Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2021-03-04

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-03-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-04

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Mar 4

● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098

← Feb 25Mar 4Mar 11 →

Receipts

5,877 head

▼ 734 vs last sale 6,611▲ 839 vs year ago 5,038 · +16.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers 500lbs and higher steady to 4.00 lower with instances up to 8.00 lower except 700-750lbs which was steady to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers 500lbs and higher 1.00 to 6.00 lower with instances up to 9.00 lower. Many full loads and quality replacement heifers in today's offering. Good buyer demand. Flesh condition light to moderate plus.

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 $145.33/cwt on 3,035 head.

Average price

$145.33

3,035 head · 760 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,104

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$150

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

$2.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.61

vs ND average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	647	147.77	957	39
Medium and Large 1	761	145.30	1,106	2,996

One grade step is worth $2.47/cwt here — about −$150 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 sale3,035 hd

145.33

—

ND average3 barns · 6,317 hd

145.94

−0.61

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

Every lot

39 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	375	203.43/cwt	198.00–207.00	763	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	431	196.63/cwt	187.00–200.00	847	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	474	179.04/cwt	172.00–186.00	849	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	521	180.30/cwt	174.00–188.00	939	72
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	553	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,023	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	581	156.68/cwt	155.00–158.00	910	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	584	170.07/cwt	163.00–175.00	993	171
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	623	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	941	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	629	161.17/cwt	155.00–168.00	1,014	307
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	676	150.09/cwt	143.50–155.50	1,015	341
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	727	146.90/cwt	140.00–151.50	1,068	394
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	785	139.54/cwt	136.50–144.50	1,095	382
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	817	136.82/cwt	129.00–140.00	1,118	583
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	855	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,026	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	869	132.20/cwt	125.00–136.50	1,149	124
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	927	130.95/cwt	126.50–135.50	1,214	428
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	958	130.55/cwt	128.25–132.25	1,251	131
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	397	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	659	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	403	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	665	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	470	158.68/cwt	152.00–166.00	746	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	473	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	653	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	524	158.00/cwt	147.00–162.50	828	147
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	542	144.52/cwt	143.00–145.25	783	31
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	560	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	865	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	576	141.93/cwt	135.00–147.00	818	94
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	617	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	802	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	622	141.56/cwt	136.00–147.00	881	158
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	628	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	885	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	675	135.85/cwt	133.00–142.00	917	245
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	717	130.61/cwt	125.00–135.50	936	241
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	737	134.82/cwt	128.75–146.00	994	202
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	759	124.05/cwt	118.75–126.00	942	146
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	763	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,106	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	776	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	970	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	803	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	883	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	814	122.23/cwt	116.00–124.50	995	130
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	817	129.35/cwt	122.50–131.75	1,057	163
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	852	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	1,010	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	931	116.46/cwt	114.00–118.50	1,084	34

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 Mar 4, 2021

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

Receipts 5,877Last week 6,611Year ago 5,038

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	763	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	403	165.00	165.00
11	—	397	166.00	166.00
20	—	470	152.00–166.00	158.68
26	—	852	118.50	118.50
245	—	675	133.00–142.00	135.85
146	—	759	118.75–126.00	124.05
34	—	931	114.00–118.50	116.46
158	—	622	136.00–147.00	141.56
94	—	576	135.00–147.00	141.93
147	—	524	147.00–162.50	158.00
241	—	717	125.00–135.50	130.61
130	—	814	116.00–124.50	122.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
163	—	817	122.50–131.75	129.35
13	—	776	125.00	125.00
202	—	737	128.75–146.00	134.82
9	—	628	141.00	141.00
20	—	560	154.50	154.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	803	110.00	110.00
31	—	542	143.00–145.25	144.52
16	—	617	130.00	130.00
6	—	473	138.00	138.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	553	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
131	—	958	128.25–132.25	130.55
382	—	785	136.50–144.50	139.54
16	—	375	198.00–207.00	203.43
171	—	584	163.00–175.00	170.07
394	—	727	140.00–151.50	146.90
19	—	474	172.00–186.00	179.04
23	—	431	187.00–200.00	196.63
341	—	676	143.50–155.50	150.09
124	—	869	125.00–136.50	132.20
72	—	521	174.00–188.00	180.30
307	—	629	155.00–168.00	161.17
428	—	927	126.50–135.50	130.95
583	—	817	129.00–140.00	136.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	623	151.00	151.00
16	—	581	155.00–158.00	156.68
7	—	855	120.00	120.00

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.