Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2022-01-13

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Jan 13
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098
Receipts
7,582 head
▲ 6,134 vs last sale 1,448▲ 4,072 vs year ago 3,510 · +116.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers 550-800lbs 4.00 to 9.00 higher with instances up to 15.00 higher except 650-700lbs and 850-900lbs were 1.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder heifers 500-650lbs were steady to 5.00 lower with instances up to 13.00 lower and 700-800lbs were 5.00 to 7.00 higher. Good buyer demand on the many full loads in today's offering. Flesh condition light to moderate plus.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $175.38/cwt on 3,649 head.
Average price
$175.38
3,649 head · 684 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,199
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$98
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$11.69/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.45
vs ND average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1684175.991,2053,456
Medium and Large 1-2673164.301,106193
One grade step is worth $11.69/cwt here — about $98 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 sale3,649 hd
175.38
—
ND average3 barns · 10,193 hd
174.93
+0.45
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

43 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1346235.00/cwt235.00–235.008134
Steers—Medium and Large 1372215.59/cwt204.00–225.0080234
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy417232.50/cwt232.50–232.509703
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2428179.00/cwt179.00–179.007665
Steers—Medium and Large 1431200.81/cwt197.00–216.0086552
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy464219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,01610
Steers—Medium and Large 1475204.52/cwt195.00–211.0097171
Steers—Medium and Large 1530192.54/cwt184.00–201.001,020252
Steers—Medium and Large 1561193.71/cwt180.50–200.001,087314
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2584177.40/cwt173.00–179.501,03622
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy600195.75/cwt195.75–195.751,17588
Steers—Medium and Large 1623181.89/cwt171.50–189.501,133551
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2630167.73/cwt166.00–170.001,05771
Steers—Medium and Large 1674173.82/cwt163.50–181.501,172566
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2678163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,10526
Steers—Medium and Large 1721171.04/cwt160.00–175.001,233590
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2749155.50/cwt155.50–155.501,16528
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2772156.38/cwt154.00–157.001,20741
Steers—Medium and Large 1773164.95/cwt157.50–174.251,275368
Steers—Medium and Large 1828156.05/cwt147.50–163.501,292241
Steers—Medium and Large 1863156.68/cwt152.00–158.001,35241
Steers—Medium and Large 1940152.93/cwt150.00–157.001,438194
Steers—Medium and Large 1975150.99/cwt148.00–154.251,47277
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1372177.89/cwt174.00–192.5066249
Heifers—Medium and Large 1426176.43/cwt167.00–183.0075259
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2429156.51/cwt152.50–160.0067111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475176.35/cwt167.00–185.00838114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2486160.67/cwt154.00–162.0078129
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525169.76/cwt158.00–173.00891236
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2573144.61/cwt143.00–148.0082933
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy575169.13/cwt167.00–172.5097243
Heifers—Medium and Large 1583159.77/cwt148.50–164.50931251
Heifers—Medium and Large 1614156.87/cwt150.00–164.25963378
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2617147.00/cwt147.00–147.0090714
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement672151.09/cwt143.00–157.001,01517
Heifers—Medium and Large 1681145.84/cwt140.00–151.00993255
Heifers—Medium and Large 1715149.05/cwt142.00–155.501,066116
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy760163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,2391
Heifers—Medium and Large 1772144.40/cwt137.50–149.001,115189
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement837149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,24728
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2842120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0109
Heifers—Medium and Large 1864143.19/cwt139.50–144.001,237107
Heifers—Medium and Large 1957129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,23515

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.