Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2022-02-10

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Feb 10
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098
Receipts
5,272 head
▲ 3,166 vs last sale 2,106▲ 4,262 vs year ago 1,010 · +422.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers 550-850lbs steady to 3.00 lower except for 550-600lbs and 800-850lbs which were 3.00 to 5.00 higher with instances up to 12.00 higher. Feeder heifers 500-600lbs 3.00 to 6.00 lower with instances up to 14.00 lower, 600-750lbs 2.00 to 7.00 higher. Good buyer demand. Quality replacement heifers in today's offering. 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 $181.37/cwt on 2,304 head.
Average price
$181.37
2,304 head · 675 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,224
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$152
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$0.41/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.70
vs ND average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2595181.761,081129
Medium and Large 1680181.351,2332,175
One grade step is worth $0.41/cwt here — about −$152 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 sale2,304 hd
181.37
—
ND average2 barns · 5,446 hd
177.68
+3.70
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

36 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1389223.52/cwt222.00–226.0086929
Steers—Medium and Large 1427225.73/cwt217.00–231.0096436
Steers—Medium and Large 1467221.59/cwt215.00–229.001,03577
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2494191.60/cwt189.00–198.0094717
Steers—Medium and Large 1526214.60/cwt210.00–219.001,129112
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2540191.19/cwt176.00–196.001,03251
Steers—Medium and Large 1575197.08/cwt189.00–210.001,133192
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2592182.31/cwt181.00–187.001,07936
Steers—Medium and Large 1628185.98/cwt178.00–191.501,168304
Steers—Medium and Large 1671180.19/cwt171.50–188.001,209463
Steers—Medium and Large 1727172.11/cwt166.00–175.001,251507
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2737154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,1355
Steers—Medium and Large 1781167.92/cwt157.75–173.501,311186
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2789155.30/cwt155.00–155.501,22520
Steers—Medium and Large 1824161.82/cwt155.00–164.001,333131
Steers—Medium and Large 1879155.19/cwt152.00–156.501,364107
Steers—Medium and Large 1938149.32/cwt148.50–150.001,40131
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1335185.00/cwt185.00–185.006208
Heifers—Medium and Large 1381185.91/cwt179.00–190.0070820
Heifers—Medium and Large 1436191.12/cwt180.50–196.0083361
Heifers—Medium and Large 1472179.16/cwt177.00–183.0084652
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2476163.92/cwt163.50–164.5078016
Heifers—Medium and Large 1532172.56/cwt162.00–180.00918183
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2537158.50/cwt158.50–158.508515
Heifers—Medium and Large 1565169.78/cwt164.00–174.25959176
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2571156.00/cwt156.00–156.008915
Heifers—Medium and Large 1627165.64/cwt157.50–170.001,039273
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement629166.17/cwt161.00–169.501,04536
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2646146.42/cwt145.50–148.0094630
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement661160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,05812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1669159.94/cwt152.00–164.501,070300
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement717156.84/cwt155.50–164.001,12583
Heifers—Medium and Large 1729153.29/cwt144.00–156.501,117230
Heifers—Medium and Large 1761147.91/cwt147.00–149.501,12651
Heifers—Medium and Large 1821134.67/cwt130.00–135.501,10638
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1662155.50/cwt155.50–155.501,0297

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.