Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2021-01-07

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Jan 7
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098
Receipts
3,039 head
▼ 341 vs last sale 3,380▼ 759 vs year ago 3,798 · −20.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago; Feeder steers 550lbs and higher steady to 5.00 lower with instances up to 10.00 lower. Feeder heifers 550-600lbs 5.00 to 8.00 higher, 650-700lbs 1.00 to 5.00 lower, 700-750lbs steady to 3.00 higher, 750-900lbs 3.00 to 8.00 lower. Good buyer demand. Flesh condition light to moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $142.02/cwt on 1,316 head.
Average price
$142.02
1,316 head · 766 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,088
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$163
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$6.86/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.70
vs ND average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1771142.401,0971,243
Medium and Large 1-2689135.5493473
One grade step is worth $6.86/cwt here — about $163 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 sale1,316 hd
142.02
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ND average3 barns · 5,826 hd
143.72
−1.70
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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1485172.31/cwt167.00–175.0083630
Steers—Medium and Large 1521171.50/cwt171.50–171.508946
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2537150.64/cwt142.50–156.0080915
Steers—Medium and Large 1566165.51/cwt163.00–170.0093788
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2589145.43/cwt141.50–148.0085723
Steers—Medium and Large 1632152.53/cwt140.00–155.00964139
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2646136.50/cwt136.50–136.508825
Steers—Medium and Large 1687142.12/cwt137.50–149.5097688
Steers—Medium and Large 1729140.30/cwt134.00–148.501,023134
Steers—Medium and Large 1779143.28/cwt139.00–146.001,116235
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy781124.43/cwt123.00–125.5097219
Steers—Medium and Large 1830136.43/cwt127.00–138.251,132204
Steers—Medium and Large 1864135.52/cwt129.00–136.751,17151
Steers—Medium and Large 1919132.24/cwt129.50–133.751,215235
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2967113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,09311
Steers—Medium and Large 1972128.50/cwt128.50–128.501,24933
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1336157.55/cwt157.55–157.555296
Heifers—Medium and Large 1411155.50/cwt155.50–155.506395
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475151.22/cwt148.50–157.0071836
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2483135.50/cwt135.50–135.5065410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1531143.00/cwt142.00–146.0075936
Heifers—Medium and Large 1564147.05/cwt141.50–152.0082969
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2615120.50/cwt120.50–120.5074116
Heifers—Medium and Large 1641128.69/cwt127.00–136.0082589
Heifers—Medium and Large 1679133.48/cwt126.00–136.5090653
Heifers—Medium and Large 1720129.77/cwt124.00–133.00934188
Heifers—Medium and Large 1781124.04/cwt116.00–128.00969191
Heifers—Medium and Large 1835123.09/cwt120.00–123.751,028235
Heifers—Medium and Large 1894115.65/cwt110.00–121.001,03447
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2928111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,03020
Heifers—Medium and Large 1952121.50/cwt121.50–121.501,15760
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1480165.00/cwt165.00–165.0079211
Bulls—Medium and Large 1543151.00/cwt151.00–151.0082013

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.