Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2021-02-04

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Feb 4
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098
Receipts
3,808 head
▼ 2,427 vs last sale 6,235▲ 1,378 vs year ago 2,430 · +56.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers over 450lbs steady to 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers 500lbs and under steady to 5.00 higher with instances up to 8.00 higher, 500lbs and over steady to 4.00 lower with instances up to 7.00 lower except 750-800lbs which was 5.00 higher. Many quality replacement heifers in today's offering. Good buyer demand. Flesh condition light to moderate plus.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $139.65/cwt on 2,108 head.
Average price
$139.65
2,108 head · 641 lb average
Value per head Derived
$896
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$161
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2
$41.59/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.23
vs ND average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1640140.098962,066
Medium and Large 1-2608124.8775931
Large 1-21,07398.501,05711thin
One grade step is worth $41.59/cwt here — about −$161 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 sale2,108 hd
139.65
—
ND average3 barns · 4,185 hd
137.42
+2.23
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

44 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1285212.50/cwt212.50–212.506061
Steers—Medium and Large 1343199.70/cwt198.00–206.006859
Steers—Medium and Large 1380199.00/cwt199.00–199.0075611
Steers—Medium and Large 1403203.37/cwt199.00–204.5082030
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2458156.00/cwt156.00–156.007148
Steers—Medium and Large 1480183.09/cwt179.25–194.00879218
Steers—Medium and Large 1517178.22/cwt171.00–183.0092145
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2546157.98/cwt154.50–163.0086317
Steers—Medium and Large 1576168.81/cwt160.00–174.50972217
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2622138.00/cwt138.00–138.008586
Steers—Medium and Large 1636152.58/cwt148.50–158.0097069
Steers—Medium and Large 1668146.86/cwt143.50–152.00981150
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2672132.50/cwt132.50–132.508909
Steers—Medium and Large 1709147.87/cwt137.50–149.751,048250
Steers—Medium and Large 1773136.52/cwt131.50–140.001,055638
Steers—Medium and Large 1812129.75/cwt126.00–132.751,05452
Steers—Medium and Large 1877128.25/cwt125.00–129.501,125128
Steers—Medium and Large 1994121.50/cwt121.50–121.501,2088
Steers—Large 11,012128.75/cwt128.75–128.751,30354
Steers—Large 1Fleshy1,443105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,51536
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1310171.61/cwt168.00–174.0053225
Heifers—Medium and Large 1379166.92/cwt166.50–169.5063360
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2433142.00/cwt142.00–142.006159
Heifers—Medium and Large 1437163.23/cwt156.50–166.0071340
Heifers—Medium and Large 1466164.82/cwt160.50–167.00768112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1516156.40/cwt146.50–159.0080775
Heifers—Medium and Large 1558151.90/cwt143.50–155.0084876
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2575126.00/cwt126.00–126.007255
Heifers—Medium and Large 1617139.93/cwt137.00–144.75863889
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement640142.00/cwt142.00–142.0090926
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2658119.00/cwt119.00–119.0078312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement679139.01/cwt132.00–162.0094462
Heifers—Medium and Large 1685129.45/cwt128.50–132.50887108
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement732128.59/cwt127.50–135.5094165
Heifers—Medium and Large 1733125.54/cwt122.50–127.00920199
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement763144.69/cwt128.00–149.001,104101
Heifers—Medium and Large 1764126.33/cwt120.50–131.00965113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1824124.01/cwt120.00–126.001,02212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2835107.00/cwt107.00–107.008935
Heifers—Medium and Large 1862119.50/cwt119.50–119.501,03061
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement926137.50/cwt137.50–137.501,27314
Heifers—Medium and Large 1951115.50/cwt115.50–115.501,09828
Heifers—Large 1-21,07398.50/cwt98.50–98.501,05711
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1638138.00/cwt138.00–138.0088013

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.