 hd
148.77
+2.77
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

30 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 11,012122.50/cwt122.50–122.501,2408
HeifersMedium and Large 1437159.32/cwt155.00–162.0069634
HeifersMedium and Large 1531150.88/cwt144.00–155.0080166
HeifersMedium and Large 1899126.50/cwt126.50–126.501,13774
HeifersMedium and Large 1477161.56/cwt150.00–164.5077175
HeifersMedium and Large 1725136.63/cwt135.00–145.0099176
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement745145.14/cwt139.00–147.001,08166
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement775132.70/cwt127.00–147.001,028111
SteersMedium and Large 1404198.00/cwt198.00–198.008008
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement618142.00/cwt142.00–142.008789
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement824126.73/cwt126.50–127.001,04413
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement877127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,11418
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement679150.50/cwt150.50–150.501,02229
SteersMedium and Large 1672151.74/cwt149.50–154.001,02030
SteersMedium and Large 1811135.18/cwt135.00–136.001,09643
SteersMedium and Large 1566171.28/cwt163.00–179.0096945
SteersMedium and Large 1905134.99/cwt123.00–136.251,22274
SteersMedium and Large 1513180.59/cwt172.00–184.50926137
SteersMedium and Large 1714147.02/cwt141.00–148.501,050165
HeifersMedium and Large 1674139.40/cwt131.75–143.25940198
SteersMedium and Large 1776142.74/cwt134.50–145.001,108174
SteersMedium and Large 1613166.17/cwt155.00–169.751,019245
HeifersMedium and Large 1566151.33/cwt140.00–154.25857170
HeifersMedium and Large 1631147.68/cwt138.00–149.00932178
HeifersMedium and Large 1777127.86/cwt123.50–129.0099393
SteersMedium and Large 1884136.79/cwt134.50–137.251,209286
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2681104.00/cwt104.00–104.007085
SteersMedium and Large 1-2730122.00/cwt122.00–122.008917
SteersMedium and Large 1-2599154.00/cwt154.00–154.009229
SteersMedium and Large 1-2634152.00/cwt152.00–152.0096429

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.