Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2023-03-09

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Mar 9
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098
Receipts
1,606 head
49 vs last sale 1,655 1,369 vs year ago 2,975 · 46.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers 500-550lbs steady to 5.00 lower, 600-650lbs and 700-800lbs 2.00 to 6.00 higher, 650-700lbs 12.00 to 15.00 higher. Feeder heifers 450-500lbs and 600-650lbs 6.00 to 8.00 higher, 500-550lbs and 750-800lbs 3.00 to 7.00 lower with instances up to 14.00 lower. Quality replacement heifers in today's 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 $209.23/cwt on 964 head.
Average price
$209.23
964 head · 704 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,472
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$222
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$18.94/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.32
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1706210.331,486908
Medium and Large 1-2660191.381,26456
One grade step is worth $18.94/cwt here — about $222 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 sale964 hd
209.23
ND average2 barns · 1,638 hd
208.91
+0.32
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

32 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
HeifersLarge 11,020151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,5405
HeifersMedium and Large 1951169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,6076
HeifersMedium and Large 1806169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,36212
HeifersMedium and Large 1436235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,02518
HeifersMedium and Large 1703180.50/cwt180.50–180.501,26919
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2846146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,2355
SteersMedium and Large 1-2507205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,0395
SteersMedium and Large 1464256.18/cwt240.00–265.001,18953
SteersMedium and Large 1-2754175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,32014
SteersMedium and Large 1732208.11/cwt197.50–210.501,523105
SteersMedium and Large 1809200.50/cwt200.50–200.501,62274
SteersMedium and Large 1780193.05/cwt186.50–196.501,506244
SteersMedium and Large 1522240.40/cwt229.00–250.001,25599
SteersMedium and Large 1685212.72/cwt206.25–222.001,457141
HeifersMedium and Large 1484221.72/cwt210.00–230.001,07342
HeifersMedium and Large 1536205.17/cwt201.00–210.001,10042
SteersMedium and Large 1633223.03/cwt216.00–234.001,41253
SteersMedium and Large 1429244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,0476
SteersMedium and Large 1-2632200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,26423
SteersMedium and Large 1-2868140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,2157
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2966137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,3239
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2496185.00/cwt185.00–185.009185
SteersMedium and Large 1564241.56/cwt240.00–242.001,36229
SteersMedium and Large 1883181.44/cwt180.00–185.001,60297
HeifersMedium and Large 1778172.86/cwt167.00–176.501,34540
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement717192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,37778
HeifersMedium and Large 1668192.43/cwt192.00–192.501,28544
HeifersMedium and Large 1619198.81/cwt198.00–200.501,23181
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy478275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,3157
SteersMedium and Large 1-2469237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,1147
HeifersMedium and Large 1576197.20/cwt192.00–207.001,13637
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2680170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,1566

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.