Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2020-04-09

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-04-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-09

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Apr 9

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098

← Apr 2Apr 9Apr 16 →

Receipts

1,631 head

▼ 602 vs last sale 2,233▲ 1,631 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder cattle showing and upward trend with feeder steers 500-600lbs steady to 3.00 higher, 600lbs and higher 7.00 to 9.00 higher with instances up to 16.00 higher. Feeder heifers 500-700lbs 5.00 to 10.00 higher with instances up to 12.00 higher. 700-750lbs 1.00 to 5.00 higher. Not all weights well tested for comparison. Quality replacement heifers 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 $141.99/cwt on 883 head.

Average price

$141.99

883 head · 694 lb average

Value per head Derived

$985

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$97

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

$20.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.21

vs ND average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	692	143.14	990	833
Medium and Large 1-2	727	122.81	893	50

One grade step is worth $20.33/cwt here — about $97 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 sale883 hd

141.99

—

ND average2 barns · 1,518 hd

133.78

+8.21

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

Every lot

29 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	445	181.62/cwt	178.00–183.50	808	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	479	177.23/cwt	176.50–180.00	849	38
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	494	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	776	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	522	167.18/cwt	160.00–173.25	873	40
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	592	157.16/cwt	144.00–159.50	930	184
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	635	150.56/cwt	143.00–157.50	956	112
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	677	139.42/cwt	137.50–142.00	944	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	725	137.63/cwt	131.00–143.50	998	37
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	735	120.55/cwt	119.00–123.00	886	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	772	133.03/cwt	123.00–135.50	1,027	156
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	834	121.49/cwt	120.00–123.00	1,013	120
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	842	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	926	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	871	119.45/cwt	112.00–120.00	1,040	74
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	925	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	944	12
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	427	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	564	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	439	146.26/cwt	144.00–149.00	642	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	481	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	712	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	527	145.02/cwt	133.00–146.75	764	79
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	548	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	674	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	577	141.16/cwt	137.00–143.50	814	102
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	579	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	724	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	625	138.98/cwt	135.00–144.50	869	67
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	668	126.97/cwt	125.50–134.00	848	41
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	728	116.70/cwt	115.50–120.00	850	41
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	730	127.12/cwt	126.00–132.50	928	56
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	759	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	922	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	764	135.98/cwt	127.00–150.00	1,039	79
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	872	105.01/cwt	100.00–111.00	916	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	885	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	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 Apr 9, 2020

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

Receipts 1,631Last week 2,233Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	481	148.00	148.00
15	—	759	121.50	121.50
15	—	872	100.00–111.00	105.01
33	—	439	144.00–149.00	146.26
41	—	668	125.50–134.00	126.97
41	—	728	115.50–120.00	116.70
79	—	527	133.00–146.75	145.02
102	—	577	137.00–143.50	141.16
67	—	625	135.00–144.50	138.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	548	123.00	123.00
15	—	579	125.00	125.00
6	—	427	132.00	132.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	885	112.00	112.00
56	—	730	126.00–132.50	127.12
79	—	764	127.00–150.00	135.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	735	119.00–123.00	120.55
6	—	494	157.00	157.00
10	—	842	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	725	131.00–143.50	137.63
112	—	635	143.00–157.50	150.56
120	—	834	120.00–123.00	121.49
156	—	772	123.00–135.50	133.03
184	—	592	144.00–159.50	157.16
12	—	925	102.00	102.00
28	—	445	178.00–183.50	181.62
32	—	677	137.50–142.00	139.42
38	—	479	176.50–180.00	177.23
40	—	522	160.00–173.25	167.18
74	—	871	112.00–120.00	119.45

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.