Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2023-04-20

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Apr 20
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098
Receipts
2,002 head
▼ 14 vs last sale 2,016▲ 371 vs year ago 1,631 · +22.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Not all weights well tested for comparison. Feeder steers 550-600lbs 8.00 higher, 600-650lbs 1.00 to 3.00 higher, 650-700lbs 25.00 to 26.00 higher. Feeder heifers 550-700lbs steady to 4.00 higher, 700-750lbs 3.00 lower. 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 $245.50/cwt on 1,089 head.
Average price
$245.50
1,089 head · 660 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,620
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$238
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$64.42/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.75
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1653246.921,6131,056
Medium and Large 1-2641230.131,47612thin
Large 11,014182.501,85121
One grade step is worth $64.42/cwt here — about −$238 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 sale1,089 hd
245.50
—
ND average2 barns · 1,499 hd
243.75
+1.75
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 1-2—491225.83/cwt225.00–230.001,1096
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—780192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,49810
SteersLarge 1—1,014182.50/cwt182.50–182.501,85121
HeifersMedium and Large 1—433266.36/cwt257.50–272.501,15328
HeifersMedium and Large 1—564231.43/cwt227.50–238.001,30561
HeifersMedium and Large 1—362273.39/cwt265.00–277.5099032
HeifersMedium and Large 1—670215.62/cwt200.00–220.001,44580
HeifersMedium and Large 1—622223.33/cwt210.00–229.501,389172
SteersMedium and Large 1—816215.99/cwt208.00–219.751,762237
SteersMedium and Large 1—515275.25/cwt265.00–283.001,418187
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—655190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,2455
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—584210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2267
SteersMedium and Large 1—337280.34/cwt275.00–285.0094525
SteersMedium and Large 1—628253.04/cwt243.00–264.001,58990
SteersMedium and Large 1—721246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,77428
SteersMedium and Large 1—589255.31/cwt238.00–263.001,50462
HeifersMedium and Large 1—481262.56/cwt252.50–263.001,26392
HeifersMedium and Large 1—536237.72/cwt232.50–245.001,27491
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—495245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,2135
SteersMedium and Large 1—786221.34/cwt215.00–229.001,740129
SteersMedium and Large 1—667251.12/cwt238.00–257.501,675165
SteersMedium and Large 1—853197.91/cwt193.00–206.501,68822
SteersMedium and Large 1—414274.61/cwt267.50–280.001,13719
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—746219.50/cwt219.50–219.501,6377
SteersMedium and Large 1—460274.28/cwt260.00–282.501,26261
SteersMedium and Large 1—391300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,17331
HeifersMedium and Large 1—736205.68/cwt204.00–210.001,51442
HeifersMedium and Large 1—782198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,54823
HeifersMedium and Large 1—818186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,52118
BullsMedium and Large 1—561252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,41716
BullsMedium and Large 1—636207.19/cwt195.00–217.501,31815
BullsMedium and Large 1—477256.62/cwt250.00–267.501,22411

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.