Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2021-11-11

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Nov 11
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098
Receipts
2,803 head
▼ 418 vs last sale 3,221▼ 680 vs year ago 3,483 · −19.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder calves selling mixed with feeder steers 450-550lbs 3.00 to 7.00 lower, 550-600lbs 10.00 higher, 600-800lbs 4.00 to 7.00 higher except 650-700lbs steady to 1.00 lower. Feeder heifers 450-550lbs 4.00 to 7.00 higher, 550-600lbs steady to 3.00 lower with instances up to 7.00 lower, 600-650lbs 10.00 to 11.00 higher, 700-750lbs 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Flesh condition light to moderate. Good buyer demand on full loads.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $168.36/cwt on 1,424 head.
Average price
$168.36
1,424 head · 595 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,002
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$63
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$12.92/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.03
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1594169.521,0081,296
Medium and Large 1-2603156.60944128
One grade step is worth $12.92/cwt here — about $63 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 sale1,424 hd
168.36
—
ND average3 barns · 6,587 hd
167.33
+1.03
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

35 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
HeifersLarge 1—1,070134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,4345
HeifersLarge 1—1,001134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,3418
HeifersMedium and Large 1—321177.50/cwt177.50–177.505704
HeifersMedium and Large 1—922141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,3005
HeifersMedium and Large 1—994130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,2925
HeifersMedium and Large 1—666150.50/cwt150.50–150.501,00215
SteersMedium and Large 1—442198.28/cwt196.50–204.0087653
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—585161.60/cwt160.00–162.0094555
SteersMedium and Large 1—387214.94/cwt207.00–218.0083231
SteersMedium and Large 1—489180.25/cwt176.00–183.5088153
SteersMedium and Large 1—730158.58/cwt158.50–158.751,15848
SteersMedium and Large 1—634159.77/cwt150.00–166.001,013265
SteersMedium and Large 1—335219.81/cwt217.50–225.007363
SteersMedium and Large 1—669157.26/cwt146.00–161.501,052225
SteersMedium and Large 1—790154.65/cwt150.00–159.501,22243
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—397187.00/cwt187.00–187.0074213
SteersMedium and Large 1—280221.00/cwt221.00–221.006195
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—424182.00/cwt182.00–182.007727
SteersMedium and Large 1—566173.65/cwt164.00–181.00983355
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—601149.00/cwt149.00–149.0089512
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—831128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,06412
HeifersMedium and Large 1—420160.83/cwt153.00–167.0067560
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—679142.34/cwt142.00–144.0096629
HeifersMedium and Large 1—584142.80/cwt138.00–145.0083496
HeifersMedium and Large 1—527153.56/cwt145.00–159.50809383
HeifersMedium and Large 1—376170.17/cwt170.00–171.0064019
SteersMedium and Large 1—956140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,3388
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—676137.00/cwt137.00–137.009267
SteersMedium and Large 1—534176.12/cwt164.00–181.50940207
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—414150.00/cwt150.00–150.006215
HeifersMedium and Large 1—719134.73/cwt128.00–135.5096958
HeifersMedium and Large 1—620148.30/cwt138.00–151.00919167
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—773125.00/cwt125.00–125.009666
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—534137.61/cwt136.00–140.0073528
HeifersMedium and Large 1—473157.42/cwt152.00–163.5074589

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.