Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2022-02-17

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Feb 17
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098
Receipts
4,853 head
▼ 419 vs last sale 5,272▲ 849 vs year ago 4,004 · +21.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers 450-900lbs 1.00 to 6.00 higher with instances up to 10.00 higher except 650-700lbs which was steady to 3.00 lower. Feeder heifers 450-800lbs 2.00 to 7.00 higher with instances up to 13.00 higher. Good buyer demand on the many full loads 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 $180.04/cwt on 2,492 head.
Average price
$180.04
2,492 head · 718 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,293
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$170
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$8.13/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.99
vs ND average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1723180.641,3062,306
Medium and Large 1-2658172.511,136186
One grade step is worth $8.13/cwt here — about $170 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 sale2,492 hd
180.04
—
ND average3 barns · 5,871 hd
177.05
+2.99
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

37 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1300237.50/cwt237.50–237.507135
Steers—Medium and Large 1393237.94/cwt232.00–239.0093513
Steers—Medium and Large 1427232.78/cwt232.50–235.0099418
Steers—Medium and Large 1468231.52/cwt222.50–239.001,08446
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2488208.93/cwt203.00–215.001,02010
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2516192.56/cwt191.00–194.0099417
Steers—Medium and Large 1533216.13/cwt208.00–224.001,152165
Steers—Medium and Large 1571208.61/cwt202.00–215.501,191151
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2574187.90/cwt184.00–194.001,07952
Steers—Medium and Large 1633192.02/cwt180.00–197.001,215350
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2640173.36/cwt172.25–174.001,11024
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy659192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,26535
Steers—Medium and Large 1679181.59/cwt172.00–185.501,233136
Steers—Medium and Large 1725177.31/cwt168.00–183.001,285438
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2733156.98/cwt152.00–161.001,15149
Steers—Medium and Large 1772166.10/cwt157.00–174.001,282194
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2797153.50/cwt153.50–153.501,22329
Steers—Medium and Large 1827165.70/cwt161.00–171.501,370404
Steers—Medium and Large 1862159.57/cwt158.00–161.751,375140
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2914130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,1885
Steers—Medium and Large 1936154.94/cwt149.75–157.501,450193
Steers—Medium and Large 1975143.89/cwt141.00–148.501,40318
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1364192.15/cwt187.50–205.0069911
Heifers—Medium and Large 1428189.44/cwt185.00–193.0081122
Heifers—Medium and Large 1487185.57/cwt185.00–186.0090455
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2519168.43/cwt166.00–173.0087414
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520187.48/cwt179.00–193.00975170
Heifers—Medium and Large 1580173.22/cwt165.00–181.501,005158
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2620149.59/cwt140.00–154.0092722
Heifers—Medium and Large 1627171.80/cwt167.75–173.501,077111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1665164.66/cwt155.00–170.501,095432
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2676150.73/cwt144.00–153.001,01923
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement715158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,13039
Heifers—Medium and Large 1716156.77/cwt149.00–160.251,122269
Heifers—Medium and Large 1787147.71/cwt140.00–151.501,162157
Heifers—Medium and Large 1837147.23/cwt140.00–149.001,232118
Heifers—Medium and Large 1857148.20/cwt138.00–149.501,270164

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.