Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2023-11-16

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Nov 16
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098
Receipts
4,718 head
201 vs last sale 4,517 1,180 vs year ago 5,898 · 20.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers 350-400lbs sharply higher, 400-500lbs and 600-650lbs 7.00 to 9.00 higher, 550-600lbs and 650-750lbs steady to 4.00 lower. Feeder heifers; 350-450lbs and 500-550lbs 9.00 to 14.00 lower with instances up to 20.00 lower, 450-500lbs and 550-650lbs 5.00 to 6.00 higher. Good buyer demand on full loads. Calves without total vaccination program bringing lower end of price range. Flesh condition light to moderate. Next report November 30, 2023.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $270.13/cwt on 2,355 head.
Average price
$270.13
2,355 head · 566 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,529
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$111
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$9.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
7.58
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1569271.161,5422,092
Medium and Large 1-2546261.941,431263
One grade step is worth $9.22/cwt here — about $111 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 sale2,355 hd
270.13
ND average3 barns · 7,321 hd
277.71
−7.58
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

33 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
BullsMedium and Large 1352297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,04710
BullsMedium and Large 1430288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,23837
HeifersMedium and Large 1656223.36/cwt220.00–227.501,4659
HeifersMedium and Large 1992200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,98410
HeifersMedium and Large 1833216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,79915
HeifersMedium and Large 1304261.58/cwt260.00–265.0079519
SteersMedium and Large 1626256.47/cwt243.00–267.001,606426
SteersMedium and Large 1528281.48/cwt260.00–288.001,486490
SteersMedium and Large 1-2390288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,1236
SteersMedium and Large 1-2482283.48/cwt270.00–285.001,36694
SteersMedium and Large 1370314.78/cwt304.00–332.501,16567
SteersMedium and Large 1420310.09/cwt296.00–327.501,30260
SteersMedium and Large 1-2805209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,68214
SteersMedium and Large 1-2718202.79/cwt190.00–210.001,45617
SteersMedium and Large 1574271.09/cwt258.00–284.001,556490
HeifersMedium and Large 1427257.59/cwt247.00–267.001,100113
HeifersMedium and Large 1571238.58/cwt228.00–249.001,362286
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2470239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,1236
SteersMedium and Large 1-2658218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,4347
SteersMedium and Large 1-2445286.67/cwt282.00–291.001,27629
SteersMedium and Large 1-2537255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,36911
HeifersMedium and Large 1708212.17/cwt212.00–212.501,50218
HeifersMedium and Large 1380254.33/cwt245.00–267.5096694
HeifersMedium and Large 1622233.21/cwt223.00–244.501,45195
SteersMedium and Large 1663241.65/cwt234.00–252.001,602279
SteersMedium and Large 1735236.85/cwt230.50–242.001,74165
SteersMedium and Large 1472296.12/cwt288.00–317.001,398195
HeifersMedium and Large 1475256.34/cwt240.00–266.001,218336
HeifersMedium and Large 1785215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,68825
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2571211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,2055
HeifersMedium and Large 1528247.20/cwt235.00–255.001,305403
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy411350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,43920
SteersMedium and Large 1-2578252.90/cwt250.50–255.001,46285

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.