Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2022-03-17

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Mar 17
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098
Receipts
2,632 head
▼ 343 vs last sale 2,975▲ 386 vs year ago 2,246 · +17.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers 500-550lbs steady to 5.00 higher, 550-700lbs and 800-850lbs 2.00 to 7.00 higher with instances up to 16.00 higher, 750-800lbs 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder heifers 500-600lbs 11.00 to 16.00 higher with instances up to 18.00 higher, 600-750lbs 7.00 to 12.00 higher. Good buyer demand. Quality replacement heifers in today's offering. Flesh condition light to moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $164.73/cwt on 1,089 head.
Average price
$164.73
1,089 head · 651 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,073
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$204
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$16.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.85
vs ND average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1655165.721,0861,024
Medium and Large 1-2592149.0688265
One grade step is worth $16.67/cwt here — about $204 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 sale1,089 hd
164.73
—
ND average2 barns · 2,162 hd
161.88
+2.85
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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1395223.30/cwt217.50–227.5088219
Steers—Medium and Large 1428237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,0179
Steers—Medium and Large 1478209.35/cwt209.00–210.001,00117
Steers—Medium and Large 1515200.23/cwt193.00–210.001,03152
Steers—Medium and Large 1576203.69/cwt192.00–209.751,173177
Steers—Medium and Large 1630192.68/cwt184.00–199.001,214189
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2630174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,0969
Steers—Medium and Large 1683179.10/cwt177.75–181.001,223151
Steers—Medium and Large 1703176.50/cwt176.50–176.501,24113
Steers—Medium and Large 1785159.37/cwt149.00–164.501,251227
Steers—Medium and Large 1832157.25/cwt155.50–158.001,30857
Steers—Medium and Large 1853147.50/cwt147.50–147.501,25821
Steers—Medium and Large 1947140.50/cwt140.50–140.501,33120
Steers—Large 11,020142.75/cwt142.75–142.751,45621
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2388164.00/cwt164.00–164.0063613
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2439162.00/cwt162.00–162.007117
Heifers—Medium and Large 1440181.50/cwt181.50–181.5079921
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473187.00/cwt187.00–187.0088510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1514186.61/cwt177.00–194.00959180
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2518168.00/cwt168.00–168.008705
Heifers—Medium and Large 1564181.59/cwt172.00–183.001,024120
Heifers—Medium and Large 1617168.73/cwt166.00–172.501,041129
Heifers—Medium and Large 1669164.27/cwt156.00–169.001,099231
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2680141.26/cwt140.25–142.0096134
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement716152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,08815
Heifers—Medium and Large 1740154.54/cwt154.50–155.001,14467
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement769147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,13040
Heifers—Medium and Large 1773147.75/cwt140.00–151.751,142124
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2774130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0066
Heifers—Medium and Large 1823139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,14439
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement885138.50/cwt138.50–138.501,22617
Heifers—Medium and Large 1920139.25/cwt139.25–139.251,28131
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1407211.00/cwt211.00–211.0085911
Bulls—Medium and Large 1506185.00/cwt185.00–185.0093628
Bulls—Medium and Large 1603179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,0796
Bulls—Medium and Large 1891118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,05111

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.