Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2022-04-21

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Apr 21
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098
Receipts
1,631 head
▼ 422 vs last sale 2,053▲ 104 vs year ago 1,527 · +6.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago; Not all weights well tested for comparison. Feeder steers 650-700lbs and 750-800lbs 2.00 to 6.00 lower, 700-750lbs 6.00 to 11.00 higher, 800-850lbs 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers 600-650lbs 2.00 to 7.00 higher and 700-750lbs 3.00 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 $166.58/cwt on 817 head.
Average price
$166.58
817 head · 783 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,305
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$198
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$3.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs ND average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2661169.491,12052
Medium and Large 1792166.381,317765
One grade step is worth $3.10/cwt here — about −$198 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 sale817 hd
166.58
—
ND average1 barns · 817 hd
166.58
+0.00
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

30 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1317226.85/cwt225.00–227.507194
Steers—Medium and Large 1390213.48/cwt210.00–222.508337
Steers—Medium and Large 1431215.00/cwt215.00–215.009274
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2484192.00/cwt192.00–192.009295
Steers—Medium and Large 1490218.99/cwt215.00–221.001,07318
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2504196.00/cwt196.00–196.009888
Steers—Medium and Large 1545214.86/cwt213.00–216.001,17113
Steers—Medium and Large 1562210.49/cwt208.50–213.001,18347
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2577180.02/cwt174.00–188.001,03918
Steers—Medium and Large 1631191.13/cwt180.00–195.001,20628
Steers—Medium and Large 1699174.25/cwt174.25–174.251,218105
Steers—Medium and Large 1725171.87/cwt170.00–172.501,24646
Steers—Medium and Large 1781158.55/cwt148.50–161.751,23840
Steers—Medium and Large 1821159.25/cwt154.25–163.751,307162
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2834145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,20921
Steers—Medium and Large 1880153.14/cwt151.00–154.001,34886
Steers—Medium and Large 1940149.75/cwt149.75–149.751,408137
Steers—Medium and Large 1950147.25/cwt147.25–147.251,39968
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1447192.00/cwt192.00–192.008587
Heifers—Medium and Large 1454188.73/cwt186.00–192.0085735
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2462145.00/cwt145.00–145.0067010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1536176.84/cwt173.00–181.0094873
Heifers—Medium and Large 1589174.10/cwt173.50–175.001,02528
Heifers—Medium and Large 1637162.17/cwt153.00–164.001,03358
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2664141.00/cwt141.00–141.009369
Heifers—Medium and Large 1690152.79/cwt152.00–157.001,0546
Heifers—Medium and Large 1724149.15/cwt144.50–151.001,08046
Heifers—Medium and Large 1769146.77/cwt136.00–151.251,129240
Heifers—Medium and Large 1819135.01/cwt133.00–137.501,10645
Heifers—Medium and Large 1875130.64/cwt129.00–131.501,14336

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.