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 1—586175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,0265
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy—659163.25/cwt163.25–163.251,076124
HeifersLarge 1—1,059128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,35615
HeifersMedium and Large 1—343178.00/cwt178.00–178.006115
HeifersMedium and Large 1—933120.68/cwt120.00–122.001,12618
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—725136.00/cwt136.00–136.009867
SteersMedium and Large 1—634181.09/cwt168.50–184.501,148373
SteersMedium and Large 1—582188.41/cwt185.50–190.001,09751
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—621156.45/cwt154.00–164.0097242
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—725150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,08811
SteersMedium and Large 1—775164.52/cwt152.00–168.001,275337
SteersMedium and Large 1—871154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,34127
SteersMedium and Large 1—808160.99/cwt152.00–166.001,301242
SteersMedium and Large 1—425226.40/cwt220.00–231.0096215
HeifersMedium and Large 1—818144.49/cwt138.00–145.001,18282
HeifersMedium and Large 1—762146.84/cwt140.00–149.501,11994
SteersMedium and Large 1—719166.37/cwt165.00–168.501,19683
SteersMedium and Large 1—671169.77/cwt160.00–177.001,139322
SteersMedium and Large 1—490200.52/cwt196.00–205.0098339
SteersMedium and Large 1—517192.09/cwt189.50–199.0099350
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—770120.00/cwt120.00–120.009246
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—630148.10/cwt146.00–149.0093329
SteersMedium and Large 1—930150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,3956
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—586168.99/cwt168.00–170.0099010
HeifersMedium and Large 1—621164.38/cwt160.00–167.001,021282
HeifersMedium and Large 1—459176.14/cwt174.00–179.0080833
HeifersMedium and Large 1—581164.23/cwt155.00–169.50954168
HeifersMedium and Large 1—715148.81/cwt143.00–151.501,064173
HeifersMedium and Large 1—675148.75/cwt145.00–157.501,004158
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—844148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,2498
HeifersMedium and Large 1—430177.71/cwt171.00–180.0076428
HeifersMedium and Large 1—522166.82/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.