Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2023-03-23

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Mar 23
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098
Receipts
2,455 head
▼ 1,266 vs last sale 3,721▼ 578 vs year ago 3,033 · −19.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers 550-550lbs and 650-750lbs 2.00 to 4.00 lower, 600-650lbs 9.00 to 12.00 lower, 750-800lbs 1.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers 500-550lbs and 700-750lbs 2.00 to 3.00 higher, 550-650lbs 5.00 to 8.00 lower, 650-700lbs 10.00 higher. 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 $217.95/cwt on 1,185 head.
Average price
$217.95
1,185 head · 646 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,408
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$164
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$7.62/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.28
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1649218.351,4171,123
Medium and Large 1-2595210.731,25362
One grade step is worth $7.62/cwt here — about $164 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 sale1,185 hd
217.95
—
ND average3 barns · 2,865 hd
220.23
−2.28
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 1Fancy—551218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,20131
HeifersMedium and Large 1—772171.02/cwt162.00–177.001,32025
HeifersMedium and Large 1—607190.47/cwt180.00–200.001,15626
HeifersMedium and Large 1—422226.13/cwt212.50–230.0095434
HeifersMedium and Large 1—471227.38/cwt219.00–238.001,07138
HeifersMedium and Large 1—525223.59/cwt215.00–228.001,17496
SteersMedium and Large 1—429257.11/cwt247.00–265.001,10348
SteersMedium and Large 1—463247.08/cwt239.00–258.001,14464
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—661200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3226
SteersMedium and Large 1—574236.48/cwt222.00–242.001,357157
SteersMedium and Large 1—315285.00/cwt285.00–285.008982
SteersMedium and Large 1—536242.35/cwt234.00–255.001,299138
SteersMedium and Large 1—730202.32/cwt194.00–209.501,477288
SteersMedium and Large 1—833187.54/cwt186.00–190.001,56237
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—710195.15/cwt179.00–197.501,38674
HeifersMedium and Large 1—665190.67/cwt181.50–199.001,268168
SteersMedium and Large 1—661212.68/cwt205.00–222.501,406100
SteersMedium and Large 1—643221.05/cwt219.00–225.751,421118
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—547217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,1905
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—588214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,25829
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—746150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,11914
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—608170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,03430
SteersMedium and Large 1—765195.04/cwt190.00–198.501,492171
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—636201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,27817
HeifersMedium and Large 1—829162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,34311
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—818179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,46476
HeifersMedium and Large 1—380227.45/cwt225.00–231.0086420
HeifersMedium and Large 1—924164.50/cwt164.50–164.501,52021
HeifersMedium and Large 1—568206.97/cwt194.00–214.001,176146
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—462231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,0675
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—458198.00/cwt198.00–198.009078
HeifersMedium and Large 1—721186.47/cwt180.00–190.001,344105

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.