Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2021-04-15

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Apr 15
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098
Receipts
2,331 head
233 vs last sale 2,564 1,052 vs year ago 1,279 · +82.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers 450-500lbs and 600-800lbs steady to 4.00 lower with instances up to 8.00 lower. Feeder heifers 550-800lbs steady to 5.00 lower with instances up to 11.00 lower. 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 $159.38/cwt on 1,184 head.
Average price
$159.38
1,184 head · 679 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,082
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$138
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$38.57/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.05
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1676160.031,0831,140
Medium and Large 1-2657149.3398133
Large 11,005121.461,22111thin
One grade step is worth $38.57/cwt here — about −$138 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 sale1,184 hd
159.38
ND average3 barns · 1,530 hd
157.33
+2.05
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

33 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 11,005121.46/cwt119.00–123.501,22111
BullsMedium and Large 1679142.25/cwt142.25–142.259665
HeifersMedium and Large 1867124.70/cwt124.25–125.001,08129
HeifersMedium and Large 1593147.41/cwt142.00–151.5087449
HeifersMedium and Large 1632146.79/cwt139.00–148.0092867
HeifersMedium and Large 1776127.19/cwt124.00–129.0098771
SteersMedium and Large 1365212.00/cwt212.00–212.007744
SteersMedium and Large 1769149.28/cwt140.00–153.001,148195
SteersMedium and Large 1815138.32/cwt135.00–140.501,12731
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2644132.00/cwt132.00–132.008509
SteersMedium and Large 1-2814122.00/cwt122.00–122.009937
SteersMedium and Large 1941130.32/cwt130.00–130.501,22638
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement766136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,04276
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement648150.00/cwt150.00–150.0097211
HeifersMedium and Large 1733135.75/cwt134.00–138.0099593
SteersMedium and Large 1-2636154.00/cwt154.00–154.0097912
SteersMedium and Large 1-2596159.00/cwt159.00–159.0094814
SteersMedium and Large 1618168.11/cwt155.00–171.751,039214
SteersMedium and Large 1658158.19/cwt150.50–160.001,041135
HeifersMedium and Large 1836130.99/cwt124.50–131.501,09581
SteersMedium and Large 1998128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,2777
HeifersMedium and Large 1509165.00/cwt165.00–165.0084076
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2544135.00/cwt135.00–135.007345
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2662125.00/cwt125.00–125.0082818
HeifersMedium and Large 1680138.88/cwt127.50–141.00944102
SteersMedium and Large 1567176.54/cwt165.25–180.001,001129
SteersMedium and Large 1418197.75/cwt197.75–197.7582717
SteersMedium and Large 1535179.18/cwt173.50–183.5095932
SteersMedium and Large 1860129.74/cwt127.50–133.001,11610
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2489150.00/cwt150.00–150.007348
SteersMedium and Large 1461194.83/cwt190.50–196.5089854
SteersMedium and Large 1729150.83/cwt146.00–152.251,100274
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2793115.00/cwt115.00–115.009128

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.