Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2024-03-07

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Mar 7
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098
Receipts
2,021 head
2,160 vs last sale 4,181 415 vs year ago 1,606 · +25.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers 400-450lbs and 650-700lbs steady to 2.00 lower, 450-650lbs 6.00 to 9.00 lower with instances up to 16.00 lower, 700-800lbs 5.00 to 8.00 higher. Feeder heifers 450-550lbs and 700-750lbs 2.00 to 7.00 lower, 550-600lbs 6.00 to 8.00 higher, 600-700lbs 13.00 to 15.00 lower. Good buyer demand. Flesh condition light to moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $338.12/cwt on 287 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits 157.27 against this barn's trailing median of $495.39.
Average price
$338.12
287 head · 535 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,809
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+8.01
vs ND average
+25.12 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1535338.121,809287
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

18 sales
552513474436median 495.3912/1801/2903/1204/1606/11
Steers 500–600 lb: high $538.00, low $449.65, median $495.39 across 18 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale287 hd
338.12
ND average3 barns · 733 hd
330.10
+8.01
National average178 barns · 13,961 hd
313.00
+25.12
This barn, trailing median18 sales
495.39
−157.27
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

27 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
SteersLarge 11000–10501,018210.00/cwt210.00–210.002,1387
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy750–800764271.60/cwt270.00–274.002,07510
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350332335.25/cwt325.00–342.501,11312
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400385341.18/cwt335.00–345.001,31413
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800792220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,74225
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900867212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,83826
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650638298.32/cwt289.00–310.001,90374
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350329390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,2837
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400374405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,5158
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850827251.20/cwt250.00–254.002,077147
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700689256.99/cwt241.00–258.001,771107
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550541305.35/cwt287.50–308.001,652111
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700679277.97/cwt270.00–300.001,887175
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550518345.98/cwt320.00–354.001,792181
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750722282.75/cwt270.50–285.002,041197
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700686217.40/cwt215.00–221.001,49123
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450425355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,50911
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450419334.69/cwt325.00–350.001,40260
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500491354.47/cwt347.50–362.501,74064
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600564324.69/cwt313.00–334.001,831106
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800783252.54/cwt243.50–257.501,977124
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600567291.70/cwt275.00–300.001,65450
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500469327.83/cwt315.00–332.501,53866
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650624265.62/cwt260.00–272.501,65782
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750719250.50/cwt250.50–250.501,80160
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450431391.41/cwt380.00–405.001,68769
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350321290.00/cwt290.00–290.009318

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.