Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2023-03-16

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Mar 16
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098
Receipts
3,721 head
2,115 vs last sale 1,606 1,089 vs year ago 2,632 · +41.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers 500-550lbs and 600-900lbs steady to 5.00 higher with instances up to 7.00 higher except 800-850lbs 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers 450-500lbs and 750-800lbs 3.00 to 6.00 higher, 500-550lbs and 600-650lbs 5.00 to 8.00 higher with instances up to 16.00 higher, 650-700lbs 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Good buyer demand with many full loads in today's offering. Flesh condition light to moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $204.95/cwt on 1,660 head.
Average price
$204.95
1,660 head · 591 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,211
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$210
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$15.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.30
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1593205.491,2191,602
Medium and Large 1-2530190.271,00958
One grade step is worth $15.22/cwt here — about $210 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 sale1,660 hd
204.95
ND average3 barns · 4,027 hd
199.65
+5.30
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
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy602208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,25215
HeifersMedium and Large 1383220.00/cwt220.00–220.008435
HeifersMedium and Large 1429210.51/cwt202.00–214.0090341
HeifersMedium and Large 1750181.01/cwt171.00–182.001,35856
HeifersMedium and Large 1730185.93/cwt185.00–187.001,35768
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2574185.96/cwt183.00–189.001,06734
SteersMedium and Large 1348228.75/cwt220.00–237.5079612
SteersMedium and Large 1480248.19/cwt242.00–251.001,19130
SteersMedium and Large 1-2627201.84/cwt196.00–211.001,26622
SteersMedium and Large 1523246.28/cwt232.50–257.501,288124
SteersMedium and Large 1616230.77/cwt214.00–237.001,422205
SteersMedium and Large 1932183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,70665
SteersMedium and Large 1-2744188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,39938
SteersMedium and Large 1-2532219.39/cwt210.00–223.001,16756
SteersMedium and Large 1-2473218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,0316
SteersMedium and Large 1721206.46/cwt203.50–213.001,489133
SteersMedium and Large 1674200.22/cwt194.00–214.501,349159
SteersMedium and Large 1359235.00/cwt235.00–235.008446
SteersMedium and Large 1563242.17/cwt225.00–246.001,36334
SteersMedium and Large 1-2932158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,4736
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2410191.28/cwt190.00–192.5078410
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2510200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,02014
SteersMedium and Large 1865185.21/cwt185.00–185.501,602132
SteersMedium and Large 1780191.63/cwt179.50–197.001,49559
HeifersMedium and Large 1679189.10/cwt188.75–189.501,284180
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy664220.45/cwt217.50–225.001,46455
HeifersMedium and Large 1535219.16/cwt206.00–226.001,173359
HeifersMedium and Large 1634198.23/cwt187.50–204.001,257475
SteersMedium and Large 1822194.73/cwt193.00–195.501,601155
SteersMedium and Large 1417249.01/cwt238.00–262.001,03831
HeifersMedium and Large 1473226.51/cwt214.00–233.001,071179
HeifersMedium and Large 1579205.97/cwt194.00–213.001,193224

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.