Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2023-09-21

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Sep 21
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098
Receipts
1,000 head
428 vs last sale 572 748 vs year ago 1,748 · 42.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale of the fall market season, no recent price comparison available. Good buyer demand for a nice offering of yearling steers. Several long strings of steers available, most right off grass. Flesh condition light to moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $256.73/cwt on 673 head.
Average price
$256.73
673 head · 826 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,120
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$481
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$47.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.20
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1826257.082,124668
Medium and Large 1-2782210.001,6425thin
One grade step is worth $47.08/cwt here — about $481 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 sale673 hd
256.73
ND average2 barns · 1,445 hd
254.53
+2.20
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

21 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 1765237.62/cwt227.00–247.001,81844
HeifersMedium and Large 1626249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,5595
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2578239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,38110
HeifersMedium and Large 1971222.51/cwt219.00–225.002,16117
HeifersMedium and Large 1871229.84/cwt227.00–232.002,00221
HeifersMedium and Large 1922218.69/cwt211.00–223.502,01623
SteersMedium and Large 1880240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,1127
SteersMedium and Large 1688250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,72010
SteersMedium and Large 1579262.16/cwt259.00–265.001,51824
HeifersMedium and Large 1710246.50/cwt246.50–246.501,75041
HeifersMedium and Large 1518277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,43542
HeifersMedium and Large 1817225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,8389
SteersMedium and Large 1-2782210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,6425
SteersMedium and Large 1497292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,45141
SteersMedium and Large 1977241.00/cwt241.00–241.002,35566
HeifersMedium and Large 1425291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,23716
SteersMedium and Large 1818246.00/cwt246.00–246.002,0126
SteersMedium and Large 1373350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,3067
SteersMedium and Large 1732263.47/cwt260.00–267.251,92970
SteersMedium and Large 1760268.02/cwt267.25–268.752,037148
SteersMedium and Large 1930246.87/cwt244.00–247.752,296289

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.