Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2020-10-29

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-10-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-29

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Oct 29

● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098

← Oct 15Oct 29Nov 5 →

Receipts

2,770 head

▲ 2,770 vs last sale 0▼ 54 vs year ago 2,824 · −1.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago; Not all weights well tested for comparison. Feeder steers 650-700lbs 8.00 to 11.00 lower, 600lbs and less showing and upward trend where your heavier weights showing a downward trend. Feeder heifers 600-650lbs 1.00 lower with instances up to 13.00 lower. Lighter weights showing an upward trend where your heavier weights showed steady to a lower trend. Many strings of calves available in today's offering. Large price spreads in calves not weaned or preconditioned. Good buyer demand for light weight calves. Flesh condition light to moderate.

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 $147.91/cwt on 1,130 head.

Average price

$147.91

1,130 head · 674 lb average

Value per head Derived

$997

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$233

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$29.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.36

vs ND average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	669	149.53	1,001	1,023
Medium and Large 1-2	667	134.78	898	90
Large 1	1,028	120.00	1,234	17thin

One grade step is worth $29.53/cwt here — about −$233 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 sale1,130 hd

147.91

—

ND average3 barns · 5,230 hd

148.27

−0.36

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

Every lot

38 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	301	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	534	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	432	167.29/cwt	159.50–175.00	723	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	476	170.38/cwt	169.50–171.50	811	79
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	476	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	726	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	531	152.94/cwt	147.00–160.00	812	61
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	554	162.86/cwt	151.00–165.00	902	165
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	569	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	734	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	628	153.12/cwt	144.50–157.50	962	167
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	642	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	899	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	683	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	878	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	693	143.86/cwt	135.50–146.00	997	142
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	737	132.75/cwt	132.75–132.75	978	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	746	151.77/cwt	143.50–152.25	1,132	87
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	769	134.36/cwt	127.75–139.50	1,033	155
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	806	135.90/cwt	133.50–136.75	1,095	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	852	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,099	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	942	125.27/cwt	125.00–125.50	1,180	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	989	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,305	64
Steers	—	Large 1	1,028	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,234	17
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	335	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	477	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	351	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	505	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	445	146.93/cwt	140.00–153.00	654	88
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	471	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	655	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	528	141.71/cwt	133.50–146.50	748	110
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	543	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	717	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	581	140.00/cwt	136.00–142.00	813	166
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	615	131.50/cwt	124.00–134.00	809	85
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	663	134.34/cwt	126.00–138.50	891	164
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	747	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	930	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	780	137.88/cwt	132.00–138.50	1,075	169
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	829	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,028	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	871	123.75/cwt	121.00–125.00	1,078	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	912	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	948	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	926	123.47/cwt	118.50–125.50	1,143	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	973	120.75/cwt	120.00–121.50	1,175	24
Heifers	—	Large 1Fleshy	1,087	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,098	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	409	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	675	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	533	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	757	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 Oct 29, 2020

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

Receipts 2,770Last week 0Year ago 2,824

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,087	101.00	101.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	335	142.50	142.50
6	—	351	144.00	144.00
169	—	780	132.00–138.50	137.88
110	—	528	133.50–146.50	141.71
22	—	871	121.00–125.00	123.75
24	—	926	118.50–125.50	123.47
29	—	471	139.00	139.00
166	—	581	136.00–142.00	140.00
164	—	663	126.00–138.50	134.34
88	—	445	140.00–153.00	146.93
24	—	973	120.00–121.50	120.75
8	—	829	124.00	124.00
85	—	615	124.00–134.00	131.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	747	124.50	124.50
8	—	912	104.00	104.00
9	—	543	132.00	132.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,028	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	432	159.50–175.00	167.29
31	—	806	133.50–136.75	135.90
64	—	989	132.00	132.00
79	—	476	169.50–171.50	170.38
87	—	746	143.50–152.25	151.77
142	—	693	135.50–146.00	143.86
17	—	942	125.00–125.50	125.27
20	—	852	129.00	129.00
61	—	531	147.00–160.00	152.94
5	—	301	177.50	177.50
155	—	769	127.75–139.50	134.36
165	—	554	151.00–165.00	162.86
167	—	628	144.50–157.50	153.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	642	140.00	140.00
28	—	737	132.75	132.75
6	—	569	129.00	129.00
24	—	683	128.50	128.50
6	—	476	152.50	152.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	533	142.00	142.00
10	—	409	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.