Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2023-01-05

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Jan 5
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098
Receipts
3,443 head
▲ 310 vs last sale 3,133▲ 3,443 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Four weeks since last report so no comparison. Good buyer demand on 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 $199.40/cwt on 2,019 head.
Average price
$199.40
2,019 head · 649 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,294
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$179
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$16.30/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.46
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1653200.991,3121,822
Medium and Large 1-2614184.691,134197
One grade step is worth $16.30/cwt here — about $179 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 sale2,019 hd
199.40
—
ND average3 barns · 5,335 hd
194.93
+4.46
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

36 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
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—669178.39/cwt171.50–181.001,19330
SteersMedium and Large 1—523212.60/cwt204.00–219.001,11273
SteersMedium and Large 1—661199.68/cwt187.00–201.751,32081
SteersMedium and Large 1—480222.25/cwt217.00–240.001,067155
SteersMedium and Large 1—718180.77/cwt169.00–185.001,298204
SteersMedium and Large 1—627201.46/cwt197.00–208.501,263212
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—588187.91/cwt186.00–196.001,10574
SteersMedium and Large 1—778181.68/cwt176.50–184.251,413274
SteersMedium and Large 1—572210.54/cwt201.00–219.001,204295
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—391202.00/cwt202.00–202.007906
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—771164.50/cwt164.50–164.501,26815
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—520192.95/cwt190.00–194.001,00320
HeifersMedium and Large 1—675174.74/cwt170.00–180.001,179149
HeifersMedium and Large 1—626181.87/cwt171.50–187.501,139158
HeifersMedium and Large 1—891170.26/cwt170.25–170.501,517195
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy—503229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,15219
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy—464253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,174115
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—635184.38/cwt171.50–190.001,17152
HeifersMedium and Large 1—427178.29/cwt170.00–187.0076156
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—344178.00/cwt178.00–178.006127
HeifersMedium and Large 1—704171.92/cwt170.50–175.001,21032
HeifersMedium and Large 1—777169.75/cwt169.75–169.751,31956
HeifersMedium and Large 1—524186.68/cwt174.00–191.50978128
HeifersMedium and Large 1—906169.77/cwt166.50–170.251,538148
SteersMedium and Large 1—370235.77/cwt228.00–240.0087235
SteersMedium and Large 1—434223.16/cwt220.00–227.5096957
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy—407195.00/cwt195.00–195.0079416
HeifersMedium and Large 1—361200.71/cwt193.00–210.007259
HeifersMedium and Large 1—564184.40/cwt182.50–187.001,04012
HeifersMedium and Large 1—994162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,61013
HeifersMedium and Large 1—809175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,41619
HeifersMedium and Large 1—474184.19/cwt175.00–187.0087330
SteersMedium and Large 1—876180.59/cwt178.50–182.251,582237
SteersMedium and Large 1—341200.00/cwt200.00–200.006827
SteersMedium and Large 1—838172.28/cwt169.50–175.501,44424
SteersMedium and Large 1—928171.41/cwt167.50–173.001,59134

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.