Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2023-10-19

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Oct 19
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098
Receipts
2,933 head
▲ 1,933 vs last sale 1,000▲ 2,073 vs year ago 860 · +241.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent price comparison available. Good buyer demand for calves and yearling feeders mostly coming right off grass. Flesh condition light to moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $235.82/cwt on 1,315 head.
Average price
$235.82
1,315 head · 751 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,772
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$1,356
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$19.87/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−13.22
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2350237.5083112thin
Medium and Large 1739236.931,7521,227
Large 11,005217.632,18776
One grade step is worth $19.87/cwt here — about −$1,356 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 sale1,315 hd
235.82
—
ND average3 barns · 2,918 hd
249.04
−13.22
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

35 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
SteersMedium and Large 1—580272.04/cwt260.00–277.001,57859
SteersMedium and Large 1—435322.23/cwt310.00–325.001,40269
SteersMedium and Large 1—980225.26/cwt218.50–227.502,20836
SteersMedium and Large 1—787231.38/cwt229.50–240.001,82169
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—514225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,15719
SteersMedium and Large 1—513303.04/cwt287.00–313.001,55586
HeifersLarge 1—1,005217.63/cwt215.00–219.002,18776
HeifersMedium and Large 1—303270.00/cwt270.00–270.008184
HeifersMedium and Large 1—671235.34/cwt231.00–236.501,57929
HeifersMedium and Large 1—489247.67/cwt245.00–250.001,21130
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—350237.50/cwt237.50–237.5083112
HeifersMedium and Large 1—715233.82/cwt225.00–247.501,672216
SteersMedium and Large 1—329322.89/cwt305.00–330.001,06227
SteersMedium and Large 1—834240.30/cwt237.50–242.002,004116
SteersMedium and Large 1—900231.00/cwt231.00–231.002,07970
SteersMedium and Large 1—620278.94/cwt267.00–281.751,729163
SteersMedium and Large 1—686274.26/cwt253.00–276.501,88195
SteersMedium and Large 1—888234.50/cwt234.50–234.502,08269
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—554247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,3687
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—407225.00/cwt225.00–225.009168
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—608231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,4046
HeifersMedium and Large 1—983220.63/cwt220.00–221.002,169167
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—673248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,66918
HeifersMedium and Large 1—827228.46/cwt225.50–231.001,889198
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy—732276.25/cwt276.25–276.252,02268
SteersLarge 1—1,005231.08/cwt228.00–231.502,32267
SteersMedium and Large 1—728232.12/cwt230.00–241.001,69082
HeifersMedium and Large 1—572239.29/cwt232.00–247.001,36960
SteersMedium and Large 1—490289.03/cwt288.00–296.001,41643
HeifersMedium and Large 1—514253.45/cwt243.00–263.001,30348
HeifersMedium and Large 1—419267.37/cwt257.50–275.001,12089
HeifersMedium and Large 1—861227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,95448
HeifersMedium and Large 1—607255.77/cwt240.00–258.001,553132
HeifersMedium and Large 1—783233.50/cwt233.50–233.501,828136
HeifersMedium and Large 1—934229.50/cwt229.50–229.502,14470

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.