Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2020-11-05

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-11-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-05

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Nov 5

● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098

← Oct 29Nov 5Nov 12 →

Receipts

2,933 head

▲ 163 vs last sale 2,770▼ 65 vs year ago 2,998 · −2.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers selling mixed with 450-550lbs 4.00 to 6.00 higher with instances up to 12.00 higher, 600-800lbs 2.00 to 7.00 lower with instances up to 12.00 lower. Feeder heifers 400-700lbs 6.00 to 8.00 lower with instances up to 13.00 lower. Good buyer demand for light weight steers and full loads. 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 $156.80/cwt on 1,333 head.

Average price

$156.80

1,333 head · 594 lb average

Value per head Derived

$932

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$154

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

$3.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.12

vs ND average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	597	156.91	937	1,289
Medium and Large 1-2	511	153.39	783	44

One grade step is worth $3.52/cwt here — about $154 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 sale1,333 hd

156.80

—

ND average3 barns · 5,069 hd

153.68

+3.12

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

Every lot

33 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	314	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	600	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	359	185.16/cwt	183.00–186.50	665	44
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	434	170.01/cwt	163.00–173.00	738	76
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	465	158.51/cwt	158.00–159.00	737	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	466	174.47/cwt	163.00–177.00	813	244
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	532	164.37/cwt	159.00–165.75	874	106
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	554	171.75/cwt	171.75–171.75	951	79
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	560	154.18/cwt	144.00–159.00	863	142
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	599	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	860	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	625	144.93/cwt	135.50–148.00	906	178
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	669	142.71/cwt	141.00–144.00	955	97
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	722	136.38/cwt	133.00–140.00	985	69
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	768	134.65/cwt	133.50–136.00	1,034	61
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	829	142.87/cwt	137.00–145.50	1,184	68
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	894	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	1,256	65
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	912	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,277	36
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	301	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	406	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	347	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	521	41
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	357	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	511	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	439	137.17/cwt	127.00–141.00	602	77
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	479	144.25/cwt	136.50–149.50	691	62
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	532	134.94/cwt	127.50–140.50	718	120
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	546	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	680	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	580	111.65/cwt	110.00–113.00	648	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	582	131.98/cwt	130.00–135.50	768	88
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	603	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	799	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	618	118.62/cwt	116.00–122.50	733	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	650	127.69/cwt	125.50–128.00	830	49
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	722	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	928	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	825	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	1,027	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	871	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,089	66
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	934	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	1,163	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	994	127.75/cwt	127.75–127.75	1,270	115

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 Nov 5, 2020

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

Receipts 2,933Last week 2,770Year ago 2,998

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	357	143.00	143.00
10	—	825	124.50	124.50
10	—	934	124.50	124.50
12	—	603	132.50	132.50
25	—	722	128.50	128.50
49	—	650	125.50–128.00	127.69
41	—	347	150.00	150.00
88	—	582	130.00–135.50	131.98
115	—	994	127.75	127.75
120	—	532	127.50–140.50	134.94
62	—	479	136.50–149.50	144.25
66	—	871	125.00	125.00
77	—	439	127.00–141.00	137.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	580	110.00–113.00	111.65
15	—	618	116.00–122.50	118.62
6	—	546	124.50	124.50
10	—	301	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	554	171.75	171.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
142	—	560	144.00–159.00	154.18
178	—	625	135.50–148.00	144.93
61	—	768	133.50–136.00	134.65
36	—	912	140.00	140.00
44	—	359	183.00–186.50	185.16
244	—	466	163.00–177.00	174.47
97	—	669	141.00–144.00	142.71
24	—	314	191.00	191.00
65	—	894	140.50	140.50
68	—	829	137.00–145.50	142.87
106	—	532	159.00–165.75	164.37
69	—	722	133.00–140.00	136.38
76	—	434	163.00–173.00	170.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	599	143.50	143.50
29	—	465	158.00–159.00	158.51

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.