Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2021-05-20

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, May 20
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098
Receipts
1,950 head
▲ 384 vs last sale 1,566▲ 99 vs year ago 1,851 · +5.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Most weights not well tested for comparison except feeder steers 600-650lbs steady to 1.00 higher. Feeder heifers 500-500lbs and 600-650lbs steady to 5.00 higher and 700-750lbs 4.00 to 7.00 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 $133.83/cwt on 573 head.
Average price
$133.83
573 head · 704 lb average
Value per head Derived
$942
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$206
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$24.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1704134.08945567
Medium and Large 1-2671110.007386thin
One grade step is worth $24.08/cwt here — about $206 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 sale573 hd
133.83
—
ND average1 barns · 573 hd
133.83
+0.00
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

26 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 1—1,010122.28/cwt120.00–122.501,23560
HeifersMedium and Large 1—482142.00/cwt142.00–142.006846
HeifersMedium and Large 1—914117.50/cwt117.50–117.501,0747
HeifersMedium and Large 1—437143.74/cwt142.00–150.006289
HeifersMedium and Large 1—820123.97/cwt123.50–124.501,01721
HeifersMedium and Large 1—579145.20/cwt140.00–146.0084137
SteersMedium and Large 1—730145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,05922
SteersMedium and Large 1—772136.50/cwt136.50–136.501,05412
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—742120.50/cwt120.50–120.5089413
SteersMedium and Large 1—489158.11/cwt157.00–159.5077316
SteersMedium and Large 1—814135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,0998
SteersMedium and Large 1—671151.72/cwt150.00–152.001,01863
SteersMedium and Large 1—885133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,177131
HeifersMedium and Large 1—774129.92/cwt129.50–130.501,00651
SteersMedium and Large 1—574157.00/cwt157.00–157.0090130
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—671110.00/cwt110.00–110.007386
SteersMedium and Large 1—634154.12/cwt149.50–155.5097740
SteersMedium and Large 1—430167.00/cwt167.00–167.007183
SteersMedium and Large 1—928128.30/cwt124.00–130.251,191137
HeifersMedium and Large 1—864123.50/cwt123.50–123.501,06766
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—663115.00/cwt115.00–115.007628
HeifersMedium and Large 1—674140.82/cwt138.00–143.0094972
SteersMedium and Large 1—523172.50/cwt172.50–172.509025
HeifersMedium and Large 1—725130.78/cwt121.50–131.75948195
HeifersMedium and Large 1—523148.67/cwt140.00–155.0077842
HeifersMedium and Large 1—615142.78/cwt141.00–143.0087848

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.