Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2020-04-30

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-04-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-30

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Apr 30

● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098

← Apr 23Apr 30May 14 →

Receipts

1,041 head

▼ 1,829 vs last sale 2,870▲ 1,041 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers 500-550lbs 2.00 to 4.00 lower, 700-750lbs 6.00 to 10.00 lower, 800-900lbs 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Not all weights well tested for comparison in steers, no weights well tested for comparison in heifers. Good buyer demand on quality cattle. Flesh condition light to moderate plus.

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 $134.69/cwt on 645 head.

Average price

$134.69

645 head · 727 lb average

Value per head Derived

$979

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$300

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

$28.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.06

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	427	161.40	689	30
Medium and Large 1	742	133.39	989	615

One grade step is worth $28.01/cwt here — about −$300 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 sale645 hd

134.69

—

ND average3 barns · 2,909 hd

130.63

+4.06

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

Every lot

22 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 1-2	377	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	622	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	401	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	718	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	494	168.28/cwt	168.00–169.00	831	46
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	514	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	879	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	543	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	831	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	575	155.86/cwt	152.00–161.00	896	45
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	638	143.55/cwt	138.50–146.00	916	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	680	137.42/cwt	136.00–138.75	934	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	730	131.48/cwt	126.50–133.75	960	180
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	777	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	948	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	815	127.87/cwt	127.50–128.25	1,042	140
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	855	118.75/cwt	118.75–118.75	1,015	75
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	921	108.47/cwt	107.75–112.00	999	35
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	989	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,038	20
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	330	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	469	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	399	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	626	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	423	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	635	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	484	146.93/cwt	135.00–149.00	711	40
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	531	135.57/cwt	133.00–137.50	720	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	630	133.25/cwt	133.25–133.25	839	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	684	127.75/cwt	127.75–127.75	874	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	720	123.25/cwt	123.25–123.25	887	16

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 30, 2020

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

Receipts 1,041Last week 2,870Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	423	150.00	150.00
25	—	399	157.00	157.00
34	—	531	133.00–137.50	135.57
40	—	484	135.00–149.00	146.93
16	—	720	123.25	123.25
16	—	684	127.75	127.75
6	—	630	133.25	133.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	330	142.00	142.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	777	122.00	122.00
7	—	401	179.00	179.00
35	—	921	107.75–112.00	108.47
20	—	989	105.00	105.00
21	—	680	136.00–138.75	137.42
75	—	855	118.75	118.75
10	—	514	171.00	171.00
45	—	575	152.00–161.00	155.86
31	—	638	138.50–146.00	143.55
140	—	815	127.50–128.25	127.87
46	—	494	168.00–169.00	168.28
180	—	730	126.50–133.75	131.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	543	153.00	153.00
21	—	377	165.00	165.00

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.