Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2020-01-02

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-01-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-02

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Jan 2

● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098

← Dec 19Jan 2Jan 9 →

Receipts

1,815 head

▼ 978 vs last sale 2,793▲ 1,815 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago; Feeder steers 500-600lbs steady to 3.00 lower, 600-650lbs 2.00 to 3.00 higher, 650-700lbs 1.00 to 4.00 lower, 700-750lbs 1.00 to 4.00 higher, Feeder heifers under 600lbs steady to 5.00 higher, over 600lbs 3.00 to 7.00 lower. Not all weights well tested. Flesh condition light to moderate. Good buyer demand.

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 $152.56/cwt on 984 head.

Average price

$152.56

984 head · 680 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,037

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$334

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

$16.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.73

vs ND average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	421	168.32	709	19thin
Medium and Large 1	685	152.25	1,043	965

One grade step is worth $16.07/cwt here — about −$334 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 sale984 hd

152.56

—

ND average2 barns · 1,812 hd

150.83

+1.73

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

Every lot

16 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	421	168.32/cwt	165.00–176.00	709	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	482	170.89/cwt	164.00–175.00	824	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	505	169.25/cwt	169.00–171.00	855	41
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	575	163.60/cwt	158.00–167.50	941	162
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	627	155.10/cwt	150.00–158.50	972	123
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	689	148.21/cwt	137.50–150.25	1,021	159
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	719	146.64/cwt	143.00–149.00	1,054	169
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	790	143.73/cwt	143.00–147.00	1,135	139
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	811	147.37/cwt	147.00–147.75	1,195	141
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	413	140.26/cwt	139.00–141.00	579	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	495	149.69/cwt	146.50–150.00	741	55
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	518	141.49/cwt	138.00–143.00	733	63
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	579	137.49/cwt	130.50–143.00	796	93
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	628	134.31/cwt	125.50–135.50	843	97
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	672	136.15/cwt	133.50–137.50	915	213
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	734	135.88/cwt	135.50–136.25	997	103

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 Jan 2, 2020

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

Receipts 1,815Last week 2,793Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
93	—	579	130.50–143.00	137.49
63	—	518	138.00–143.00	141.49
55	—	495	146.50–150.00	149.69
213	—	672	133.50–137.50	136.15
103	—	734	135.50–136.25	135.88
97	—	628	125.50–135.50	134.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	413	139.00–141.00	140.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
123	—	627	150.00–158.50	155.10
41	—	505	169.00–171.00	169.25
31	—	482	164.00–175.00	170.89
169	—	719	143.00–149.00	146.64
162	—	575	158.00–167.50	163.60
159	—	689	137.50–150.25	148.21
141	—	811	147.00–147.75	147.37
139	—	790	143.00–147.00	143.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	421	165.00–176.00	168.32

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.