Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2023-12-14

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Dec 14
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098
Receipts
2,350 head
88 vs last sale 2,438 783 vs year ago 3,133 · 25.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers 400-450lbs and 500-550lbs 2.00 to 5.00 higher with instances up to 8.00 higher, 450-500lbs and 600-650lbs 15.00 to 17.00 higher, 550-600lbs 6.00 lower. Feeder heifers 400-450lbs 3.00 higher, 450-500lbs traded sharply higher, 500-650lbs 9.00 to 14.00 higher with instances up to 18.00 higher. Good buyer demand. Flesh condition light to moderate. Next report January 4th, 2024.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $285.34/cwt on 1,034 head.
Average price
$285.34
1,034 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,556
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$474
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$100.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.38
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1539289.631,560898
Medium and Large 1-2519266.661,385119
Large 11,076189.002,03417thin
One grade step is worth $100.63/cwt here — about −$474 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 sale1,034 hd
285.34
ND average3 barns · 4,452 hd
279.96
+5.38
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

41 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 1530260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,37817
BullsMedium and Large 1643215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,38212
BullsMedium and Large 1394305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,2027
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy399283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,12941
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy445292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,29942
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2443220.00/cwt220.00–220.009755
SteersMedium and Large 1654249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,62821
SteersMedium and Large 1-2420290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,21817
SteersMedium and Large 1320325.71/cwt315.00–337.501,04244
SteersMedium and Large 1913173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,5797
SteersMedium and Large 1803231.60/cwt224.00–233.001,86090
SteersMedium and Large 1-2488288.00/cwt285.00–289.001,40519
SteersMedium and Large 1-2634226.22/cwt225.00–230.001,43425
SteersMedium and Large 1-2528264.73/cwt252.00–274.001,39836
SteersMedium and Large 1362325.16/cwt320.00–337.501,17719
SteersMedium and Large 1625260.13/cwt246.00–272.001,62696
SteersMedium and Large 1-2577256.16/cwt255.00–257.501,47811
SteersMedium and Large 1-2382302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,15611
SteersMedium and Large 1443307.72/cwt297.50–328.001,363131
SteersMedium and Large 1566278.08/cwt267.00–287.001,574143
SteersMedium and Large 1524301.56/cwt283.50–309.501,580179
HeifersMedium and Large 1815199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,62210
SteersMedium and Large 1722225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,6255
HeifersMedium and Large 1797197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,57015
HeifersMedium and Large 1566246.97/cwt238.00–252.001,39847
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy435337.09/cwt335.00–337.501,46659
SteersLarge 11,076189.00/cwt189.00–189.002,03417
HeifersMedium and Large 1884191.69/cwt183.00–196.501,69537
SteersMedium and Large 1464310.16/cwt297.50–322.501,439104
HeifersMedium and Large 1529273.36/cwt265.00–280.001,44681
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2522244.64/cwt239.00–250.001,27749
HeifersMedium and Large 1701187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,3145
HeifersMedium and Large 1929199.50/cwt199.50–199.501,85358
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2481247.15/cwt241.00–252.501,18925
HeifersMedium and Large 1475281.05/cwt267.50–286.001,335148
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2377232.70/cwt220.00–240.0087730
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2627207.53/cwt205.00–211.001,30112
HeifersMedium and Large 1607234.32/cwt225.00–249.501,42264
HeifersMedium and Large 1367260.88/cwt250.00–270.0095726
HeifersMedium and Large 1331272.99/cwt270.00–280.0090420
HeifersMedium and Large 1430263.48/cwt259.00–270.001,13397

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.