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

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Nov 11
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098
Receipts
2,803 head
▼ 418 vs last sale 3,221▼ 680 vs year ago 3,483 · −19.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder calves selling mixed with feeder steers 450-550lbs 3.00 to 7.00 lower, 550-600lbs 10.00 higher, 600-800lbs 4.00 to 7.00 higher except 650-700lbs steady to 1.00 lower. Feeder heifers 450-550lbs 4.00 to 7.00 higher, 550-600lbs steady to 3.00 lower with instances up to 7.00 lower, 600-650lbs 10.00 to 11.00 higher, 700-750lbs 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Flesh condition light to moderate. Good buyer demand on full loads.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $168.36/cwt on 1,424 head.
Average price
$168.36
1,424 head · 595 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,002
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$63
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$12.92/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.03
vs ND average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1594169.521,0081,296
Medium and Large 1-2603156.60944128
One grade step is worth $12.92/cwt here — about $63 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 sale1,424 hd
168.36
—
ND average3 barns · 6,587 hd
167.33
+1.03
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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1280221.00/cwt221.00–221.006195
Steers—Medium and Large 1335219.81/cwt217.50–225.007363
Steers—Medium and Large 1387214.94/cwt207.00–218.0083231
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2397187.00/cwt187.00–187.0074213
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2424182.00/cwt182.00–182.007727
Steers—Medium and Large 1442198.28/cwt196.50–204.0087653
Steers—Medium and Large 1489180.25/cwt176.00–183.5088153
Steers—Medium and Large 1534176.12/cwt164.00–181.50940207
Steers—Medium and Large 1566173.65/cwt164.00–181.00983355
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2585161.60/cwt160.00–162.0094555
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2601149.00/cwt149.00–149.0089512
Steers—Medium and Large 1634159.77/cwt150.00–166.001,013265
Steers—Medium and Large 1669157.26/cwt146.00–161.501,052225
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2679142.34/cwt142.00–144.0096629
Steers—Medium and Large 1730158.58/cwt158.50–158.751,15848
Steers—Medium and Large 1790154.65/cwt150.00–159.501,22243
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2831128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,06412
Steers—Medium and Large 1956140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,3388
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1321177.50/cwt177.50–177.505704
Heifers—Medium and Large 1376170.17/cwt170.00–171.0064019
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2414150.00/cwt150.00–150.006215
Heifers—Medium and Large 1420160.83/cwt153.00–167.0067560
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473157.42/cwt152.00–163.5074589
Heifers—Medium and Large 1527153.56/cwt145.00–159.50809383
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2534137.61/cwt136.00–140.0073528
Heifers—Medium and Large 1584142.80/cwt138.00–145.0083496
Heifers—Medium and Large 1620148.30/cwt138.00–151.00919167
Heifers—Medium and Large 1666150.50/cwt150.50–150.501,00215
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2676137.00/cwt137.00–137.009267
Heifers—Medium and Large 1719134.73/cwt128.00–135.5096958
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2773125.00/cwt125.00–125.009666
Heifers—Medium and Large 1922141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,3005
Heifers—Medium and Large 1994130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,2925
Heifers—Large 11,001134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,3418
Heifers—Large 11,070134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,4345

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.