Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2021-11-04

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Nov 4
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098
Receipts
3,221 head
▲ 1,059 vs last sale 2,162▲ 288 vs year ago 2,933 · +9.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers 450-500lbs 1.00 to 3.00 lower, 500-550lbs and 600-650lbs steady to 5.00 higher, 550-600lbs 3.00 to 8.00 lower, 650-800lbs 2.00 to 7.00 higher with instances up to 12.00 higher. Feeder heifers 450-500lbs 5.00 to 7.00 lower with instances up to 12.00 lower, 550-600lbs and 650-700lbs 1.00 to 5.00 higher with instances up to 11.00 higher. Many full loads in today's offering. Unvaccinated calves bringing the lower end of price range. Flesh condition light to moderate. Good buyer demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $162.16/cwt on 1,837 head.
Average price
$162.16
1,837 head · 635 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,030
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$317
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$29.97/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.91
vs ND average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1636162.971,0361,709
Medium and Large 1-2588153.36902116
Large 11,017133.001,35312thin
One grade step is worth $29.97/cwt here — about −$317 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 sale1,837 hd
162.16
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ND average3 barns · 6,060 hd
166.07
−3.91
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

38 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy355227.00/cwt227.00–227.0080613
Steers—Medium and Large 1359200.00/cwt200.00–200.0071810
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2421177.68/cwt176.00–180.0074820
Steers—Medium and Large 1426200.63/cwt200.00–201.0085532
Steers—Medium and Large 1471182.17/cwt171.50–190.00858150
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2530161.43/cwt159.00–166.0085625
Steers—Medium and Large 1537176.34/cwt170.00–184.50947167
Steers—Medium and Large 1571161.14/cwt154.00–171.00920150
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2587149.33/cwt148.00–150.0087726
Steers—Medium and Large 1623158.15/cwt151.00–162.00985367
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2674141.40/cwt138.00–145.0095326
Steers—Medium and Large 1677155.17/cwt146.00–162.501,051458
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2723139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,00519
Steers—Medium and Large 1725156.37/cwt154.00–157.001,134151
Steers—Medium and Large 1791152.50/cwt152.50–152.501,20663
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy809163.50/cwt163.50–163.501,323128
Steers—Medium and Large 1822148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,21717
Steers—Medium and Large 1950140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,3303
Steers—Large 11,017133.00/cwt131.00–135.001,35312
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1368162.62/cwt156.00–170.0059828
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2429142.85/cwt140.00–145.0061314
Heifers—Medium and Large 1447162.86/cwt162.50–164.0072846
Heifers—Medium and Large 1476153.68/cwt146.00–159.50732163
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2502129.00/cwt129.00–129.006485
Heifers—Medium and Large 1527148.65/cwt140.00–152.00783124
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy562161.50/cwt161.50–161.5090899
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2576133.48/cwt127.50–135.5076962
Heifers—Medium and Large 1577145.79/cwt138.50–152.00841208
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623135.27/cwt127.00–141.50843199
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy636149.00/cwt149.00–149.009488
Heifers—Medium and Large 1656148.19/cwt143.50–150.50972137
Heifers—Medium and Large 1707127.59/cwt125.00–129.5090221
Heifers—Medium and Large 1789135.11/cwt132.50–138.001,06617
Heifers—Medium and Large 1822138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,1349
Heifers—Medium and Large 1926141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,3067
Heifers—Medium and Large 1951135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,2846
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Spayed998133.50/cwt133.50–133.501,3327
Heifers—Large 11,066131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,3967

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.