Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2020-03-19

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-03-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-19

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Mar 19

● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098

← Mar 12Mar 19Mar 26 →

Receipts

1,848 head

▼ 752 vs last sale 2,600▲ 1,848 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder Steers 500-700lbs 6.00 to 9.00 lower with instances up to 16.00 lower, 800lbs and higher 2.00 to 3.00 higher except 850-900lbs 2.00 lower. Feeder Heifers 650-700lbs 2.00 to 3.00 lower, 700lbs and higher steady to 4.00 higher. Not all weights well tested for comparison. Flesh condition light to moderate. Quality replacement heifers in today's offering. 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 $129.47/cwt on 901 head.

Average price

$129.47

901 head · 799 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,034

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$77

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

$13.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs ND average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	798	129.83	1,036	877
Medium and Large 1-2	823	116.50	959	24

One grade step is worth $13.33/cwt here — about $77 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 sale901 hd

129.47

—

ND average1 barns · 901 hd

129.47

+0.00

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

Every lot

23 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	444	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	688	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	528	163.77/cwt	157.00–164.50	865	68
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	597	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	848	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	644	144.08/cwt	143.00–144.25	928	57
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	675	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	908	40
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	744	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	908	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	763	131.25/cwt	131.25–131.25	1,001	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	820	128.39/cwt	122.00–130.70	1,053	375
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	823	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	959	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	894	116.25/cwt	116.25–116.25	1,039	68
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	913	120.68/cwt	112.50–122.25	1,102	198
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	983	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,071	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	427	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	576	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	487	120.07/cwt	115.00–125.00	585	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	524	133.75/cwt	129.00–135.00	701	68
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	609	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	716	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	647	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	822	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	658	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	829	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	686	125.58/cwt	121.50–130.50	861	198
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	728	118.52/cwt	116.00–120.00	863	147
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	780	111.25/cwt	111.25–111.25	868	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	815	117.50/cwt	116.75–119.00	958	224
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	837	115.27/cwt	114.25–117.00	965	80

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 19, 2020

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

Receipts 1,848Last week 2,600Year 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
224	—	815	116.75–119.00	117.50
16	—	658	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
198	—	686	121.50–130.50	125.58
147	—	728	116.00–120.00	118.52
80	—	837	114.25–117.00	115.27
68	—	524	129.00–135.00	133.75
28	—	647	127.00	127.00
14	—	780	111.25	111.25
11	—	427	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	609	117.50	117.50
10	—	487	115.00–125.00	120.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	763	131.25	131.25
8	—	444	155.00	155.00
5	—	597	142.00	142.00
198	—	913	112.50–122.25	120.68
68	—	894	116.25	116.25
68	—	528	157.00–164.50	163.77
57	—	644	143.00–144.25	144.08
40	—	675	134.50	134.50
29	—	744	122.00	122.00
5	—	983	109.00	109.00
375	—	820	122.00–130.70	128.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	823	116.50	116.50

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.