Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2022-01-27

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Jan 27
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098
Receipts
3,663 head
▲ 586 vs last sale 3,077▼ 2,572 vs year ago 6,235 · −41.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers 500-800lbs 1.00 to 6.00 higher with instances up to 9.00 higher, 800-850lbs 5.00 to 9.00 lower. Feeder heifers 500-600lbs, 650-700lbs and 750-800lbs steady to 5.00 higher with instances up to 9.00 higher, 600-650lbs, 700-750lbs and 800-850lbs 1.00 to 4.00 lower with instances up to 12.00 lower. Good buyer demand. 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 $173.15/cwt on 2,182 head.
Average price
$173.15
2,182 head · 680 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,177
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$95
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$49.94/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.24
vs ND average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1679174.941,1871,918
Medium and Large 1-2623166.821,039222
Large 11,026125.001,28342
One grade step is worth $49.94/cwt here — about −$95 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 sale2,182 hd
173.15
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ND average3 barns · 5,476 hd
175.39
−2.24
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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy363231.00/cwt231.00–231.008392
Steers—Medium and Large 1385208.32/cwt205.00–210.0080223
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy411233.00/cwt233.00–233.009584
Steers—Medium and Large 1428197.13/cwt190.00–200.0084420
Steers—Medium and Large 1461216.08/cwt213.00–221.0099666
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2474187.83/cwt180.00–200.0089036
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy505203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,02520
Steers—Medium and Large 1537184.77/cwt180.00–200.00992107
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2548167.00/cwt165.00–170.0091540
Steers—Medium and Large 1569193.00/cwt183.00–199.001,098144
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2582172.97/cwt170.00–174.001,00735
Steers—Medium and Large 1618179.26/cwt171.00–188.751,108390
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2638168.44/cwt166.00–170.001,07534
Steers—Medium and Large 1673175.30/cwt164.00–180.001,180351
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2688159.02/cwt154.00–161.001,09425
Steers—Medium and Large 1727168.55/cwt159.50–174.001,225231
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2743155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,15216
Steers—Medium and Large 1776163.15/cwt154.50–169.001,266306
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2780148.78/cwt147.00–152.001,16036
Steers—Medium and Large 1838155.44/cwt153.00–157.001,303121
Steers—Medium and Large 1867154.16/cwt151.00–162.501,337103
Steers—Medium and Large 1931149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,3877
Steers—Medium and Large 1965151.65/cwt144.00–155.001,46323
Steers—Large 11,026125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,28342
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1361188.57/cwt185.00–197.5068136
Heifers—Medium and Large 1439175.90/cwt173.00–183.0077221
Heifers—Medium and Large 1479176.05/cwt165.00–182.50843126
Heifers—Medium and Large 1528165.04/cwt155.50–171.5087159
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2539153.50/cwt153.00–154.0082710
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575170.16/cwt164.00–174.00978132
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2592151.44/cwt145.00–153.5089725
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623154.95/cwt148.00–163.75965220
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673152.86/cwt144.00–159.001,029194
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement717152.50/cwt152.50–152.501,09326
Heifers—Medium and Large 1730146.29/cwt141.50–148.751,068142
Heifers—Medium and Large 1786145.61/cwt145.00–149.501,14443
Heifers—Medium and Large 1809141.04/cwt136.50–144.251,14157
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2842114.00/cwt114.00–114.009605
Heifers—Medium and Large 1882133.50/cwt133.50–133.501,1775
Heifers—Medium and Large 1927135.50/cwt134.50–136.001,2563
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2977119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,1639
Heifers—Medium and Large 1985132.50/cwt132.50–132.501,30512

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.