Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2021-01-21

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Jan 21
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098
Receipts
3,482 head
▼ 28 vs last sale 3,510▲ 58 vs year ago 3,424 · +1.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 750 lbs 5.00 to 10.00 higher, over 750 lbs 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 750 lbs 3.00 to 6.00 higher, except 450-500 lbs 5.00 to 10.00 higher, over 750 lbs steady to 2.00 higher. Very good demand for this nice offering of high quality, long time weaned steers and heifers. Flesh condition moderate to moderate plus, the mild weather is allowing cattle to easily gain weight and put on a little extra condition and this was evident on many consignments. The market was very active, higher CME Live Cattle contracts greatly helped to support the feeder cattle market.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $154.82/cwt on 1,477 head.
Average price
$154.82
1,477 head · 661 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,023
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$26
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$41.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.84
vs ND average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2574158.1090782
Medium and Large 1666154.871,0311,386
Medium and Large 2753117.008819thin
One grade step is worth $41.10/cwt here — about $26 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 sale1,477 hd
154.82
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ND average3 barns · 6,211 hd
147.98
+6.84
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

43 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2375191.00/cwt191.00–191.007164
Steers—Medium and Large 1398195.64/cwt194.00–197.0077911
Steers—Medium and Large 1424200.08/cwt198.00–203.0084819
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2426185.00/cwt185.00–185.007884
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2468175.00/cwt175.00–175.0081913
Steers—Medium and Large 1485187.18/cwt182.00–190.0090820
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2518167.50/cwt167.50–167.5086811
Steers—Medium and Large 1531178.26/cwt172.50–184.50947142
Steers—Medium and Large 1573168.90/cwt160.00–171.00968142
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2578154.50/cwt154.50–154.508935
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy612149.50/cwt149.50–149.509155
Steers—Medium and Large 1620159.69/cwt154.00–165.50990182
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2635149.13/cwt143.50–152.5094734
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2669138.00/cwt138.00–138.009235
Steers—Medium and Large 1671152.35/cwt141.00–157.251,022370
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2705135.00/cwt135.00–135.009526
Steers—Medium and Large 1724146.76/cwt141.00–151.751,063281
Steers—Medium and Large 2753117.00/cwt117.00–117.008819
Steers—Medium and Large 1778136.61/cwt131.00–141.501,06394
Steers—Medium and Large 1814129.07/cwt127.50–130.501,05162
Steers—Medium and Large 1877124.50/cwt124.50–124.501,09215
Steers—Medium and Large 1913128.50/cwt128.50–128.501,17343
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2371145.00/cwt145.00–145.0053810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1380164.00/cwt164.00–164.006235
Heifers—Medium and Large 1419153.50/cwt153.00–154.0064325
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2425152.07/cwt149.50–155.5064620
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2471149.82/cwt145.00–152.0070620
Heifers—Medium and Large 1478156.27/cwt155.00–159.0074785
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523149.96/cwt143.50–153.00784136
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy543138.00/cwt138.00–138.007496
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2571132.50/cwt132.50–132.507576
Heifers—Medium and Large 1588146.98/cwt140.00–150.50864178
Heifers—Medium and Large 1626140.86/cwt133.00–147.50882183
Heifers—Medium and Large 1665134.27/cwt129.50–137.25893136
Heifers—Medium and Large 1734125.11/cwt120.00–129.5091874
Heifers—Medium and Large 2734104.00/cwt104.00–104.007637
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy751117.00/cwt117.00–117.008799
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement766129.00/cwt129.00–129.0098816
Heifers—Medium and Large 1778122.96/cwt120.00–127.0095772
Heifers—Medium and Large 1890121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,07769
Heifers—Large 11,018116.50/cwt116.50–116.501,18661
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1752123.00/cwt123.00–123.0092525
Bulls—Medium and Large 1860120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,03222

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.