Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2022-11-11

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Fri, Nov 11
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098
Receipts
915 head
911 vs last sale 1,826 1,888 vs year ago 2,803 · 67.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Sale postponed by one day due to severe weather conditions. Not all weights well tested for comparison, Feeder steers 450-500lbs steady to 5.00 lower with instances up to 9.00 lower, 500-600lbs 2.00 to 7.00 higher with instances up to 12.00 higher, 600-650lbs 9.00 to 12.00 lower. Feeder heifers 500-550lbs and 600-650lbs 15.00 to 20.00 lower. Good buyer demand. Calves not fully vaccinated bringing the lower end of the price range. Flesh condition light to moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $205.97/cwt on 533 head.
Average price
$205.97
533 head · 570 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,173
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$447
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$47.82/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.67
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1560210.321,178441
Medium and Large 1-2594186.401,10787
Large 11,000162.501,6255thin
One grade step is worth $47.82/cwt here — about −$447 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 sale533 hd
205.97
ND average2 barns · 3,128 hd
197.30
+8.67
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

21 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 1580171.38/cwt170.00–172.0099419
HeifersMedium and Large 1621165.34/cwt160.50–170.001,02743
HeifersMedium and Large 1532174.89/cwt171.00–180.0093072
HeifersMedium and Large 1471186.50/cwt177.00–194.0087892
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2724140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0145
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2397173.00/cwt173.00–173.006879
SteersMedium and Large 1486229.70/cwt229.00–230.001,11646
SteersMedium and Large 1516223.02/cwt215.00–225.001,15179
SteersMedium and Large 1-2594186.40/cwt178.00–192.001,10787
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2402175.00/cwt175.00–175.007046
HeifersMedium and Large 1865161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,3937
HeifersMedium and Large 1830174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,44416
SteersMedium and Large 1407228.69/cwt224.00–231.0093144
SteersMedium and Large 1569224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,27591
SteersMedium and Large 1609192.20/cwt183.00–196.001,17099
HeifersMedium and Large 1658164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,0795
SteersLarge 11,000162.50/cwt162.50–162.501,6255
SteersMedium and Large 1789168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,3268
SteersMedium and Large 1373226.22/cwt226.00–227.5084413
SteersMedium and Large 1679176.76/cwt174.00–179.001,20025
SteersMedium and Large 1713177.50/cwt177.50–177.501,26636

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.