Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2022-05-19

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, May 19
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098
Receipts
1,237 head
▲ 276 vs last sale 961▼ 713 vs year ago 1,950 · −36.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Not all weights well tested for comparison. Feeder steers 550-600lbs and 650-700lbs 4.00 to 7.00 lower with instances up to 11.00 lower and 750-800lbs 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers 650-700lbs 7.00 to 8.00 higher and 700-750lbs 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Good buyer demand. Flesh condition light to moderate. Quality replacement heifers in todays offering.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $164.85/cwt on 543 head.
Average price
$164.85
543 head · 619 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,021
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$125
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$18.41/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 1620165.801,027515
Medium and Large 1-2612147.3990228
One grade step is worth $18.41/cwt here — about $125 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 sale543 hd
164.85
—
ND average1 barns · 543 hd
164.85
+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

25 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1446197.50/cwt197.50–197.508818
Steers—Medium and Large 1533200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0662
Steers—Medium and Large 1573193.82/cwt190.00–199.001,11198
Steers—Medium and Large 1636173.09/cwt171.00–179.001,10122
Steers—Medium and Large 1671179.62/cwt173.00–186.501,205226
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2692154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,0665
Steers—Medium and Large 1732178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,30315
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2739157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,1605
Steers—Medium and Large 1779161.99/cwt154.50–167.001,26244
Steers—Medium and Large 1824151.19/cwt147.00–154.001,24632
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2377162.50/cwt162.50–162.506137
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2488156.00/cwt156.00–156.007615
Heifers—Medium and Large 1499171.00/cwt171.00–171.0085327
Heifers—Medium and Large 1538170.95/cwt160.00–173.00920208
Heifers—Medium and Large 1636164.41/cwt161.50–165.501,04689
Heifers—Medium and Large 1652164.41/cwt158.50–165.001,07268
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2669146.00/cwt146.00–146.009775
Heifers—Medium and Large 1742150.92/cwt150.00–152.001,12064
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement767165.14/cwt164.50–166.001,26759
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2792134.50/cwt134.50–134.501,06511
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1381200.00/cwt200.00–200.007626
Bulls—Medium and Large 1424203.00/cwt203.00–203.008614
Bulls—Medium and Large 1531189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,00419
Bulls—Medium and Large 1649175.50/cwt175.50–175.501,13949
Bulls—Medium and Large 1776149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,1566

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.