Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2022-04-28

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Apr 28
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098
Receipts
1,586 head
45 vs last sale 1,631 364 vs year ago 1,950 · 18.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers 550-600lbs 1.00 lower, 650-800lbs 4.00 to 7.00 higher with instances up to 14.00 higher, 800-850lbs 8.00 to 11.00 lower. Feeder heifers have only two weights well tested for comparison, 500-550lbs steady to 5.00 higher and 700-750lbs 1.00 lower. Good buyer demand. Flesh condition light to moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $191.53/cwt on 770 head.
Average price
$191.53
770 head · 637 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,219
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$87
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$15.79/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1636191.791,221757
Medium and Large 1-2644176.001,13313thin
One grade step is worth $15.79/cwt here — about $87 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 sale770 hd
191.53
ND average1 barns · 770 hd
191.53
+0.00
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
HeifersMedium and Large 1616160.50/cwt160.50–160.509897
HeifersMedium and Large 1479175.00/cwt175.00–175.008389
HeifersMedium and Large 1764143.50/cwt143.50–143.501,09611
HeifersMedium and Large 1810135.50/cwt135.50–135.501,09813
HeifersMedium and Large 1441170.00/cwt170.00–170.0075016
HeifersMedium and Large 1997124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,23616
SteersMedium and Large 1807150.89/cwt146.50–152.001,21865
SteersMedium and Large 1949143.25/cwt143.25–143.251,35969
SteersMedium and Large 1478228.05/cwt223.00–229.001,090121
SteersMedium and Large 1520195.82/cwt190.00–211.001,01826
SteersMedium and Large 1574211.79/cwt211.00–212.001,21643
SteersMedium and Large 1663175.61/cwt171.50–188.001,16445
SteersMedium and Large 1357236.17/cwt202.50–238.5084383
SteersMedium and Large 1439227.09/cwt221.00–232.0099727
HeifersMedium and Large 1661158.18/cwt155.00–159.001,046159
HeifersMedium and Large 1517180.84/cwt173.00–186.0093553
SteersMedium and Large 1733169.66/cwt160.50–176.001,24493
SteersMedium and Large 1642196.99/cwt180.00–200.001,265110
HeifersMedium and Large 1727148.20/cwt147.00–150.001,077255
HeifersMedium and Large 1571173.08/cwt166.00–177.5098843
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2578155.00/cwt155.00–155.0089612
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2484145.00/cwt145.00–145.0070214
SteersMedium and Large 1-2644176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,13313
SteersMedium and Large 1769168.25/cwt168.25–168.251,29475
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2520162.00/cwt162.00–162.008425
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2660140.00/cwt140.00–140.009246

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.