Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2022-01-06

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Jan 6
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098
Receipts
1,448 head
2,234 vs last sale 3,682 1,591 vs year ago 3,039 · 52.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Three weeks since last report so no price comparison but both feeder steers and heifers showing an upward trend. Good buyer demand on full loads. Lighter sale due to frigid temperatures. Flesh condition light to moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $176.73/cwt on 996 head.
Average price
$176.73
996 head · 683 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,208
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$310
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$0.86/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.39
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2512177.5690936
Medium and Large 1690176.691,219960
One grade step is worth $0.86/cwt here — about −$310 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 sale996 hd
176.73
ND average2 barns · 3,754 hd
174.33
+2.39
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

24 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 1480165.97/cwt159.00–170.0079714
HeifersMedium and Large 1652147.00/cwt147.00–147.0095819
HeifersMedium and Large 1714145.57/cwt143.00–148.001,03947
HeifersMedium and Large 1515170.18/cwt163.00–176.0087662
HeifersMedium and Large 1593164.59/cwt161.00–165.5097671
HeifersMedium and Large 1751143.44/cwt142.50–143.501,07783
SteersMedium and Large 1477208.73/cwt202.00–219.5099620
SteersMedium and Large 1817158.56/cwt157.50–160.001,29512
SteersMedium and Large 1438225.25/cwt225.25–225.2598715
SteersMedium and Large 1592184.96/cwt183.50–185.501,09559
SteersMedium and Large 1626178.62/cwt168.00–180.001,11872
SteersMedium and Large 1729160.45/cwt156.00–167.501,17089
SteersMedium and Large 1-2559168.00/cwt168.00–168.0093919
SteersMedium and Large 1353201.00/cwt201.00–201.007105
SteersMedium and Large 1864157.52/cwt154.50–159.001,361100
SteersMedium and Large 1777162.35/cwt154.75–166.501,261139
SteersMedium and Large 1665178.16/cwt167.50–184.001,185285
SteersMedium and Large 1524192.94/cwt192.00–205.001,01118
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2636147.00/cwt147.00–147.009358
HeifersMedium and Large 1621159.13/cwt152.00–166.00988103
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy560208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,165111
SteersMedium and Large 1978155.92/cwt155.50–156.001,52535
SteersMedium and Large 1-2410196.00/cwt196.00–196.008046
SteersMedium and Large 1-2486184.00/cwt184.00–184.0089411

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.