Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2024-04-04

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Apr 4
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098
Receipts
1,633 head
1,789 vs last sale 3,422 1,890 vs year ago 3,523 · 53.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago; Feeder steers 450-500lbs traded sharply higher, 550-600lbs and 650-700lbs 19.00 lower, 600-650lbs sharply lower, 700-750lbs and 800-850lbs 6.00 to 10.00 lower. Feeder heifers 450-500lbs, 600-650lbs and 700-750lbs 3.00 to 5.00 lower, 550-600lbs and 650-700lbs 11.00 to 15.00 lower. Quality replacement heifers in today's offering. Good buyer demand. Flesh condition light to moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $293.92/cwt on 103 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits 150.93 against this barn's trailing median of $444.85.
Average price
$293.92
103 head · 568 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,670
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+3.74
vs ND average
+23.33 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1568293.921,670103
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
498466434402median 444.8512/1801/2903/1204/1606/11
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $483.60, low $415.83, median $444.85 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 sale103 hd
293.92
ND average2 barns · 166 hd
290.18
+3.74
National average179 barns · 13,329 hd
270.59
+23.33
This barn, trailing median18 sales
444.85
−150.93
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

37 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 1550–600573293.62/cwt285.00–304.001,68296
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900882210.12/cwt202.50–214.001,85325
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500494358.80/cwt345.00–363.001,77247
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850846233.30/cwt232.00–242.501,9748
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700656295.38/cwt277.50–300.001,93894
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700676265.38/cwt255.00–268.001,79463
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450409387.09/cwt385.00–400.001,58321
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750728258.64/cwt258.00–260.001,883104
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900859233.83/cwt230.00–245.002,00960
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650633289.90/cwt280.00–300.001,83534
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500478322.63/cwt312.50–335.001,54248
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800754250.25/cwt239.00–253.001,88776
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement700–750739256.83/cwt253.00–263.001,898118
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950919226.00/cwt226.00–226.002,0778
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750733255.35/cwt255.00–257.001,87228
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750705272.65/cwt266.50–289.001,92265
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement800–850809246.75/cwt246.75–246.751,99670
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650615281.89/cwt269.00–288.001,73480
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600594292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,7346
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600572328.11/cwt315.00–334.001,87746
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650643259.50/cwt259.50–259.501,66911
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550530320.33/cwt305.00–332.501,69829
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement650–700665262.83/cwt262.00–264.001,74812
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800778248.43/cwt245.00–250.001,93329
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400398325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,2945
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650647260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,68226
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750733236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,7308
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500496300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,4885
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800770222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,70924
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700686239.03/cwt237.00–240.001,64036
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350310404.32/cwt400.00–420.001,2535
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850823227.77/cwt224.00–229.001,87520
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450434341.00/cwt341.00–341.001,48010
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550501298.00/cwt298.00–298.001,4937
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400379360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,3646
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy450–500453385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,74410
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy600–650601294.00/cwt294.00–294.001,76784

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.