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Napoleon Livestock Auction

Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-11-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-19

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Nov 19

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098

← Nov 12Nov 19Dec 3 →

Receipts

3,621 head

▲ 138 vs last sale 3,483▼ 853 vs year ago 4,474 · −19.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers 500-550lbs 4.00 to 5.00 higher, 550-700lbs steady to 4.00 lower with instances up to 10.00 lower, 750-800lbs 1.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers 450-600lbs 1.00 to 3.00 lower with instances up to 8.00 lower, 600-700lbs steady to 4.00 higher with instances up to 9.00 higher. Unvaccinated calves bringing the lower end of the price range. Good buyer demand. Flesh condition light to moderate. Next report December 3rd, 2020.

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 $156.03/cwt on 1,534 head.

Average price

$156.03

1,534 head · 606 lb average

Value per head Derived

$945

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$264

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$46.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.30

vs ND average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	605	156.54	948	1,430
Medium and Large 1-2	568	152.25	865	96
Large 1	1,101	110.00	1,211	8thin

One grade step is worth $46.54/cwt here — about −$264 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 sale1,534 hd

156.03

—

ND average3 barns · 6,852 hd

153.74

+2.30

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	424	189.90/cwt	179.00–194.00	805	39
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	441	170.56/cwt	167.00–174.00	752	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	476	170.77/cwt	166.00–179.00	813	66
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	521	174.91/cwt	164.00–179.00	911	269
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	533	158.83/cwt	158.50–162.00	847	49
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	584	157.41/cwt	148.00–163.00	919	363
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	621	150.28/cwt	145.00–156.50	933	197
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	645	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	871	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	676	145.12/cwt	138.50–150.00	981	402
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	680	134.66/cwt	134.50–135.00	916	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	721	141.62/cwt	139.00–143.50	1,021	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	761	139.39/cwt	135.00–142.00	1,061	54
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	906	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	1,119	8
Steers	—	Large 1	1,101	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,211	8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	379	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	561	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	430	142.50/cwt	140.00–147.50	613	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	463	143.47/cwt	137.00–146.00	664	72
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	508	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	770	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	516	138.51/cwt	135.00–141.00	715	62
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	543	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	684	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	565	138.48/cwt	130.00–144.00	782	213
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	581	127.44/cwt	124.50–129.50	740	76
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	622	130.51/cwt	127.00–136.00	812	144
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	656	132.51/cwt	126.00–136.00	869	121
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	713	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	881	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	780	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	952	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	848	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	992	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	941	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,054	11
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,037	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,203	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 Nov 19, 2020

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

Receipts 3,621Last week 3,483Year ago 4,474

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,037	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	508	151.50	151.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	379	148.00	148.00
6	—	848	117.00	117.00
11	—	713	123.50	123.50
144	—	622	127.00–136.00	130.51
213	—	565	130.00–144.00	138.48
72	—	463	137.00–146.00	143.47
24	—	780	122.00	122.00
11	—	941	112.00	112.00
121	—	656	126.00–136.00	132.51
32	—	430	140.00–147.50	142.50
62	—	516	135.00–141.00	138.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	543	126.00	126.00
76	—	581	124.50–129.50	127.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,101	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
402	—	676	138.50–150.00	145.12
8	—	906	123.50	123.50
66	—	476	166.00–179.00	170.77
269	—	521	164.00–179.00	174.91
197	—	621	145.00–156.50	150.28
363	—	584	148.00–163.00	157.41
32	—	721	139.00–143.50	141.62
54	—	761	135.00–142.00	139.39
39	—	424	179.00–194.00	189.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	441	167.00–174.00	170.56
49	—	533	158.50–162.00	158.83
6	—	645	135.00	135.00
27	—	680	134.50–135.00	134.66

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.