Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2019-11-14

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-11-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-14

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Nov 14

● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098

← Nov 7Nov 14Nov 21 →

Receipts

4,395 head

▲ 1,397 vs last sale 2,998▲ 4,395 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers 500-550lbs traded 13.00 higher, 550-700lbs 1.00 to 3.00 higher, 700-850lbs 1.00 to 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers 500-650lbs traded 4.00 to 7.00 higher, 650-750lbs 1.00 to 6.00 lower. Large strings of calves in today's offering. Good buyer demand for lighter weight calves. Flesh condition light to moderate.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $157.29/cwt on 2,336 head.

Average price

$157.29

2,336 head · 597 lb average

Value per head Derived

$939

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$129

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$2.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.99

vs ND average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	601	157.44	947	2,204
Medium and Large 1-2	528	154.87	818	132

One grade step is worth $2.56/cwt here — about $129 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 sale2,336 hd

157.29

—

ND average4 barns · 8,479 hd

156.30

+0.99

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

34 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	375	173.70/cwt	169.00–180.00	651	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	426	178.90/cwt	173.50–183.00	762	128
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	479	172.75/cwt	162.50–178.50	827	130
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	492	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	785	84
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	517	173.56/cwt	161.00–177.50	897	344
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	535	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	829	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	570	157.01/cwt	149.50–165.50	895	591
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	587	147.76/cwt	146.00–148.50	867	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	615	151.73/cwt	143.50–158.00	933	288
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	636	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	887	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	674	147.52/cwt	139.50–153.00	994	342
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	721	143.78/cwt	139.50–146.50	1,037	166
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	771	142.58/cwt	137.50–145.75	1,099	129
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	825	144.75/cwt	141.50–146.25	1,194	49
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	868	140.19/cwt	135.00–144.00	1,217	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	907	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,306	11
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	341	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	522	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	380	151.34/cwt	148.00–154.00	575	37
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	430	150.73/cwt	146.50–153.00	648	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	469	149.69/cwt	139.00–153.50	702	326
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	531	143.51/cwt	137.00–150.50	762	304
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	538	131.07/cwt	125.00–134.00	705	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	556	128.31/cwt	121.00–130.50	713	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	569	140.10/cwt	133.00–145.00	797	310
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	610	135.21/cwt	127.00–137.00	825	78
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	635	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	765	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	661	131.61/cwt	125.00–135.00	870	69
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	669	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	809	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	716	126.62/cwt	122.00–134.00	907	88
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	918	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	1,244	20
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,044	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,331	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	441	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	745	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	550	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	778	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	715	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	815	9

This sale against other markets

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.

North Dakota feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Napoleon Livestock Auction - Napoleon, ND

Thu Nov 14, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Bismarck, ND (LS-BM)

Receipts 4,395Last week 2,998Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	380	148.00–154.00	151.34
69	—	661	125.00–135.00	131.61
78	—	610	127.00–137.00	135.21
88	—	716	122.00–134.00	126.62
304	—	531	137.00–150.50	143.51
310	—	569	133.00–145.00	140.10
326	—	469	139.00–153.50	149.69
32	—	430	146.50–153.00	150.73
20	—	918	135.50	135.50
11	—	341	153.00	153.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	669	121.00	121.00
12	—	635	120.50	120.50
23	—	556	121.00–130.50	128.31
28	—	538	125.00–134.00	131.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,044	127.50	127.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	907	144.00	144.00
12	—	375	169.00–180.00	173.70
14	—	868	135.00–144.00	140.19
49	—	825	141.50–146.25	144.75
128	—	426	173.50–183.00	178.90
129	—	771	137.50–145.75	142.58
130	—	479	162.50–178.50	172.75
166	—	721	139.50–146.50	143.78
288	—	615	143.50–158.00	151.73
342	—	674	139.50–153.00	147.52
344	—	517	161.00–177.50	173.56
591	—	570	149.50–165.50	157.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	535	155.00	155.00
11	—	636	139.50	139.50
31	—	587	146.00–148.50	147.76
84	—	492	159.50	159.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	715	114.00	114.00
7	—	550	141.50	141.50
7	—	441	169.00	169.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.