Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2020-01-09

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Jan 9
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098
Receipts
3,798 head
▲ 1,983 vs last sale 1,815▲ 3,798 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers 500-600lbs 6.00 to 11.00 higher, 600-650lbs up to 16.00 higher, 650-750lbs steady to 5.00 higher with instances of 11.00 higher, 750-850lbs 1.00 to 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers trading under 700lbs 3.00 to 8.00 higher with instances up to 14.00 higher, over 700lbs 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Good buyer demand on today's offering. Flesh condition light to moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $163.79/cwt on 1,673 head.
Average price
$163.79
1,673 head · 607 lb average
Value per head Derived
$994
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$149
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$5.42/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.91
vs ND average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1610164.011,0001,605
Medium and Large 1-2536158.6085168
One grade step is worth $5.42/cwt here — about $149 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 sale1,673 hd
163.79
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ND average4 barns · 7,176 hd
156.89
+6.91
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

38 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2323172.50/cwt172.50–172.505575
Steers—Medium and Large 1337189.00/cwt189.00–189.006379
Steers—Medium and Large 1386185.00/cwt185.00–185.007147
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2393164.00/cwt164.00–164.006456
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2410169.00/cwt169.00–169.006937
Steers—Medium and Large 1419188.02/cwt181.00–191.5078872
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2468165.00/cwt165.00–165.007728
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy470194.00/cwt194.00–194.0091218
Steers—Medium and Large 1484181.01/cwt170.00–185.50876115
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2516164.00/cwt164.00–164.008469
Steers—Medium and Large 1523175.83/cwt169.00–182.50920214
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2572153.00/cwt153.00–153.008755
Steers—Medium and Large 1576168.38/cwt159.50–175.00970346
Steers—Medium and Large 1623166.18/cwt158.50–174.501,035226
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2632154.18/cwt151.50–156.5097417
Steers—Medium and Large 1673152.09/cwt146.50–161.001,024305
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2695143.00/cwt143.00–143.0099411
Steers—Medium and Large 1720147.66/cwt143.50–154.001,063158
Steers—Medium and Large 1767142.95/cwt139.00–144.501,09669
Steers—Medium and Large 1822142.15/cwt137.50–143.001,16857
Steers—Medium and Large 1856141.50/cwt141.50–141.501,2119
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2341139.00/cwt139.00–139.004746
Heifers—Medium and Large 1371161.32/cwt157.50–164.0059833
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2390144.28/cwt142.00–147.0056311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1430161.35/cwt159.00–166.00694105
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473157.44/cwt153.00–164.50745162
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2499140.50/cwt140.50–140.507017
Heifers—Medium and Large 1527148.79/cwt143.50–155.00784292
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2573132.00/cwt132.00–132.007566
Heifers—Medium and Large 1580141.90/cwt137.50–150.00823151
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement603144.50/cwt144.50–144.5087141
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2611130.00/cwt130.00–130.0079415
Heifers—Medium and Large 1622141.40/cwt136.00–146.75880152
Heifers—Medium and Large 1662139.18/cwt131.50–143.00921184
Heifers—Medium and Large 1718136.00/cwt129.00–138.5097658
Heifers—Medium and Large 1780132.50/cwt132.50–132.501,03448
Heifers—Medium and Large 1846132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,1177
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1624140.00/cwt140.00–140.008745

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.