Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2021-10-28

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Oct 28
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098
Receipts
2,162 head
▲ 876 vs last sale 1,286▼ 608 vs year ago 2,770 · −21.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers trading mixed with 400-450lbs steady to 4.00 higher, 450-500lbs and 550 -600lbs 7.00 to 9.00 higher with instances up to 19.00 higher, 600-650lbs steady to 3.00 lower and 650-750lbs 8.00 to 13.00 lower with instances up to 16.00 lower. Feeder heifers showing a mixed trend with only one weight for comparison 550-600lbs up to 7.00 higher. Many strings of feeders available in todays offerings. Good buyer demand for light weight steers and full loads. Flesh condition light to moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $162.87/cwt on 1,384 head.
Average price
$162.87
1,384 head · 680 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,108
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$182
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$16.31/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.41
vs ND average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1681163.341,1131,344
Medium and Large 1-2633147.0393140
One grade step is worth $16.31/cwt here — about $182 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 sale1,384 hd
162.87
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ND average3 barns · 5,002 hd
167.29
−4.41
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

35 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 1325221.00/cwt221.00–221.007184
Steers—Medium and Large 1397211.00/cwt211.00–211.0083825
Steers—Medium and Large 1410190.21/cwt180.00–196.0078055
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2483168.50/cwt168.50–168.508148
Steers—Medium and Large 1488186.55/cwt174.50–191.00910116
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy502188.00/cwt188.00–188.00944101
Steers—Medium and Large 1527171.07/cwt167.50–178.50902168
Steers—Medium and Large 1571169.91/cwt162.75–174.25970108
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2573156.00/cwt156.00–156.0089410
Steers—Medium and Large 1626156.26/cwt152.00–162.50978116
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2630136.52/cwt132.00–143.0086012
Steers—Medium and Large 1689148.20/cwt147.00–149.501,02140
Steers—Medium and Large 1702147.21/cwt144.50–154.001,03353
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2720137.00/cwt137.00–137.009865
Steers—Medium and Large 1783150.04/cwt145.00–153.501,175137
Steers—Medium and Large 1827141.62/cwt141.00–142.001,17171
Steers—Medium and Large 1888153.52/cwt149.50–154.251,363156
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2913130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,1875
Steers—Medium and Large 1914153.39/cwt151.00–154.001,402129
Steers—Medium and Large 1996138.33/cwt138.00–142.501,37865
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1343172.23/cwt172.00–180.0059131
Heifers—Medium and Large 1388167.00/cwt167.00–167.0064822
Heifers—Medium and Large 1421159.93/cwt157.00–163.5067323
Heifers—Medium and Large 1474160.39/cwt158.00–164.00760291
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2484147.00/cwt147.00–147.007115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1510136.00/cwt136.00–136.006947
Heifers—Medium and Large 1564144.18/cwt135.00–148.5081354
Heifers—Medium and Large 1624133.41/cwt129.00–135.0083226
Heifers—Medium and Large 1683143.48/cwt132.00–145.0098043
Heifers—Medium and Large 1708133.57/cwt133.00–134.0094621
Heifers—Medium and Large 1805134.95/cwt131.00–144.001,08630
Heifers—Large 11,017128.83/cwt127.50–130.001,31019
Heifers—Large 11,088122.50/cwt122.50–122.501,3336
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1739125.00/cwt125.00–125.009245
Bulls—Medium and Large 1924110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,01613

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.