Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2022-01-20

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Jan 20
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098
Receipts
3,077 head
4,505 vs last sale 7,582 405 vs year ago 3,482 · 11.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers 500-800lbs 2.00 to 7.00 lower with instances up to 10.00 lower, 800-850lbs 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers 500-550lbs and 700-750lbs 3.00 to 4.00 lower, 550-700lbs 3.00 to 7.00 higher with instances up to 10.00 higher, 750-800lbs steady to 3.00 higher. Good buyer demand on the many full loads of steers and heifers in today's offering. Flesh condition light to moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $171.41/cwt on 1,616 head.
Average price
$171.41
1,616 head · 697 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,194
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$175
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$15.85/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.73
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1698172.111,2021,545
Medium and Large 1-2657156.261,02771
One grade step is worth $15.85/cwt here — about $175 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 sale1,616 hd
171.41
ND average3 barns · 5,485 hd
173.14
−1.73
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

32 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 1586175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,0265
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy659163.25/cwt163.25–163.251,076124
HeifersLarge 11,059128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,35615
HeifersMedium and Large 1343178.00/cwt178.00–178.006115
HeifersMedium and Large 1933120.68/cwt120.00–122.001,12618
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2725136.00/cwt136.00–136.009867
SteersMedium and Large 1634181.09/cwt168.50–184.501,148373
SteersMedium and Large 1582188.41/cwt185.50–190.001,09751
SteersMedium and Large 1-2621156.45/cwt154.00–164.0097242
SteersMedium and Large 1-2725150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,08811
SteersMedium and Large 1775164.52/cwt152.00–168.001,275337
SteersMedium and Large 1871154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,34127
SteersMedium and Large 1808160.99/cwt152.00–166.001,301242
SteersMedium and Large 1425226.40/cwt220.00–231.0096215
HeifersMedium and Large 1818144.49/cwt138.00–145.001,18282
HeifersMedium and Large 1762146.84/cwt140.00–149.501,11994
SteersMedium and Large 1719166.37/cwt165.00–168.501,19683
SteersMedium and Large 1671169.77/cwt160.00–177.001,139322
SteersMedium and Large 1490200.52/cwt196.00–205.0098339
SteersMedium and Large 1517192.09/cwt189.50–199.0099350
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2770120.00/cwt120.00–120.009246
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2630148.10/cwt146.00–149.0093329
SteersMedium and Large 1930150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,3956
SteersMedium and Large 1-2586168.99/cwt168.00–170.0099010
HeifersMedium and Large 1621164.38/cwt160.00–167.001,021282
HeifersMedium and Large 1459176.14/cwt174.00–179.0080833
HeifersMedium and Large 1581164.23/cwt155.00–169.50954168
HeifersMedium and Large 1715148.81/cwt143.00–151.501,064173
HeifersMedium and Large 1675148.75/cwt145.00–157.501,004158
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy844148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,2498
HeifersMedium and Large 1430177.71/cwt171.00–180.0076428
HeifersMedium and Large 1522166.82/cwt159.00–170.0087157

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.