Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2020-02-20

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-02-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-20

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Feb 20

● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098

← Feb 13Feb 20Feb 27 →

Receipts

6,524 head

▲ 5,172 vs last sale 1,352▲ 6,524 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers up to 800lbs 4.00 to 7.00 higher with instances up to 11.00 higher, 850-900lbs 1.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers 550-600lbs 13.00 to 16.00 higher, 600-700lbs 2.00 to 5.00 higher with instances up to 11.00 higher, 700-750lbs steady to 3.00 lower. Flesh condition light to moderate plus with a good buyer demand for today's offering with many strings of quality feeders.

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 $154.13/cwt on 3,936 head.

Average price

$154.13

3,936 head · 715 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,102

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$100

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

$9.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.68

vs ND average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	716	154.42	1,105	3,807
Medium and Large 1-2	691	145.37	1,005	129

One grade step is worth $9.05/cwt here — about $100 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 sale3,936 hd

154.13

—

ND average4 barns · 7,795 hd

152.45

+1.68

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

Every lot

36 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	384	204.37/cwt	200.00–207.50	785	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	422	197.96/cwt	191.50–207.00	835	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	474	190.08/cwt	180.00–197.00	901	83
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	484	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	857	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	530	184.19/cwt	178.00–194.00	976	121
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	576	176.77/cwt	167.00–184.00	1,018	335
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	592	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	971	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	624	153.77/cwt	150.00–156.00	960	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	627	166.99/cwt	159.00–173.50	1,047	421
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	670	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	958	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	679	155.99/cwt	147.00–162.50	1,059	493
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	727	152.43/cwt	143.50–158.00	1,108	851
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	735	135.11/cwt	121.00–139.75	993	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	768	146.00/cwt	140.50–153.00	1,121	533
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	822	139.48/cwt	133.00–145.50	1,147	537
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	837	129.66/cwt	128.00–131.00	1,085	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	859	135.99/cwt	128.50–139.50	1,168	323
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	874	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	1,053	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	932	130.87/cwt	128.00–131.50	1,220	72
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	392	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	659	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	425	160.61/cwt	154.50–167.00	683	87
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	478	141.42/cwt	137.00–146.00	676	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	489	157.93/cwt	151.50–160.00	772	60
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	530	155.36/cwt	147.00–161.00	823	125
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	572	154.34/cwt	149.25–158.50	883	260
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	581	142.42/cwt	141.50–143.00	827	39
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	617	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	842	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	633	143.47/cwt	140.00–152.00	908	269
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	663	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	796	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	664	139.88/cwt	134.50–143.00	929	373
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	706	135.25/cwt	135.25–135.25	955	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	721	131.28/cwt	125.00–136.00	947	126
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	723	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	788	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	780	129.07/cwt	123.00–131.75	1,007	259
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	806	125.75/cwt	125.75–125.75	1,014	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	877	122.35/cwt	121.50–123.75	1,073	59

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 Feb 20, 2020

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

Receipts 6,524Last week 1,352Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	706	135.25	135.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	663	120.00	120.00
39	—	581	141.50–143.00	142.42
29	—	478	137.00–146.00	141.42
13	—	617	136.50	136.50
11	—	723	109.00	109.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
373	—	664	134.50–143.00	139.88
269	—	633	140.00–152.00	143.47
260	—	572	149.25–158.50	154.34
259	—	780	123.00–131.75	129.07
126	—	721	125.00–136.00	131.28
125	—	530	147.00–161.00	155.36
87	—	425	154.50–167.00	160.61
60	—	489	151.50–160.00	157.93
59	—	877	121.50–123.75	122.35
33	—	806	125.75	125.75
9	—	392	168.00	168.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	422	191.50–207.00	197.96
14	—	384	200.00–207.50	204.37
421	—	627	159.00–173.50	166.99
335	—	576	167.00–184.00	176.77
323	—	859	128.50–139.50	135.99
121	—	530	178.00–194.00	184.19
83	—	474	180.00–197.00	190.08
72	—	932	128.00–131.50	130.87
851	—	727	143.50–158.00	152.43
537	—	822	133.00–145.50	139.48
533	—	768	140.50–153.00	146.00
493	—	679	147.00–162.50	155.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	874	120.50	120.50
7	—	484	177.00	177.00
27	—	735	121.00–139.75	135.11
26	—	592	164.00	164.00
21	—	670	143.00	143.00
20	—	837	128.00–131.00	129.66
19	—	624	150.00–156.00	153.77

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.