Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2022-11-03

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Nov 3
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098
Receipts
1,826 head
▲ 127 vs last sale 1,699▼ 1,395 vs year ago 3,221 · −43.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Not all weights well tested for comparison. Feeder steers 500-600lbs steady to 4.00 higher with instances up to 9.00 higher, 650-700lbs 5.00 lower with instances up to 12.00 lower. Feeder heifers 500-600lbs 2.00 to 6.00 higher, 600-650lbs 8.00 to 11.00 higher. Good buyer demand on light weight calves. 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 $201.57/cwt on 821 head.
Average price
$201.57
821 head · 596 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,202
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$581
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$35.94/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.30
vs ND average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1594204.941,218667
Medium and Large 1-2584187.841,098147
Large 11,064169.001,7987thin
One grade step is worth $35.94/cwt here — about −$581 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 sale821 hd
201.57
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ND average3 barns · 5,068 hd
206.87
−5.30
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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1369236.00/cwt236.00–236.008714
Steers—Medium and Large 1407223.13/cwt217.00–237.0090821
Steers—Medium and Large 1470234.15/cwt229.00–239.001,101122
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2482207.04/cwt197.00–210.0099822
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2530193.34/cwt188.00–198.001,02549
Steers—Medium and Large 1537216.42/cwt203.00–223.001,16264
Steers—Medium and Large 1565205.66/cwt200.00–213.001,162133
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2579182.34/cwt175.00–187.501,05629
Steers—Medium and Large 1620200.48/cwt195.00–207.001,243115
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2640181.29/cwt180.00–183.001,16023
Steers—Medium and Large 1677179.97/cwt174.00–184.501,218114
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2727177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,28713
Steers—Medium and Large 1736192.31/cwt179.00–195.001,41554
Steers—Medium and Large 1752182.49/cwt177.00–188.001,37222
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2760166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,26211
Steers—Medium and Large 1813184.50/cwt184.50–184.501,50018
Steers—Large 11,064169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,7987
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1384185.11/cwt178.50–189.0071130
Heifers—Medium and Large 1431195.66/cwt182.50–201.00843110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1488192.39/cwt189.00–195.0093924
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2489170.00/cwt170.00–170.008317
Heifers—Medium and Large 1527190.46/cwt178.00–195.001,004129
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2544168.76/cwt168.50–169.5091823
Heifers—Medium and Large 1586182.05/cwt177.00–189.001,06749
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2618168.26/cwt165.00–170.001,04036
Heifers—Medium and Large 1620187.04/cwt179.00–190.001,16083
Heifers—Medium and Large 1675177.57/cwt176.50–179.001,19936
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2687153.50/cwt153.50–153.501,0559
Heifers—Medium and Large 1711173.43/cwt170.50–178.001,23342
Heifers—Medium and Large 1783170.04/cwt168.50–170.501,33122
Heifers—Medium and Large 1829172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,4266
Heifers—Medium and Large 1886169.50/cwt169.50–169.501,5028
Heifers—Medium and Large 1909161.74/cwt158.00–165.501,47020
Heifers—Medium and Large 1963168.50/cwt168.50–168.501,6236
Heifers—Large 11,023161.23/cwt161.00–161.501,64915
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1513198.50/cwt198.50–198.501,01815

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.