Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2021-04-01

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Apr 1
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098
Receipts
1,898 head
1,212 vs last sale 3,110 335 vs year ago 2,233 · 15.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Most weights not well tested for comparison. Feeder steers 700-800lbs 2.00 to 7.00 higher, 900-950lbs 3.00 lower. Feeder heifers 450-500lbs, 600-650lbs and 750-800lbs 2.00 to 6.00 higher. 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 $146.53/cwt on 749 head.
Average price
$146.53
749 head · 769 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,127
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$279
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$25.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.53
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2494172.008506thin
Medium and Large 1771146.331,129743
One grade step is worth $25.67/cwt here — about −$279 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 sale749 hd
146.53
ND average2 barns · 1,075 hd
148.06
−1.53
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

22 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 1713135.00/cwt135.00–135.009636
HeifersMedium and Large 1398164.00/cwt164.00–164.0065311
HeifersMedium and Large 1514155.60/cwt150.00–161.0080030
HeifersMedium and Large 1676141.27/cwt140.00–141.5095532
HeifersMedium and Large 1727132.70/cwt131.00–133.5096533
HeifersMedium and Large 1567151.63/cwt145.50–154.5086037
HeifersMedium and Large 1632147.90/cwt141.00–151.75935108
HeifersMedium and Large 1915125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,14465
SteersMedium and Large 1462196.02/cwt194.00–198.5090620
SteersMedium and Large 1590161.31/cwt156.50–170.5095223
SteersMedium and Large 1808141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,13935
SteersMedium and Large 1378217.00/cwt217.00–217.008205
SteersMedium and Large 1442196.00/cwt196.00–196.008666
SteersMedium and Large 1-2494172.00/cwt172.00–172.008506
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement728131.18/cwt130.50–133.0095526
SteersMedium and Large 1733151.81/cwt143.50–154.501,11383
SteersMedium and Large 1780143.64/cwt141.00–147.001,120141
SteersMedium and Large 1668152.77/cwt146.50–160.501,021190
SteersMedium and Large 1916133.39/cwt133.25–133.501,222240
HeifersMedium and Large 1488162.19/cwt156.00–164.0079166
HeifersMedium and Large 1801129.11/cwt126.00–131.501,034115
HeifersMedium and Large 1793131.50/cwt131.50–131.501,043195

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.