Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2021-05-20

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, May 20
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098
Receipts
1,950 head
▲ 384 vs last sale 1,566▲ 99 vs year ago 1,851 · +5.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Most weights not well tested for comparison except feeder steers 600-650lbs steady to 1.00 higher. Feeder heifers 500-500lbs and 600-650lbs steady to 5.00 higher and 700-750lbs 4.00 to 7.00 lower. Flesh condition light to moderate. Good buyer demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $133.83/cwt on 573 head.
Average price
$133.83
573 head · 704 lb average
Value per head Derived
$942
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$206
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$24.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs ND average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1704134.08945567
Medium and Large 1-2671110.007386thin
One grade step is worth $24.08/cwt here — about $206 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 sale573 hd
133.83
—
ND average1 barns · 573 hd
133.83
+0.00
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

26 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1430167.00/cwt167.00–167.007183
Steers—Medium and Large 1489158.11/cwt157.00–159.5077316
Steers—Medium and Large 1523172.50/cwt172.50–172.509025
Steers—Medium and Large 1574157.00/cwt157.00–157.0090130
Steers—Medium and Large 1634154.12/cwt149.50–155.5097740
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2663115.00/cwt115.00–115.007628
Steers—Medium and Large 1671151.72/cwt150.00–152.001,01863
Steers—Medium and Large 1730145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,05922
Steers—Medium and Large 1772136.50/cwt136.50–136.501,05412
Steers—Medium and Large 1814135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,0998
Steers—Medium and Large 1885133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,177131
Steers—Medium and Large 1928128.30/cwt124.00–130.251,191137
Steers—Large 11,010122.28/cwt120.00–122.501,23560
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1437143.74/cwt142.00–150.006289
Heifers—Medium and Large 1482142.00/cwt142.00–142.006846
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523148.67/cwt140.00–155.0077842
Heifers—Medium and Large 1579145.20/cwt140.00–146.0084137
Heifers—Medium and Large 1615142.78/cwt141.00–143.0087848
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2671110.00/cwt110.00–110.007386
Heifers—Medium and Large 1674140.82/cwt138.00–143.0094972
Heifers—Medium and Large 1725130.78/cwt121.50–131.75948195
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement742120.50/cwt120.50–120.5089413
Heifers—Medium and Large 1774129.92/cwt129.50–130.501,00651
Heifers—Medium and Large 1820123.97/cwt123.50–124.501,01721
Heifers—Medium and Large 1864123.50/cwt123.50–123.501,06766
Heifers—Medium and Large 1914117.50/cwt117.50–117.501,0747

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.