Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2023-04-13

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Apr 13
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098
Receipts
2,016 head
▼ 1,507 vs last sale 3,523▼ 37 vs year ago 2,053 · −1.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago; Not all weights well tested for comparison. Feeder steers 600-650lbs 18.00 to 19.00 higher, 650-700lbs 5.00 to 10.00 higher, 700-750lbs 28.00 to 33.00 higher. Feeder heifers 550-650lbs and 700-750lbs 12.00 to 14.00 higher, 450-550lbs and 650-700lbs 23.00 to 27.00 higher. Good buyer demand. Flesh condition light to moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $212.64/cwt on 988 head.
Average price
$212.64
988 head · 659 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,401
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$164
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$24.61/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.42
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1659214.361,412919
Medium and Large 1-2658189.751,24869
One grade step is worth $24.61/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 sale988 hd
212.64
—
ND average3 barns · 3,262 hd
217.06
−4.42
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

26 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—495260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,28723
HeifersMedium and Large 1—520219.06/cwt215.00–227.501,13916
HeifersMedium and Large 1—490213.17/cwt207.50–220.001,04522
HeifersMedium and Large 1—807184.13/cwt183.50–186.001,48664
SteersMedium and Large 1—494274.77/cwt272.50–280.001,35723
BullsMedium and Large 1—532217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,15414
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy—514257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,32425
SteersMedium and Large 1—527272.92/cwt260.00–282.001,43831
HeifersMedium and Large 1—395225.00/cwt225.00–225.008894
HeifersMedium and Large 1—716204.53/cwt196.50–213.001,464253
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—523244.91/cwt237.50–250.001,28112
SteersMedium and Large 1—620259.54/cwt240.00–263.001,609234
SteersMedium and Large 1—725234.67/cwt233.00–248.001,701151
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—624224.15/cwt217.50–233.001,39953
HeifersMedium and Large 1—622220.25/cwt212.00–227.001,370198
HeifersMedium and Large 1—675215.82/cwt209.00–220.501,457233
SteersMedium and Large 1—585252.31/cwt246.00–255.001,47650
SteersMedium and Large 1—772212.51/cwt207.00–221.501,64139
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—525187.50/cwt187.50–187.5098411
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—844167.50/cwt167.50–167.501,4145
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—737182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,34122
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—632201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,27026
SteersMedium and Large 1—803213.57/cwt202.50–217.001,71538
SteersMedium and Large 1—673222.87/cwt212.00–232.001,50098
HeifersMedium and Large 1—583222.93/cwt219.50–234.001,30081
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—550192.50/cwt192.50–192.501,0595

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.