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 1-2491225.83/cwt225.00–230.001,1096
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement780192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,49810
SteersLarge 11,014182.50/cwt182.50–182.501,85121
HeifersMedium and Large 1433266.36/cwt257.50–272.501,15328
HeifersMedium and Large 1564231.43/cwt227.50–238.001,30561
HeifersMedium and Large 1362273.39/cwt265.00–277.5099032
HeifersMedium and Large 1670215.62/cwt200.00–220.001,44580
HeifersMedium and Large 1622223.33/cwt210.00–229.501,389172
SteersMedium and Large 1816215.99/cwt208.00–219.751,762237
SteersMedium and Large 1515275.25/cwt265.00–283.001,418187
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2655190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,2455
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2584210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2267
SteersMedium and Large 1337280.34/cwt275.00–285.0094525
SteersMedium and Large 1628253.04/cwt243.00–264.001,58990
SteersMedium and Large 1721246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,77428
SteersMedium and Large 1589255.31/cwt238.00–263.001,50462
HeifersMedium and Large 1481262.56/cwt252.50–263.001,26392
HeifersMedium and Large 1536237.72/cwt232.50–245.001,27491
SteersMedium and Large 1-2495245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,2135
SteersMedium and Large 1786221.34/cwt215.00–229.001,740129
SteersMedium and Large 1667251.12/cwt238.00–257.501,675165
SteersMedium and Large 1853197.91/cwt193.00–206.501,68822
SteersMedium and Large 1414274.61/cwt267.50–280.001,13719
SteersMedium and Large 1-2746219.50/cwt219.50–219.501,6377
SteersMedium and Large 1460274.28/cwt260.00–282.501,26261
SteersMedium and Large 1391300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,17331
HeifersMedium and Large 1736205.68/cwt204.00–210.001,51442
HeifersMedium and Large 1782198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,54823
HeifersMedium and Large 1818186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,52118
BullsMedium and Large 1561252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,41716
BullsMedium and Large 1636207.19/cwt195.00–217.501,31815
BullsMedium and Large 1477256.62/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.