Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2024-02-22

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Feb 22
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098
Receipts
4,167 head
2,499 vs last sale 6,666 1,089 vs year ago 5,256 · 20.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steer 500-550lbs and 650-700lbs 1.00 to 2.00 lower, 600-650lbs, 700-750lbs and 800-850lbs 2.00 higher, 550-600lbs and 750-800lbs 9.00 to 14.00 higher. Feeder heifers 450-500lbs sharply lower, 500-550lbs and 600-650lbs 2.00 to 5.00 lower, 550-600lbs up to 17.00 lower, 650-800lbs 3.00 to 7.00 higher. Many full loads and replacement heifers in today's offering. 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 $286.55/cwt on 2,519 head.
Average price
$286.55
2,519 head · 662 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,898
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$242
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$3.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.46
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2577289.971,672173
Medium and Large 1669286.301,9142,346
One grade step is worth $3.67/cwt here — about −$242 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 sale2,519 hd
286.55
ND average3 barns · 4,803 hd
283.09
+3.46
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

36 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 1385345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,3285
BullsMedium and Large 1469320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,5017
BullsMedium and Large 1504315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,5888
BullsMedium and Large 1611279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,7059
HeifersMedium and Large 1361352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,27314
HeifersMedium and Large 1430318.65/cwt312.50–341.001,37022
SteersMedium and Large 1472342.79/cwt340.00–350.001,61814
SteersMedium and Large 1-2442326.15/cwt320.00–330.001,44213
SteersMedium and Large 1-2633257.24/cwt251.00–267.501,62816
SteersMedium and Large 1763260.14/cwt247.00–266.501,985188
SteersMedium and Large 1532329.18/cwt312.50–346.001,751227
SteersMedium and Large 1-2473310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,4666
SteersMedium and Large 1870243.41/cwt236.50–246.002,11889
SteersMedium and Large 1817247.55/cwt245.00–251.002,022105
SteersMedium and Large 1635295.55/cwt285.00–314.001,877273
SteersMedium and Large 1571318.37/cwt298.00–331.001,818391
SteersMedium and Large 1679274.36/cwt264.00–292.501,863410
SteersMedium and Large 1722269.41/cwt256.25–280.501,945618
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2688200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,37611
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2517201.29/cwt200.00–205.001,04127
SteersMedium and Large 1-2722252.89/cwt251.00–255.501,82624
SteersMedium and Large 1-2578282.36/cwt274.00–296.001,63255
SteersMedium and Large 1-2541311.00/cwt311.00–311.001,68359
SteersMedium and Large 1431368.48/cwt365.00–375.001,58831
HeifersMedium and Large 1667246.64/cwt240.00–255.001,645107
HeifersMedium and Large 1483306.26/cwt290.00–311.001,47960
HeifersMedium and Large 1769239.70/cwt234.50–244.001,84376
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement704252.25/cwt252.25–252.251,77657
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement692254.50/cwt254.50–254.501,76130
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2599250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4988
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement769239.50/cwt239.50–239.501,84242
HeifersMedium and Large 1580276.75/cwt260.00–289.001,605109
HeifersMedium and Large 1620266.41/cwt256.50–274.001,652244
HeifersMedium and Large 1803220.71/cwt212.50–231.501,77230
HeifersMedium and Large 1717245.31/cwt242.00–247.001,75955
HeifersMedium and Large 1530297.98/cwt280.00–305.001,579103

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.