Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2023-11-02

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Nov 2
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098
Receipts
2,948 head
2,090 vs last sale 858 1,122 vs year ago 1,826 · +61.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Not all weight well tested for comparison. Feeder steers 450-500lbs and 600-650lbs steady to 5.00 lower, 550-600lbs 6.00 higher. Feeder heifers 400-450lbs up to 60.00 higher, 500-600lbs 23.00 to 27.00 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 $288.82/cwt on 1,426 head.
Average price
$288.82
1,426 head · 563 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,627
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$153
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$41.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.95
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1562290.611,6331,364
Medium and Large 1-2594249.451,48162
One grade step is worth $41.17/cwt here — about $153 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 sale1,426 hd
288.82
ND average3 barns · 5,350 hd
289.78
−0.95
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

34 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 1Fancy385302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,16511
HeifersMedium and Large 1769217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,6698
HeifersMedium and Large 1897223.50/cwt223.50–223.502,0059
HeifersMedium and Large 1729219.40/cwt219.00–220.001,59910
HeifersMedium and Large 1805224.50/cwt224.50–224.501,80725
HeifersMedium and Large 1380268.28/cwt255.00–275.001,01930
SteersMedium and Large 1574267.94/cwt254.00–282.001,538189
SteersMedium and Large 1484311.20/cwt288.00–319.001,506224
SteersMedium and Large 1324325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,05329
SteersMedium and Large 1-2523277.37/cwt277.00–278.001,45119
SteersMedium and Large 1773241.56/cwt233.00–244.001,86745
SteersMedium and Large 1744252.33/cwt252.00–252.501,87715
SteersMedium and Large 1-2446279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,24415
SteersMedium and Large 1423319.87/cwt316.00–327.001,35358
SteersMedium and Large 1909220.50/cwt220.50–220.502,00421
SteersMedium and Large 1638251.77/cwt246.00–262.501,60672
SteersMedium and Large 1-2649214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,3899
SteersMedium and Large 1810228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,84725
HeifersMedium and Large 1967214.80/cwt214.50–215.002,07745
HeifersMedium and Large 1559256.29/cwt250.00–261.001,43347
SteersMedium and Large 1360328.59/cwt310.00–335.001,18345
SteersMedium and Large 1673265.19/cwt249.00–275.001,785307
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy419371.00/cwt371.00–371.001,554139
SteersMedium and Large 1-2689223.02/cwt217.00–229.001,53714
HeifersMedium and Large 1422320.85/cwt305.00–330.001,354189
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2422283.69/cwt283.00–285.001,19726
SteersMedium and Large 1531293.28/cwt280.00–310.001,557195
SteersMedium and Large 1-2938192.50/cwt192.50–192.501,8065
HeifersMedium and Large 1477268.59/cwt255.00–280.001,281135
HeifersMedium and Large 1324305.91/cwt302.50–312.5099179
HeifersMedium and Large 1525267.15/cwt258.00–277.001,403126
HeifersMedium and Large 1936218.00/cwt215.75–220.502,040273
HeifersMedium and Large 1663230.97/cwt224.50–239.001,53159
HeifersMedium and Large 1626236.04/cwt226.00–240.001,47854

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.