Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2019-12-19

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-12-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-19

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Dec 19

● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098

← Dec 12Dec 19Jan 2 →

Receipts

2,793 head

▼ 195 vs last sale 2,988▲ 2,793 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers under 700lbs 5.00 to 10.00 higher, over 700lbs 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers 450-550lbs 2.00 to 6.00 higher, 600-700lbs 6.00 to 10.00 higher. Flesh condition light to moderate. Good buyer demand. Next report January 9, 2020.

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 $154.50/cwt on 1,142 head.

Average price

$154.50

1,142 head · 616 lb average

Value per head Derived

$951

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$109

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

$9.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.30

vs ND average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	623	156.60	975	898
Medium and Large 1-2	590	146.78	866	244

One grade step is worth $9.81/cwt here — about $109 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 sale1,142 hd

154.50

—

ND average4 barns · 5,351 hd

154.20

+0.30

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

Every lot

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. 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	321	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	546	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	377	170.19/cwt	165.00–177.00	642	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	398	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	752	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	431	159.19/cwt	157.50–160.00	686	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	445	192.37/cwt	192.00–193.00	856	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	475	152.95/cwt	150.00–155.00	727	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	486	169.92/cwt	160.00–175.50	826	55
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	521	169.46/cwt	164.00–171.25	883	108
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	523	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	764	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	572	164.59/cwt	156.50–170.00	941	208
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	607	137.19/cwt	125.00–147.50	833	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	631	152.86/cwt	148.00–159.50	965	118
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	667	149.15/cwt	141.50–153.50	995	168
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	683	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	936	110
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	695	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	959	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	733	142.76/cwt	137.50–148.00	1,046	134
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	737	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	988	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	777	141.89/cwt	136.00–144.50	1,102	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	787	136.13/cwt	135.00–137.00	1,071	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	845	132.22/cwt	129.50–139.50	1,117	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	877	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	1,188	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	973	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,333	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	341	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	546	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	388	155.45/cwt	153.50–158.00	603	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	416	154.33/cwt	147.00–157.50	642	39
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	476	146.46/cwt	143.50–151.00	697	57
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	491	130.88/cwt	130.00–133.00	643	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	525	140.92/cwt	138.50–148.00	740	130
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	533	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	722	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	536	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	726	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	568	127.17/cwt	124.00–128.50	722	41
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	575	135.33/cwt	130.50–138.50	778	44
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	603	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	784	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	628	138.09/cwt	130.50–141.00	867	177
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	667	133.71/cwt	130.00–144.00	892	119
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	684	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	876	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	708	132.63/cwt	129.75–134.50	939	36
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	737	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	940	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	910	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	1,215	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	982	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	1,370	10
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,003	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,344	4

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 Dec 19, 2019

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

Receipts 2,793Last week 2,988Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	486	160.00–175.50	169.92
33	—	845	129.50–139.50	132.22
118	—	631	148.00–159.50	152.86
134	—	733	137.50–148.00	142.76
208	—	572	156.50–170.00	164.59
5	—	973	137.00	137.00
17	—	398	189.00	189.00
17	—	777	136.00–144.50	141.89
19	—	445	192.00–193.00	192.37
108	—	521	164.00–171.25	169.46
168	—	667	141.50–153.50	149.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	695	138.00	138.00
5	—	737	134.00	134.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	877	135.50	135.50
15	—	321	170.00	170.00
17	—	475	150.00–155.00	152.95
26	—	431	157.50–160.00	159.19
31	—	377	165.00–177.00	170.19
110	—	683	137.00	137.00
5	—	523	146.00	146.00
11	—	607	125.00–147.50	137.19
18	—	787	135.00–137.00	136.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	568	124.00–128.50	127.17
5	—	737	127.50	127.50
7	—	684	128.00	128.00
17	—	491	130.00–133.00	130.88
19	—	536	135.50	135.50
21	—	388	153.50–158.00	155.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
177	—	628	130.50–141.00	138.09
5	—	910	133.50	133.50
9	—	341	160.00	160.00
10	—	982	139.50	139.50
44	—	575	130.50–138.50	135.33
57	—	476	143.50–151.00	146.46
119	—	667	130.00–144.00	133.71
130	—	525	138.50–148.00	140.92
36	—	708	129.75–134.50	132.63
39	—	416	147.00–157.50	154.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	533	135.50	135.50
21	—	603	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,003	134.00	134.00

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.