Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2020-09-24

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Sep 24
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098
Receipts
1,194 head
▲ 281 vs last sale 913▼ 460 vs year ago 1,654 · −27.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Steers-No weights well tested for comparison but heavier weights showing a higher trend. Heifers 700-800lbs 4.00 to 6.00 lower with instances up to 8.00 lower. No other weights well tested for comparison. Several strings of yearlings offered. Good buyer demand on full loads. Flesh condition light to moderate plus.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $140.78/cwt on 666 head.
Average price
$140.78
666 head · 893 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,257
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$59
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$17.70/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.72
vs ND average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1859144.971,245501
Medium and Large 1-2790133.801,05620
Large 11,024127.261,304145
One grade step is worth $17.70/cwt here — about −$59 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 sale666 hd
140.78
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ND average2 barns · 1,052 hd
141.50
−0.72
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

24 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1649148.00/cwt148.00–148.009618
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2667138.00/cwt138.00–138.009206
Steers—Medium and Large 1696145.96/cwt140.50–148.001,01622
Steers—Medium and Large 1714140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,00010
Steers—Medium and Large 1764147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,1235
Steers—Medium and Large 1820152.67/cwt142.00–156.251,252271
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2842132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,11114
Steers—Medium and Large 1922141.50/cwt141.50–141.501,30565
Steers—Medium and Large 1972129.39/cwt128.25–130.501,258120
Steers—Large 11,018128.10/cwt127.00–128.251,304133
Steers—Large 11,095118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,29212
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2534129.50/cwt129.50–129.5069210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1622140.00/cwt140.00–140.008715
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2629123.00/cwt123.00–123.007749
Heifers—Medium and Large 1663131.29/cwt129.50–134.0087020
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2690118.00/cwt118.00–118.008147
Heifers—Medium and Large 1712137.72/cwt129.50–139.5098171
Heifers—Medium and Large 1780135.99/cwt131.50–138.001,061100
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2792113.00/cwt113.00–113.008957
Heifers—Medium and Large 1808131.30/cwt131.00–131.501,06115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1908124.79/cwt119.50–127.001,13327
Heifers—Medium and Large 1950127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,20711
Heifers—Large 11,015124.50/cwt124.50–124.501,26410
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1506158.00/cwt158.00–158.0079918

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.