Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2021-11-18

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Nov 18
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098
Receipts
3,551 head
748 vs last sale 2,803 70 vs year ago 3,621 · 1.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers 450-750lbs 4.00 to 9.00 higher except 500-650lbs steady to 4.00 lower. Feeder heifers 450-650lbs 2.00 to 5.00 higher except 550-600lbs 1.00 to 5.00 higher with instances up to 12.00 higher. Flesh condition light to moderate. Good buyer demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $163.80/cwt on 1,915 head.
Average price
$163.80
1,915 head · 622 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,019
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$120
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$10.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.58
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1625164.611,0291,763
Medium and Large 1-2588154.45908152
One grade step is worth $10.16/cwt here — about $120 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 sale1,915 hd
163.80
ND average3 barns · 7,121 hd
167.38
−3.58
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

29 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy576157.00/cwt157.00–157.0090414
HeifersLarge 11,052139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,46210
HeifersMedium and Large 1858149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,2785
HeifersMedium and Large 1372162.00/cwt162.00–162.0060317
HeifersMedium and Large 1424161.34/cwt159.50–164.5068425
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2483140.00/cwt140.00–140.006766
SteersMedium and Large 1432186.51/cwt180.00–200.0080638
SteersMedium and Large 1-2695139.00/cwt139.00–139.0096611
SteersMedium and Large 1728157.25/cwt154.00–163.251,145165
SteersMedium and Large 1546168.61/cwt165.50–179.00921157
SteersMedium and Large 1671160.34/cwt150.00–165.251,076425
SteersMedium and Large 1-2441170.00/cwt170.00–170.0075020
SteersMedium and Large 1-2546161.00/cwt161.00–161.008797
SteersMedium and Large 1579169.29/cwt163.50–177.50980482
SteersMedium and Large 1380204.00/cwt204.00–204.007751
HeifersMedium and Large 1578143.46/cwt135.00–150.00829324
SteersMedium and Large 1-2590155.93/cwt155.00–160.0092079
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy647170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,10030
SteersMedium and Large 1761151.52/cwt149.50–155.001,15319
SteersMedium and Large 1628156.83/cwt150.00–164.50985296
SteersMedium and Large 1-2643145.76/cwt145.00–148.0093735
HeifersMedium and Large 1709141.38/cwt140.00–142.001,00223
SteersMedium and Large 1480187.04/cwt181.00–192.0089880
HeifersMedium and Large 1678142.88/cwt137.00–146.00969119
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2436145.00/cwt145.00–145.0063216
HeifersMedium and Large 1484151.20/cwt149.00–161.00732107
HeifersMedium and Large 1531150.44/cwt147.00–154.00799184
HeifersMedium and Large 1625144.71/cwt135.50–148.00904276
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy809162.75/cwt162.75–162.751,31770

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.