Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2022-12-08

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Dec 8
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098
Receipts
3,133 head
1,724 vs last sale 4,857 575 vs year ago 2,558 · +22.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers 400-450lbs, 600-650lbs and 700-750lbs steady to 5.00 higher with instances up to 9.00 higher, 450-600lbs and 650-700lbs 2.00 to 7.00 lower. Feeder heifers 350-400lbs steady, 450-550lbs 1.00 to 4.00 higher with instances up to 10.00 higher, 550-650lbs and 700-750lbs 3.00 to 8.00 lower, 950-1000lbs 8.00 higher. Good buyer demand with many full loads in today's offering. Flesh condition light to moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $209.92/cwt on 1,210 head.
Average price
$209.92
1,210 head · 574 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,204
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$151
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$13.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.26
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1576210.901,2161,122
Medium and Large 1-2539197.361,06488
One grade step is worth $13.54/cwt here — about $151 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 sale1,210 hd
209.92
ND average3 barns · 4,391 hd
210.17
−0.26
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

35 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 1483192.50/cwt192.50–192.509305
HeifersLarge 11,002166.75/cwt166.75–166.751,67150
HeifersMedium and Large 1892172.50/cwt172.50–172.501,539108
HeifersMedium and Large 1811169.75/cwt169.50–170.001,377155
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2514180.00/cwt180.00–180.0092510
HeifersMedium and Large 1572186.25/cwt182.00–188.501,06584
SteersMedium and Large 1624204.87/cwt196.00–207.751,278181
SteersMedium and Large 1572207.59/cwt199.00–217.001,187271
SteersMedium and Large 1787183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,44067
SteersMedium and Large 1723182.77/cwt178.00–187.501,32174
SteersMedium and Large 1-2390220.00/cwt220.00–220.008585
SteersMedium and Large 1-2639181.50/cwt181.50–181.501,1605
SteersMedium and Large 1531214.30/cwt201.00–222.001,138171
SteersMedium and Large 1-2479212.45/cwt209.00–215.001,01819
SteersMedium and Large 1-2539190.19/cwt176.00–199.001,02529
HeifersMedium and Large 1933170.50/cwt168.50–171.751,591108
SteersMedium and Large 1-2586193.60/cwt192.00–195.501,13430
SteersMedium and Large 1859172.56/cwt167.00–178.001,48226
SteersMedium and Large 1381239.90/cwt232.50–252.0091427
SteersMedium and Large 1661184.99/cwt182.00–187.001,22350
SteersMedium and Large 1421247.96/cwt237.50–255.001,04458
HeifersMedium and Large 1466199.01/cwt186.00–205.00927150
SteersMedium and Large 1473234.80/cwt225.00–244.001,111187
HeifersMedium and Large 1433202.22/cwt195.00–205.0087639
HeifersMedium and Large 1615184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,13247
HeifersMedium and Large 1712167.55/cwt161.00–170.501,19340
HeifersMedium and Large 1379201.67/cwt193.00–206.0076472
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2552167.50/cwt167.50–167.509258
SteersMedium and Large 1323235.75/cwt230.00–245.0076110
HeifersMedium and Large 1674173.39/cwt170.50–180.001,16954
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2465180.70/cwt180.00–182.0084015
HeifersMedium and Large 1997169.50/cwt169.50–169.501,69058
HeifersMedium and Large 1329200.00/cwt200.00–200.006588
HeifersMedium and Large 1797169.50/cwt169.50–169.501,35112
HeifersMedium and Large 1525194.66/cwt182.00–201.501,022120

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.