Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2020-12-17

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-12-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-17

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Dec 17

● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098

← Dec 10Dec 17Jan 7 →

Receipts

3,380 head

▼ 736 vs last sale 4,116▲ 587 vs year ago 2,793 · +21.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers 450-850lbs 4.00 to 8.00 higher with instances up to 14.00 higher except 500-550lbs which were steady to 3.00 lower. Feeder heifers 400lbs and higher steady to 5.00 higher with instances up to 11.00 higher. Good buyer demand on full loads. Flesh condition light to moderate. Next report January 7th, 2021.

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 $159.12/cwt on 1,842 head.

Average price

$159.12

1,842 head · 635 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,011

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$146

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

$3.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.39

vs ND average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	640	159.32	1,019	1,742
Medium and Large 1-2	561	155.61	873	100

One grade step is worth $3.71/cwt here — about $146 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 sale1,842 hd

159.12

—

ND average3 barns · 5,492 hd

157.72

+1.39

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

Every lot

37 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	339	185.77/cwt	185.00–187.00	630	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	381	191.97/cwt	187.00–203.00	731	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	424	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	738	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	442	198.29/cwt	189.00–202.00	876	134
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	468	180.66/cwt	176.00–192.00	845	47
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	524	168.93/cwt	165.00–179.00	885	256
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	539	159.91/cwt	159.00–161.00	862	42
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	563	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	845	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	576	165.06/cwt	159.50–173.50	951	307
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	621	156.11/cwt	145.00–160.00	969	223
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	643	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	791	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	665	150.83/cwt	144.00–159.00	1,003	154
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	687	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	982	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	719	142.85/cwt	137.00–149.00	1,027	153
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	781	147.63/cwt	137.50–150.50	1,153	225
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	798	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,077	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	842	138.37/cwt	136.00–138.75	1,165	83
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	868	141.65/cwt	138.50–147.00	1,230	110
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	909	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,236	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	973	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,289	12
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	340	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	588	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	341	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	532	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	363	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	599	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	437	155.10/cwt	151.00–162.50	678	78
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	477	146.68/cwt	144.50–153.00	700	79
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	523	145.48/cwt	139.00–152.50	761	207
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	579	139.87/cwt	136.00–144.50	810	93
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	593	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	753	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	625	129.87/cwt	122.50–135.00	812	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	667	132.40/cwt	131.25–137.50	883	85
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	683	119.49/cwt	116.00–121.00	816	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	738	128.77/cwt	124.50–130.25	950	41
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	764	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	848	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	791	125.27/cwt	121.50–126.00	991	170
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	829	126.25/cwt	126.25–126.25	1,047	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	892	118.66/cwt	118.00–119.75	1,058	45
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	926	128.25/cwt	128.25–128.25	1,188	71

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 Dec 17, 2020

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

Receipts 3,380Last week 4,116Year ago 2,793

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	340	173.00	173.00
4	—	363	165.00	165.00
17	—	625	122.50–135.00	129.87
29	—	829	126.25	126.25
41	—	738	124.50–130.25	128.77
45	—	892	118.00–119.75	118.66
170	—	791	121.50–126.00	125.27
93	—	579	136.00–144.50	139.87
79	—	477	144.50–153.00	146.68
207	—	523	139.00–152.50	145.48
78	—	437	151.00–162.50	155.10
85	—	667	131.25–137.50	132.40
71	—	926	128.25	128.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	764	111.00	111.00
22	—	593	127.00	127.00
11	—	341	156.00	156.00
19	—	683	116.00–121.00	119.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	468	176.00–192.00	180.66
83	—	842	136.00–138.75	138.37
20	—	381	187.00–203.00	191.97
153	—	719	137.00–149.00	142.85
134	—	442	189.00–202.00	198.29
10	—	339	185.00–187.00	185.77
8	—	909	136.00	136.00
154	—	665	144.00–159.00	150.83
307	—	576	159.50–173.50	165.06
256	—	524	165.00–179.00	168.93
12	—	973	132.50	132.50
225	—	781	137.50–150.50	147.63
223	—	621	145.00–160.00	156.11
110	—	868	138.50–147.00	141.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	563	150.00	150.00
6	—	643	123.00	123.00
21	—	424	174.00	174.00
42	—	539	159.00–161.00	159.91
11	—	687	143.00	143.00
8	—	798	135.00	135.00

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.