Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2021-08-05

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Aug 5
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098
Receipts
1,491 head
▼ 157 vs last sale 1,648▲ 1,491 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent price comparison available. Good buyer demand for yearling steers and heifers, most right off grass. Flesh condition light to moderate. Several strings of yearlings in today's offering.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $146.57/cwt on 755 head.
Average price
$146.57
755 head · 790 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,158
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$360
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$32.24/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 1786147.241,158735
Large 11,031125.391,29313thin
Medium and Large 1-2694115.007987thin
One grade step is worth $32.24/cwt here — about $360 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 sale755 hd
146.57
—
ND average1 barns · 755 hd
146.57
+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

21 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1424173.00/cwt173.00–173.007345
Steers—Medium and Large 1524183.50/cwt183.50–183.509624
Steers—Medium and Large 1576181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,04314
Steers—Medium and Large 1652165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,0769
Steers—Medium and Large 1702153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,0748
Steers—Medium and Large 1758152.82/cwt150.00–161.001,15832
Steers—Medium and Large 1830158.77/cwt147.00–162.001,318171
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2871125.22/cwt125.00–127.001,09127
Steers—Medium and Large 1965142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,37014
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2971126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,2237
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1368153.00/cwt153.00–153.005635
Heifers—Medium and Large 1559160.59/cwt156.00–162.0089830
Heifers—Medium and Large 1647150.50/cwt150.50–150.5097418
Heifers—Medium and Large 1659158.18/cwt148.50–159.001,04293
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2694115.00/cwt115.00–115.007987
Heifers—Medium and Large 1743147.50/cwt147.50–147.501,09636
Heifers—Medium and Large 1758144.38/cwt143.50–145.501,094124
Heifers—Medium and Large 1818147.42/cwt144.75–149.501,206276
Heifers—Medium and Large 1884135.50/cwt135.50–135.501,19813
Heifers—Medium and Large 1918139.70/cwt138.00–140.001,282140
Heifers—Large 11,031125.39/cwt121.00–130.501,29313

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.