Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2021-12-16

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-12-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-16

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Dec 16

● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098

← Dec 9Dec 16Jan 6 →

Receipts

3,682 head

▲ 1,124 vs last sale 2,558▲ 302 vs year ago 3,380 · +8.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder steers 450-500lbs and 550-600lbs 8.00 to 10.00 higher, 500-550lbs and 600-650lbs 3.00 to 5.00 lower, 700-800lbs 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers 450-500lbs 2.00 to 7.00 lower, 500-550lbs and 600-650lbs 1.00 to 4.00 higher. Good buyer demand. Flesh condition light to moderate. Next report January 6th, 2022.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $182.37/cwt on 1,553 head.

Average price

$182.37

1,553 head · 587 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,071

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$55

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$23.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.04

vs ND average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	583	184.22	1,074	1,429
Medium and Large 1-2	633	161.09	1,019	124

One grade step is worth $23.13/cwt here — about $55 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 sale1,553 hd

182.37

—

ND average3 barns · 5,174 hd

182.33

+0.04

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

42 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	387	210.40/cwt	208.00–215.00	814	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	403	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	935	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	426	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	780	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	433	204.27/cwt	198.00–218.00	884	50
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	474	201.40/cwt	193.00–208.00	955	85
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	483	184.24/cwt	183.00–185.50	890	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	505	204.21/cwt	204.00–204.50	1,031	97
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	536	188.86/cwt	180.50–197.00	1,012	312
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	576	184.61/cwt	175.00–191.00	1,063	215
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	599	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	988	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	601	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,124	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	625	175.35/cwt	165.50–183.50	1,096	285
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	634	161.58/cwt	157.00–165.00	1,024	63
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	663	171.26/cwt	163.00–176.50	1,135	147
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	712	166.56/cwt	155.50–171.50	1,186	140
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	751	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,104	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	753	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,242	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	831	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,089	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	845	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	1,322	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	901	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,415	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	316	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	465	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	321	178.75/cwt	175.00–180.00	574	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	373	165.27/cwt	159.00–171.00	616	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	439	167.41/cwt	157.00–172.00	735	107
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	475	150.83/cwt	147.00–154.50	716	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	483	163.34/cwt	156.00–172.00	789	190
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	521	162.26/cwt	156.00–168.00	845	160
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	535	150.29/cwt	148.50–151.50	804	44
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	554	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	787	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	569	161.29/cwt	151.00–166.00	918	229
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	575	175.50/cwt	175.50–175.50	1,009	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	625	156.05/cwt	149.50–162.50	975	145
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	646	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	921	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	676	143.99/cwt	135.50–150.00	973	49
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	712	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,050	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	793	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	1,154	43
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	818	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	1,190	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	929	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,324	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	945	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,172	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	962	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,337	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	486	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	826	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	657	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	871	8

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.

North Dakota feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Napoleon Livestock Auction - Napoleon, ND

Thu Dec 16, 2021

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Bismarck, ND (LS-BM)

Receipts 3,682Last week 2,558Year ago 3,380

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	486	170.00	170.00
8	—	657	132.50	132.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	575	175.50	175.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	712	147.50	147.50
29	—	373	159.00–171.00	165.27
15	—	321	175.00–180.00	178.75
107	—	439	157.00–172.00	167.41
145	—	625	149.50–162.50	156.05
160	—	521	156.00–168.00	162.26
190	—	483	156.00–172.00	163.34
5	—	962	139.00	139.00
10	—	818	145.50	145.50
229	—	569	151.00–166.00	161.29
43	—	793	145.50	145.50
49	—	676	135.50–150.00	143.99
15	—	929	142.50	142.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	535	148.50–151.50	150.29
5	—	316	147.00	147.00
6	—	646	142.50	142.50
9	—	554	142.00	142.00
14	—	475	147.00–154.50	150.83
26	—	945	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
312	—	536	180.50–197.00	188.86
5	—	901	157.00	157.00
15	—	753	165.00	165.00
16	—	845	156.50	156.50
29	—	387	208.00–215.00	210.40
50	—	433	198.00–218.00	204.27
85	—	474	193.00–208.00	201.40
140	—	712	155.50–171.50	166.56
147	—	663	163.00–176.50	171.26
215	—	576	175.00–191.00	184.61
285	—	625	165.50–183.50	175.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	634	157.00–165.00	161.58
6	—	426	183.00	183.00
9	—	751	147.00	147.00
10	—	483	183.00–185.50	184.24
12	—	831	131.00	131.00
24	—	599	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
97	—	505	204.00–204.50	204.21
11	—	601	187.00	187.00
22	—	403	232.00	232.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.