Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2023-06-08

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Jun 8
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098
Receipts
572 head
962 vs last sale 1,534 665 vs year ago 1,237 · 53.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Most weights not well tested for comparison. Feeder steers 750-800lbs 1.00 higher. Feeder heifers 500-550lbs 3.00 to 8.00 higher. 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 $253.62/cwt on 315 head.
Average price
$253.62
315 head · 712 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,805
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$239
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$41.79/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1711254.291,809310
Medium and Large 1-2739212.501,5705thin
One grade step is worth $41.79/cwt here — about $239 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 sale315 hd
253.62
ND average1 barns · 315 hd
253.62
+0.00
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

24 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 1829213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,7664
HeifersMedium and Large 1715233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,6665
HeifersMedium and Large 1468268.22/cwt267.50–270.001,25510
HeifersMedium and Large 1576272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,56712
HeifersMedium and Large 1615255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,56816
HeifersMedium and Large 1654224.59/cwt221.00–232.501,46916
SteersMedium and Large 1908230.50/cwt230.50–230.502,09360
SteersMedium and Large 1771244.31/cwt242.50–247.001,88468
SteersMedium and Large 1451297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,3427
SteersMedium and Large 1373292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,09111
SteersMedium and Large 1514297.15/cwt292.50–300.001,52713
SteersMedium and Large 1431296.27/cwt288.00–303.001,27716
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy551295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,6255
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy610282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,7232
SteersMedium and Large 1-2739212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,5705
SteersMedium and Large 1591267.23/cwt266.00–273.001,57923
SteersMedium and Large 1821240.85/cwt235.00–241.751,97746
SteersMedium and Large 1635257.92/cwt242.50–266.501,63859
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2461245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,1295
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2537235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,2625
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2839174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,4606
HeifersMedium and Large 1382270.24/cwt257.50–281.001,03219
HeifersMedium and Large 1752226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,70019
HeifersMedium and Large 1521280.86/cwt272.50–282.001,46358

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.