Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2022-05-05

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, May 5
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098
Receipts
1,845 head
▲ 259 vs last sale 1,586▲ 588 vs year ago 1,257 · +46.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers 550-700lbs and 750-800lbs 3.00 to 7.00 lower with instances up to 15.00 lower, 700-750lbs and 900-950lbs 3.00 to 7.00 higher. Feeder heifers only have one weight well tested for comparison, 550-600lbs steady to 5.00 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 $182.09/cwt on 1,281 head.
Average price
$182.09
1,281 head · 695 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,266
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$274
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$10.71/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.05
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1699182.451,2761,238
Medium and Large 1-2583171.741,00243
One grade step is worth $10.71/cwt here — about $274 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 sale1,281 hd
182.09
—
ND average3 barns · 1,992 hd
184.14
−2.05
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

27 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—601179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,0769
HeifersMedium and Large 1—855142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,2185
HeifersMedium and Large 1—447186.00/cwt186.00–186.0083110
HeifersMedium and Large 1—510180.00/cwt180.00–180.0091814
HeifersMedium and Large 1—760148.76/cwt146.00–155.001,13120
HeifersMedium and Large 1—498165.46/cwt165.00–167.0082422
SteersMedium and Large 1—636194.25/cwt182.00–197.501,235444
SteersMedium and Large 1—739179.10/cwt164.00–179.751,324457
SteersMedium and Large 1—667178.21/cwt177.00–182.001,18952
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—671159.00/cwt155.00–162.001,06712
SteersMedium and Large 1—942150.75/cwt150.75–150.751,42061
SteersMedium and Large 1—782158.76/cwt154.50–161.001,24290
SteersMedium and Large 1—426187.50/cwt187.50–187.507999
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—566188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,06416
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—647170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,1006
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—683136.90/cwt135.50–139.0093515
HeifersMedium and Large 1—590170.15/cwt166.00–172.751,004119
HeifersMedium and Large 1—736149.68/cwt149.50–150.001,10222
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—454161.00/cwt161.00–161.007319
SteersMedium and Large 1—802155.25/cwt155.25–155.251,24528
SteersMedium and Large 1—531206.68/cwt189.00–210.001,09732
HeifersMedium and Large 1—680156.54/cwt151.50–158.501,06433
HeifersMedium and Large 1—636163.79/cwt151.00–165.001,04270
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—631146.00/cwt146.00–146.009218
SteersMedium and Large 1—469190.88/cwt190.00–200.0089511
SteersMedium and Large 1—876144.50/cwt144.50–144.501,26613
SteersMedium and Large 1—568204.86/cwt196.00–208.501,16441

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.