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Napoleon Livestock Auction

Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-03-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-25

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Mar 25

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098

← Mar 18Mar 25Apr 1 →

Receipts

3,110 head

▲ 864 vs last sale 2,246▲ 867 vs year ago 2,243 · +38.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers 500lbs and higher 1.00 to 5.00 higher with instances up to 7.00 higher. Feeder heifers 450lbs and higher 1.00 to 5.00 higher with instances up to 11.00 higher except 650-700lbs which were 2.00 to 6.00 lower. Many quality replacement heifers in today's offering. Good buyer demand. Flesh condition light to moderate.

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 $151.54/cwt on 1,260 head.

Average price

$151.54

1,260 head · 725 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,099

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$136

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$29.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.77

vs ND average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	726	151.88	1,103	1,207
Medium and Large 1-2	642	147.73	948	45
Large 1	1,012	122.50	1,240	8thin

One grade step is worth $29.38/cwt here — about −$136 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 sale1,260 hd

151.54

—

ND average3 barns · 2,741 hd

148.77

+2.77

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

Every lot

30 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	404	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	800	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	513	180.59/cwt	172.00–184.50	926	137
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	566	171.28/cwt	163.00–179.00	969	45
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	599	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	922	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	613	166.17/cwt	155.00–169.75	1,019	245
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	634	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	964	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	672	151.74/cwt	149.50–154.00	1,020	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	714	147.02/cwt	141.00–148.50	1,050	165
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	730	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	891	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	776	142.74/cwt	134.50–145.00	1,108	174
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	811	135.18/cwt	135.00–136.00	1,096	43
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	884	136.79/cwt	134.50–137.25	1,209	286
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	905	134.99/cwt	123.00–136.25	1,222	74
Steers	—	Large 1	1,012	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	1,240	8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	437	159.32/cwt	155.00–162.00	696	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	477	161.56/cwt	150.00–164.50	771	75
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	531	150.88/cwt	144.00–155.00	801	66
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	566	151.33/cwt	140.00–154.25	857	170
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	618	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	878	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	631	147.68/cwt	138.00–149.00	932	178
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	674	139.40/cwt	131.75–143.25	940	198
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	679	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	1,022	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	681	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	708	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	725	136.63/cwt	135.00–145.00	991	76
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	745	145.14/cwt	139.00–147.00	1,081	66
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	775	132.70/cwt	127.00–147.00	1,028	111
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	777	127.86/cwt	123.50–129.00	993	93
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	824	126.73/cwt	126.50–127.00	1,044	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	877	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,114	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	899	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	1,137	74

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 25, 2021

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

Receipts 3,110Last week 2,246Year ago 2,243

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,012	122.50	122.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	404	198.00	198.00
30	—	672	149.50–154.00	151.74
43	—	811	135.00–136.00	135.18
45	—	566	163.00–179.00	171.28
74	—	905	123.00–136.25	134.99
137	—	513	172.00–184.50	180.59
165	—	714	141.00–148.50	147.02
174	—	776	134.50–145.00	142.74
245	—	613	155.00–169.75	166.17
286	—	884	134.50–137.25	136.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	730	122.00	122.00
9	—	599	154.00	154.00
29	—	634	152.00	152.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	437	155.00–162.00	159.32
66	—	531	144.00–155.00	150.88
74	—	899	126.50	126.50
75	—	477	150.00–164.50	161.56
76	—	725	135.00–145.00	136.63
198	—	674	131.75–143.25	139.40
170	—	566	140.00–154.25	151.33
178	—	631	138.00–149.00	147.68
93	—	777	123.50–129.00	127.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	745	139.00–147.00	145.14
111	—	775	127.00–147.00	132.70
9	—	618	142.00	142.00
13	—	824	126.50–127.00	126.73
18	—	877	127.00	127.00
29	—	679	150.50	150.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	681	104.00	104.00

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.