Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2022-10-20

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Oct 20
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098
Receipts
860 head
▼ 888 vs last sale 1,748▼ 426 vs year ago 1,286 · −33.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent price comparison available. Good buyer demand for yearling feeders that are mostly coming right off grass. 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 $191.26/cwt on 418 head.
Average price
$191.26
418 head · 685 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,309
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$195
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$17.84/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.48
vs ND average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1687192.201,320396
Medium and Large 1-2645174.361,12522
One grade step is worth $17.84/cwt here — about $195 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 sale418 hd
191.26
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ND average3 barns · 4,125 hd
201.74
−10.48
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

29 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1325222.50/cwt222.50–222.507233
Steers—Medium and Large 1417218.47/cwt217.00–224.0091124
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2471190.00/cwt190.00–190.008955
Steers—Medium and Large 1476210.29/cwt198.00–218.001,00125
Steers—Medium and Large 1530203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,07632
Steers—Medium and Large 1575185.80/cwt180.00–198.501,06854
Steers—Medium and Large 1625184.12/cwt181.00–196.001,15114
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2642174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,1175
Steers—Medium and Large 1685185.79/cwt183.00–189.001,27350
Steers—Medium and Large 1702202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,41885
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2719168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,20812
Steers—Medium and Large 1777177.26/cwt175.50–181.001,37717
Steers—Medium and Large 1805175.69/cwt175.50–177.501,41421
Steers—Medium and Large 1945172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,6255
Steers—Medium and Large 1963179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,72466
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1325180.00/cwt180.00–180.005856
Heifers—Medium and Large 1443184.18/cwt182.00–190.0081640
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2513170.00/cwt170.00–170.008726
Heifers—Medium and Large 1537185.68/cwt178.00–189.0099716
Heifers—Medium and Large 1550167.00/cwt167.00–167.009197
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2566145.00/cwt145.00–145.0082116
Heifers—Medium and Large 1627165.18/cwt164.00–167.001,03630
Heifers—Medium and Large 1733174.65/cwt170.50–175.501,28090
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2741152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,12611
Heifers—Medium and Large 1825168.60/cwt165.50–171.001,39118
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2842149.50/cwt149.50–149.501,2598
Heifers—Medium and Large 1912169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,54123
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2998113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,12812
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1842143.50/cwt143.50–143.501,2085

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.