Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2023-01-19

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Jan 19
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098
Receipts
3,243 head
1,169 vs last sale 4,412 166 vs year ago 3,077 · +5.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers 450-800lbs 1.00 to 6.00 lower with instances up to 11.00 lower except 500-500lbs and 700-750lbs were 1.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers 400-450lbs 6.00 to 9.00 lower, 450-800lbs 1.00 to 4.00 lower except 550-600lbs and 650-700lbs were 3.00 to 8.00 higher. 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 $202.35/cwt on 1,581 head.
Average price
$202.35
1,581 head · 616 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,246
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$163
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$18.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.08
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1617203.321,2551,496
Medium and Large 1-2589185.321,09285
One grade step is worth $18.00/cwt here — about $163 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 sale1,581 hd
202.35
ND average3 barns · 5,586 hd
199.27
+3.08
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

33 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 1478186.28/cwt175.00–194.00890152
HeifersMedium and Large 1663176.60/cwt172.50–181.001,17167
HeifersMedium and Large 1624176.85/cwt172.00–184.001,10468
SteersMedium and Large 1678189.62/cwt180.00–198.501,286263
HeifersMedium and Large 1581189.44/cwt180.00–197.501,101266
HeifersMedium and Large 1780164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,27944
HeifersMedium and Large 1720168.79/cwt166.50–170.501,215102
SteersMedium and Large 1386225.60/cwt222.50–230.0087120
SteersMedium and Large 1427218.37/cwt208.00–226.0093234
SteersMedium and Large 1623202.94/cwt191.00–212.001,264281
SteersMedium and Large 1576210.25/cwt201.00–218.001,211315
SteersMedium and Large 1787177.16/cwt173.00–181.001,39471
SteersMedium and Large 1524227.28/cwt221.00–235.001,191103
SteersMedium and Large 1-2524204.27/cwt204.00–205.001,07019
SteersMedium and Large 1-2730170.69/cwt170.00–171.501,24622
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement863160.50/cwt160.50–160.501,38517
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2421175.00/cwt175.00–175.0073715
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2522178.76/cwt174.00–179.5093365
SteersMedium and Large 1-2562186.58/cwt179.00–193.001,04913
SteersMedium and Large 1480211.68/cwt202.50–223.001,01691
SteersMedium and Large 1-2613179.29/cwt176.00–183.501,09922
HeifersMedium and Large 1377187.94/cwt174.00–193.0070954
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2656153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,0048
HeifersMedium and Large 1523190.95/cwt180.50–199.25999252
SteersMedium and Large 1916168.90/cwt165.50–172.001,54752
SteersMedium and Large 1-2365194.00/cwt194.00–194.007089
SteersMedium and Large 1724184.99/cwt180.50–191.001,339145
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2567170.19/cwt164.00–177.0096531
HeifersMedium and Large 1423190.28/cwt182.50–195.0080563
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement736175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,2889
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy410238.00/cwt238.00–238.0097613
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy605214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,29517
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy493236.39/cwt236.00–236.501,16591

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.