Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2021-04-29

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Apr 29
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098
Receipts
1,950 head
▲ 423 vs last sale 1,527▲ 909 vs year ago 1,041 · +87.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Not all weights well tested for comparison. Feeder steers 450-500lbs and 800-850lbs 2.00 to 3.00 higher, 750-800lbs 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers 400lbs and higher 1.00 to 6.00 lower with instances up to 11.00 lower. Flesh condition light to moderate. Good buyer demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $135.01/cwt on 811 head.
Average price
$135.01
811 head · 641 lb average
Value per head Derived
$866
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$193
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$6.81/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.11
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1644135.20871788
Medium and Large 1-2528128.3967823
One grade step is worth $6.81/cwt here — about $193 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 sale811 hd
135.01
—
ND average2 barns · 1,268 hd
132.89
+2.11
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—785108.00/cwt108.00–108.008486
BullsMedium and Large 1—579137.00/cwt137.00–137.007937
HeifersMedium and Large 1—919107.00/cwt107.00–107.009835
HeifersMedium and Large 1—819115.50/cwt115.50–115.509467
HeifersMedium and Large 1—429145.00/cwt145.00–145.0062212
HeifersMedium and Large 1—570136.00/cwt136.00–136.0077514
SteersMedium and Large 1—875127.89/cwt125.00–130.501,11917
SteersMedium and Large 1—915129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,18030
SteersMedium and Large 1—584161.54/cwt150.00–162.50943103
SteersMedium and Large 1—793135.50/cwt135.50–135.501,07560
SteersMedium and Large 1—520181.34/cwt174.00–182.5094351
HeifersMedium and Large 1—610141.30/cwt135.00–142.0086294
SteersMedium and Large 1—954127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,21214
HeifersMedium and Large 1—722129.65/cwt124.75–132.5093691
SteersMedium and Large 1—822134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,10163
SteersMedium and Large 1—399190.00/cwt190.00–190.007587
SteersMedium and Large 1—675144.59/cwt136.50–150.00976132
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—687136.50/cwt136.50–136.5093839
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—545124.33/cwt122.00–127.0067815
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—512158.00/cwt158.00–158.008095
SteersMedium and Large 1—492181.40/cwt167.00–184.00892226
HeifersMedium and Large 1—668132.91/cwt129.00–140.50888173
HeifersMedium and Large 1—767125.47/cwt122.00–128.00962166
HeifersMedium and Large 1—519145.98/cwt140.00–148.0075893
HeifersMedium and Large 1—364146.96/cwt146.00–151.0053516
HeifersMedium and Large 1—482146.12/cwt143.00–152.0070478
SteersMedium and Large 1—635146.58/cwt146.00–148.0093128
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—497136.00/cwt136.00–136.006768

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.