Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2022-04-07

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Apr 7
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098
Receipts
2,053 head
101 vs last sale 1,952 511 vs year ago 2,564 · 19.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Not all weights well tested for comparison. Feeder steers 600-800lbs 3.00 to 8.00 lower with instances up to 12.00 lower. Feeder heifers 550-600lbs 9.00 to 14.00 higher, 600-750lbs 4.00 to 8.00 lower with instances up to 13.00 lower. Good buyer demand. Flesh condition light to moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $162.93/cwt on 1,165 head.
Average price
$162.93
1,165 head · 623 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,015
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$147
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$4.30/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.08
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1624162.991,0171,149
Medium and Large 1-2549158.6987016thin
One grade step is worth $4.30/cwt here — about $147 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 sale1,165 hd
162.93
ND average3 barns · 3,109 hd
157.85
+5.08
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

26 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 1552159.00/cwt159.00–159.008786
BullsMedium and Large 1646151.00/cwt151.00–151.009759
BullsMedium and Large 1760145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,10212
HeifersMedium and Large 1406186.00/cwt186.00–186.007555
HeifersMedium and Large 1535169.54/cwt163.00–174.0090714
HeifersMedium and Large 1385181.37/cwt181.00–185.0069822
SteersMedium and Large 1376225.00/cwt225.00–225.0084611
SteersMedium and Large 1526199.79/cwt199.00–201.001,05115
HeifersMedium and Large 1792140.23/cwt140.00–140.501,11129
SteersMedium and Large 1330222.50/cwt222.50–222.507341
SteersMedium and Large 1898148.50/cwt148.50–148.501,33472
SteersMedium and Large 1725164.27/cwt159.00–166.001,19155
SteersMedium and Large 1496210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,04237
SteersMedium and Large 1629179.92/cwt177.50–184.001,13244
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2466169.00/cwt169.00–169.007885
HeifersMedium and Large 1677149.79/cwt149.50–154.001,01488
SteersMedium and Large 1824152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,25221
SteersMedium and Large 1579191.45/cwt185.00–197.001,10828
HeifersMedium and Large 1469185.34/cwt177.00–188.0086944
HeifersMedium and Large 1719152.25/cwt143.00–154.751,095268
HeifersMedium and Large 1626157.34/cwt146.00–162.00985314
HeifersMedium and Large 1557177.82/cwt167.00–180.00990329
SteersMedium and Large 1782161.20/cwt154.00–163.501,261147
SteersMedium and Large 1669179.75/cwt179.75–179.751,203157
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement648163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,05636
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2586154.00/cwt154.00–154.0090211

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.