Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2022-12-01

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Dec 1
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098
Receipts
4,857 head
▼ 1,041 vs last sale 5,898▼ 804 vs year ago 5,661 · −14.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago; Feeder steers 400-500lbs 2.00 to 7.00 higher with instances up to 10.00 higher, 500-550lbs 2.00 to 4.00 lower, 550-650lbs 1.00 to 6.00 higher, 650-750lbs 4.00 to 9.00 lower. Feeder heifers 400-500lbs 2.00 to 5.00 lower with instances up to 11.00 lower, 500-650lbs 6.00 to 11.00 higher with instances up to 18.00 higher. Many full loads in todays offering. 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 $208.16/cwt on 2,101 head.
Average price
$208.16
2,101 head · 574 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,195
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$528
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$44.04/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.89
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1573209.041,1981,939
Medium and Large 1-2539201.011,084147
Large 11,046165.001,72615thin
One grade step is worth $44.04/cwt here — about −$528 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 sale2,101 hd
208.16
—
ND average3 barns · 10,197 hd
211.05
−2.89
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

34 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 1—759175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,3288
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—642168.50/cwt168.50–168.501,08211
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—383181.52/cwt180.00–182.5069513
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—335173.00/cwt173.00–173.0058015
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—542168.21/cwt167.00–170.0091215
HeifersMedium and Large 1—427197.04/cwt187.50–205.0084199
SteersMedium and Large 1—619194.81/cwt187.00–202.001,206273
SteersMedium and Large 1—330245.00/cwt245.00–245.008093
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—311210.00/cwt210.00–210.006535
SteersMedium and Large 1—677185.80/cwt174.00–190.501,258224
SteersMedium and Large 1—430241.93/cwt230.00–255.001,04060
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—378221.60/cwt220.00–222.5083813
SteersLarge 1—1,046165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,72615
SteersMedium and Large 1—894171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,5295
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—498221.63/cwt220.00–222.501,10423
SteersMedium and Large 1—385245.24/cwt235.00–254.0094479
SteersMedium and Large 1—485233.60/cwt227.50–247.501,133200
SteersMedium and Large 1—514219.38/cwt208.00–228.001,128541
HeifersMedium and Large 1—675172.79/cwt172.00–174.001,16626
HeifersMedium and Large 1—526190.18/cwt181.00–199.501,000183
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—579193.58/cwt192.00–195.501,121106
SteersMedium and Large 1—579207.97/cwt197.50–220.001,204344
HeifersMedium and Large 1—578184.78/cwt177.00–196.501,068236
HeifersMedium and Large 1—479190.03/cwt183.00–195.00910370
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—482164.00/cwt164.00–164.007908
HeifersMedium and Large 1—616180.90/cwt170.00–187.001,11497
SteersMedium and Large 1—818174.99/cwt169.50–178.501,43144
SteersMedium and Large 1—717183.14/cwt180.00–185.501,313166
HeifersMedium and Large 1—323194.40/cwt192.50–200.0062822
HeifersMedium and Large 1—894169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,51111
HeifersMedium and Large 1—732174.05/cwt167.00–176.001,27445
HeifersMedium and Large 1—844170.14/cwt168.00–173.001,43614
HeifersMedium and Large 1—980161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,57851
HeifersMedium and Large 1—384197.88/cwt193.00–206.0076058

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.