Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2020-03-05

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-03-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-05

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Mar 5

● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098

← Feb 27Mar 5Mar 12 →

Receipts

5,038 head

▲ 99 vs last sale 4,939▲ 5,038 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feed steers 500-550lbs 4.00 to 7.00 higher, 550lbs and up steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers trading mixed, 450-550lbs 1.00 to 5.00 lower, 550lbs and up 1.00 to 6.00 higher except for 650-750lbs 1.00 to 6.00 lower with instances up to 13.00 lower. Flesh condition light to moderate. Good buyer demand. Many strings of feeder steers in today's offerings.

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 $149.43/cwt on 3,124 head.

Average price

$149.43

3,124 head · 708 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,059

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$239

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$36.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.94

vs ND average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	712	149.61	1,065	2,927
Medium and Large 1-2	648	147.76	958	192
Large 1	1,154	113.00	1,304	5thin

One grade step is worth $36.61/cwt here — about −$239 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 sale3,124 hd

149.43

—

ND average3 barns · 5,360 hd

148.50

+0.94

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

Every lot

31 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	431	190.23/cwt	188.00–191.50	820	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	468	191.59/cwt	188.00–192.50	897	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	522	182.85/cwt	176.50–186.00	954	69
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	571	169.98/cwt	166.00–178.50	971	327
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	632	161.76/cwt	156.50–173.00	1,022	369
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	640	149.47/cwt	143.00–155.50	957	159
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	680	152.28/cwt	147.50–156.00	1,036	463
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	689	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	961	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	724	147.36/cwt	141.00–151.00	1,067	632
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	784	138.74/cwt	130.50–142.25	1,088	526
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	821	133.55/cwt	130.00–137.00	1,096	287
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	882	126.80/cwt	125.00–128.50	1,118	159
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	907	126.40/cwt	126.00–127.00	1,146	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	974	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,169	23
Steers	—	Large 1	1,154	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,304	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	435	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	605	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	477	156.40/cwt	152.00–159.50	746	54
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	538	149.49/cwt	144.50–155.00	804	85
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	572	151.66/cwt	146.00–155.75	867	84
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	586	137.58/cwt	133.00–140.00	806	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	619	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	935	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	629	141.09/cwt	136.00–148.00	887	144
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	642	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	819	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	654	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	899	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	679	131.30/cwt	126.50–135.50	892	106
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	720	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	1,012	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	721	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	1,049	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	727	126.22/cwt	122.00–133.50	918	207
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	773	121.40/cwt	120.00–125.00	938	102
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	814	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	965	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	883	118.08/cwt	115.50–120.50	1,043	40

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 Mar 5, 2020

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

Receipts 5,038Last week 4,939Year 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
24	—	619	151.00	151.00
5	—	654	137.50	137.50
22	—	721	145.50	145.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	586	133.00–140.00	137.58
14	—	435	139.00	139.00
7	—	642	127.50	127.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
207	—	727	122.00–133.50	126.22
144	—	629	136.00–148.00	141.09
106	—	679	126.50–135.50	131.30
102	—	773	120.00–125.00	121.40
85	—	538	144.50–155.00	149.49
84	—	572	146.00–155.75	151.66
54	—	477	152.00–159.50	156.40
40	—	883	115.50–120.50	118.08
27	—	814	118.50	118.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	720	140.50	140.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	468	188.00–192.50	191.59
25	—	907	126.00–127.00	126.40
23	—	974	120.00	120.00
287	—	821	130.00–137.00	133.55
17	—	431	188.00–191.50	190.23
463	—	680	147.50–156.00	152.28
369	—	632	156.50–173.00	161.76
327	—	571	166.00–178.50	169.98
159	—	882	125.00–128.50	126.80
69	—	522	176.50–186.00	182.85
632	—	724	141.00–151.00	147.36
526	—	784	130.50–142.25	138.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,154	113.00	113.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
159	—	640	143.00–155.50	149.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	689	139.50	139.50

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.