Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2020-03-12

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-03-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-12

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Mar 12

● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098

← Mar 5Mar 12Mar 19 →

Receipts

2,600 head

▼ 2,438 vs last sale 5,038▲ 2,600 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder cattle trading on a downward trend with feeder steers 700lbs and lower 11.00 to 16.00 lower with instances up to 19.00 lower, 700lbs and higher 4.00 to 9.00 lower. Feeder heifers 450lbs and higher 2.00 to 6.00 lower with instances up to 13.00 lower. Flesh condition light to moderate plus. 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 $142.24/cwt on 1,526 head.

Average price

$142.24

1,526 head · 697 lb average

Value per head Derived

$992

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$132

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$41.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.42

vs ND average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	696	143.00	995	1,413
Medium and Large 1-2	622	140.17	873	91
Large 1	1,105	101.95	1,126	22

One grade step is worth $41.05/cwt here — about −$132 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 sale1,526 hd

142.24

—

ND average4 barns · 3,629 hd

138.83

+3.42

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

Every lot

40 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	376	182.51/cwt	178.00–188.00	686	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	424	182.36/cwt	177.00–185.50	773	53
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	464	176.28/cwt	170.00–182.00	818	67
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	487	161.50/cwt	161.50–161.50	787	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	545	164.10/cwt	163.00–173.00	894	97
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	584	159.88/cwt	152.00–162.00	934	94
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	597	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	869	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	618	142.26/cwt	140.00–144.00	879	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	620	156.01/cwt	145.50–160.50	967	141
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	671	120.85/cwt	117.50–123.00	811	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	672	142.08/cwt	137.50–146.50	955	190
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	709	143.09/cwt	138.00–144.50	1,015	112
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	734	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	954	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	781	129.53/cwt	122.00–134.00	1,012	373
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	824	125.52/cwt	119.50–128.75	1,034	42
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	870	118.93/cwt	118.00–119.50	1,035	101
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	912	118.74/cwt	117.50–119.50	1,083	102
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	999	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,109	8
Steers	—	Large 1	1,011	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	1,041	8
Steers	—	Large 1	1,145	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,168	5
Steers	—	Large 1	1,166	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,178	9
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	385	147.22/cwt	146.00–149.00	567	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	404	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	556	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	433	155.06/cwt	150.00–160.00	671	50
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	469	147.41/cwt	139.00–150.50	691	51
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	493	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	661	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	526	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	789	66
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	541	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	687	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	570	143.32/cwt	140.00–145.00	817	147
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	580	127.50/cwt	124.00–130.00	740	37
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	611	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	721	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	616	136.84/cwt	130.00–142.50	843	103
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	672	127.84/cwt	120.50–133.50	859	81
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	726	117.94/cwt	114.00–120.50	856	87
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	755	117.95/cwt	114.50–119.50	891	36
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	803	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	915	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	814	113.27/cwt	108.00–115.00	922	43
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	913	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	840	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	961	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	990	10
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,091	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	1,015	8

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 12, 2020

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

Receipts 2,600Last week 5,038Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	580	124.00–130.00	127.50
6	—	541	127.00	127.00
22	—	493	134.00	134.00
20	—	404	137.50	137.50
6	—	611	118.00	118.00
9	—	913	92.00	92.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	526	150.00	150.00
51	—	469	139.00–150.50	147.41
50	—	433	150.00–160.00	155.06
43	—	814	108.00–115.00	113.27
36	—	755	114.50–119.50	117.95
14	—	385	146.00–149.00	147.22
10	—	961	103.00	103.00
81	—	672	120.50–133.50	127.84
87	—	726	114.00–120.50	117.94
103	—	616	130.00–142.50	136.84
147	—	570	140.00–145.00	143.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	803	114.00	114.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,091	93.00	93.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
94	—	584	152.00–162.00	159.88
67	—	464	170.00–182.00	176.28
33	—	376	178.00–188.00	182.51
8	—	999	111.00	111.00
373	—	781	122.00–134.00	129.53
190	—	672	137.50–146.50	142.08
141	—	620	145.50–160.50	156.01
101	—	870	118.00–119.50	118.93
97	—	545	163.00–173.00	164.10
53	—	424	177.00–185.50	182.36
42	—	824	119.50–128.75	125.52
112	—	709	138.00–144.50	143.09
102	—	912	117.50–119.50	118.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,166	101.00	101.00
8	—	1,011	103.00	103.00
5	—	1,145	102.00	102.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	734	130.00	130.00
15	—	671	117.50–123.00	120.85
14	—	597	145.50	145.50
14	—	487	161.50	161.50
33	—	618	140.00–144.00	142.26

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.