Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2020-02-27

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-02-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-27

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Feb 27

● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098

← Feb 20Feb 27Mar 5 →

Receipts

4,939 head

▼ 1,585 vs last sale 6,524▲ 4,939 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers and heifers showing a downward trend with steers 500-550lbs 9.00 to 12.00 lower, 550-950lbs 1.00 to 5.00 lower except 700-850lbs 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Feeder heifers 450-550lbs steady to 5.00 lower, 550-650lbs 7.00 to 12.00 lower, 650lbs and up 2.00 to 7.00 lower. Many strings of steers and heifers available in today's offering. 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 $148.80/cwt on 2,360 head.

Average price

$148.80

2,360 head · 709 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,055

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$142

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

$6.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.21

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	589	155.60	916	51
Medium and Large 1	712	148.65	1,058	2,309

One grade step is worth $6.95/cwt here — about −$142 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 sale2,360 hd

148.80

—

ND average4 barns · 4,318 hd

147.58

+1.21

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

Every lot

37 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	416	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	736	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	420	194.00/cwt	182.00–200.50	815	42
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	469	182.07/cwt	176.00–195.00	854	40
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	540	175.56/cwt	166.00–182.50	948	55
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	569	175.49/cwt	166.00–178.50	999	214
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	597	157.67/cwt	157.50–158.00	941	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	626	160.46/cwt	154.00–170.50	1,004	155
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	668	137.60/cwt	133.00–141.00	919	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	680	152.96/cwt	144.00–159.00	1,040	485
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	715	146.30/cwt	138.00–150.50	1,046	410
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	783	135.76/cwt	130.00–146.75	1,063	388
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	810	134.45/cwt	127.50–137.00	1,089	402
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	863	124.45/cwt	123.50–125.50	1,074	36
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	914	126.30/cwt	125.25–127.50	1,154	78
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	964	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,176	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	414	153.88/cwt	153.00–155.00	637	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	493	157.14/cwt	157.00–157.50	775	47
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	524	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	665	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	531	153.38/cwt	148.00–156.25	814	88
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	584	145.93/cwt	137.00–149.75	852	140
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	588	134.01/cwt	133.00–134.50	788	36
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	602	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	822	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	616	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	795	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	628	142.10/cwt	133.50–145.50	892	295
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	666	137.59/cwt	131.00–141.00	916	411
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	666	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	912	35
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	730	127.59/cwt	121.00–134.50	931	297
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	759	134.88/cwt	127.50–138.50	1,024	173
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	759	125.79/cwt	123.50–128.50	955	42
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	782	117.78/cwt	114.00–121.00	921	57
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	809	119.72/cwt	117.50–121.50	969	53
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	872	115.82/cwt	109.00–119.50	1,010	56
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,073	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,170	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	469	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	821	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	588	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	903	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	706	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	819	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	840	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	991	6

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 27, 2020

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

Receipts 4,939Last week 6,524Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,073	109.00	109.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	414	153.00–155.00	153.88
295	—	628	133.50–145.50	142.10
297	—	730	121.00–134.50	127.59
411	—	666	131.00–141.00	137.59
88	—	531	148.00–156.25	153.38
140	—	584	137.00–149.75	145.93
173	—	759	127.50–138.50	134.88
47	—	493	157.00–157.50	157.14
53	—	809	117.50–121.50	119.72
56	—	872	109.00–119.50	115.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	588	133.00–134.50	134.01
57	—	782	114.00–121.00	117.78
7	—	524	127.00	127.00
10	—	616	129.00	129.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	602	136.50	136.50
35	—	666	137.00	137.00
42	—	759	123.50–128.50	125.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	668	133.00–141.00	137.60
7	—	416	177.00	177.00
32	—	597	157.50–158.00	157.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	469	176.00–195.00	182.07
42	—	420	182.00–200.50	194.00
55	—	540	166.00–182.50	175.56
36	—	863	123.50–125.50	124.45
78	—	914	125.25–127.50	126.30
155	—	626	154.00–170.50	160.46
214	—	569	166.00–178.50	175.49
485	—	680	144.00–159.00	152.96
388	—	783	130.00–146.75	135.76
402	—	810	127.50–137.00	134.45
410	—	715	138.00–150.50	146.30
4	—	964	122.00	122.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	588	153.50	153.50
8	—	469	175.00	175.00
6	—	840	118.00	118.00
5	—	706	116.00	116.00

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.