Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2023-01-12

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Jan 12
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098
Receipts
4,412 head
969 vs last sale 3,443 3,170 vs year ago 7,582 · 41.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers 400-450lbs and 500-550lbs 14.00 to 15.00 higher with instances up to 23.00 higher, 450-500lbs and 550-800lbs steady to 5.00 higher with instances up to 8.00 higher, 850-900lb 9.00 to 12.00 lower. Feeder heifers 400-450lbs and 500-550lbs 9.00 to 11.00 higher, 600-700lbs, 750-800lb and 900-950lbs 1.00 to 6.00 higher with instances up to 10.00 higher. Good buyer demand with many full loads in today's offering. Flesh condition light to moderate plus.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $197.45/cwt on 2,246 head.
Average price
$197.45
2,246 head · 668 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,319
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$101
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2
$59.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.63
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1662199.201,3182,038
Medium and Large 1-2599187.551,123143
Large 11,008166.501,67860
Large 1-21,014140.001,4205thin
One grade step is worth $59.20/cwt here — about −$101 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 sale2,246 hd
197.45
ND average3 barns · 6,829 hd
201.08
−3.63
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

43 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 1507175.00/cwt175.00–175.008875
BullsMedium and Large 1452206.00/cwt206.00–206.009319
BullsMedium and Large 1953103.00/cwt103.00–103.0098213
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy500202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,01023
HeifersMedium and Large 1685170.14/cwt166.00–178.001,16543
HeifersMedium and Large 1902160.50/cwt160.50–160.501,44865
SteersMedium and Large 1580212.79/cwt200.00–222.001,234352
SteersMedium and Large 1872169.13/cwt169.00–170.001,47556
SteersMedium and Large 1627207.06/cwt197.00–215.001,298211
SteersMedium and Large 1-2869149.50/cwt149.50–149.501,2999
SteersMedium and Large 1-2695173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,20211
SteersMedium and Large 1681187.61/cwt180.00–193.001,278223
SteersMedium and Large 1724185.00/cwt176.00–190.001,339279
SteersMedium and Large 1810175.34/cwt169.00–181.001,42094
SteersMedium and Large 1940179.04/cwt170.00–180.251,68376
SteersMedium and Large 1771183.27/cwt180.00–188.001,413273
SteersMedium and Large 1-2646174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,12410
SteersMedium and Large 1368235.00/cwt235.00–235.008656
SteersMedium and Large 1-2538189.85/cwt184.50–200.001,02126
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy652208.76/cwt208.00–209.001,361108
SteersLarge 1-21,014140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,4205
SteersMedium and Large 1528218.93/cwt211.00–234.001,156146
SteersMedium and Large 1413237.73/cwt222.50–250.0098245
SteersMedium and Large 1-2571194.20/cwt189.50–199.001,10987
SteersMedium and Large 1974165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,6078
HeifersMedium and Large 1853161.50/cwt161.50–161.501,37811
SteersMedium and Large 1470226.00/cwt213.00–242.001,062161
HeifersMedium and Large 1380193.96/cwt185.00–202.0073734
HeifersMedium and Large 1466190.11/cwt176.00–195.00886124
HeifersMedium and Large 1800169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,35246
HeifersMedium and Large 1728170.71/cwt168.00–174.001,243241
HeifersMedium and Large 1536181.99/cwt175.50–192.50975174
SteersLarge 1Fleshy1,008166.50/cwt166.50–166.501,67860
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2478167.50/cwt167.50–167.5080110
HeifersMedium and Large 1427193.74/cwt188.00–204.0082757
HeifersMedium and Large 1629180.31/cwt173.50–186.001,134166
HeifersMedium and Large 1560182.73/cwt172.00–188.001,023151
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2693160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,10912
HeifersMedium and Large 1786164.56/cwt164.00–165.001,29346
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2617160.00/cwt160.00–160.0098710
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2548170.00/cwt170.00–170.009328
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2406180.26/cwt179.00–183.0073219
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2394171.00/cwt171.00–171.006745

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.