Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2022-09-15

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Sep 15
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098
Receipts
1,748 head
▲ 511 vs last sale 1,237▲ 1,748 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale of the fall market season, no recent price comparison available. Good buyer demand for a nice offering of yearling steers and heifers, most right off grass. Several long strings of yearlings in today's offerings. 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 $185.21/cwt on 830 head.
Average price
$185.21
830 head · 873 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,616
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$494
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$4.73/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.62
vs ND average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1886185.461,643786
Medium and Large 1-2636180.731,14944
One grade step is worth $4.73/cwt here — about $494 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 sale830 hd
185.21
—
ND average2 barns · 1,523 hd
183.59
+1.62
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

27 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 1-2499177.00/cwt177.00–177.008838
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2532194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,0329
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2576186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,0715
Steers—Medium and Large 1623204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,27119
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2685183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,25410
Steers—Medium and Large 1692203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,4059
Steers—Medium and Large 1726179.19/cwt170.00–186.001,30114
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2776170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,3197
Steers—Medium and Large 1790191.50/cwt191.50–191.501,5137
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2808168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,3575
Steers—Medium and Large 1812190.25/cwt190.25–190.251,5457
Steers—Medium and Large 1872187.68/cwt175.00–188.501,637440
Steers—Medium and Large 1924182.60/cwt176.75–187.251,687201
Steers—Medium and Large 1983175.33/cwt175.00–176.001,72389
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1537189.96/cwt184.00–193.001,02018
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568184.01/cwt179.00–189.001,04528
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,15022
Heifers—Medium and Large 1659192.89/cwt191.75–194.001,27188
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2660167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,10226
Heifers—Medium and Large 1730170.87/cwt170.00–172.501,24747
Heifers—Medium and Large 1782182.95/cwt168.50–184.701,431163
Heifers—Medium and Large 1819169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,38429
Heifers—Medium and Large 1891164.80/cwt163.00–167.501,46815
Heifers—Medium and Large 1917166.28/cwt164.00–169.001,525299
Heifers—Medium and Large 1993162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,6096
Heifers—Large 11,022156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,59411
Heifers—Large 11,110155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,72110

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.