Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2022-12-01

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Dec 1
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098
Receipts
4,857 head
▼ 1,041 vs last sale 5,898▼ 804 vs year ago 5,661 · −14.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago; Feeder steers 400-500lbs 2.00 to 7.00 higher with instances up to 10.00 higher, 500-550lbs 2.00 to 4.00 lower, 550-650lbs 1.00 to 6.00 higher, 650-750lbs 4.00 to 9.00 lower. Feeder heifers 400-500lbs 2.00 to 5.00 lower with instances up to 11.00 lower, 500-650lbs 6.00 to 11.00 higher with instances up to 18.00 higher. Many full loads in todays offering. 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 $208.16/cwt on 2,101 head.
Average price
$208.16
2,101 head · 574 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,195
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$528
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$44.04/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.89
vs ND average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1573209.041,1981,939
Medium and Large 1-2539201.011,084147
Large 11,046165.001,72615thin
One grade step is worth $44.04/cwt here — about −$528 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 sale2,101 hd
208.16
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ND average3 barns · 10,197 hd
211.05
−2.89
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

34 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2311210.00/cwt210.00–210.006535
Steers—Medium and Large 1330245.00/cwt245.00–245.008093
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2378221.60/cwt220.00–222.5083813
Steers—Medium and Large 1385245.24/cwt235.00–254.0094479
Steers—Medium and Large 1430241.93/cwt230.00–255.001,04060
Steers—Medium and Large 1485233.60/cwt227.50–247.501,133200
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2498221.63/cwt220.00–222.501,10423
Steers—Medium and Large 1514219.38/cwt208.00–228.001,128541
Steers—Medium and Large 1579207.97/cwt197.50–220.001,204344
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2579193.58/cwt192.00–195.501,121106
Steers—Medium and Large 1619194.81/cwt187.00–202.001,206273
Steers—Medium and Large 1677185.80/cwt174.00–190.501,258224
Steers—Medium and Large 1717183.14/cwt180.00–185.501,313166
Steers—Medium and Large 1818174.99/cwt169.50–178.501,43144
Steers—Medium and Large 1894171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,5295
Steers—Large 11,046165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,72615
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1323194.40/cwt192.50–200.0062822
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2335173.00/cwt173.00–173.0058015
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2383181.52/cwt180.00–182.5069513
Heifers—Medium and Large 1384197.88/cwt193.00–206.0076058
Heifers—Medium and Large 1427197.04/cwt187.50–205.0084199
Heifers—Medium and Large 1479190.03/cwt183.00–195.00910370
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2482164.00/cwt164.00–164.007908
Heifers—Medium and Large 1526190.18/cwt181.00–199.501,000183
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2542168.21/cwt167.00–170.0091215
Heifers—Medium and Large 1578184.78/cwt177.00–196.501,068236
Heifers—Medium and Large 1616180.90/cwt170.00–187.001,11497
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2642168.50/cwt168.50–168.501,08211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1675172.79/cwt172.00–174.001,16626
Heifers—Medium and Large 1732174.05/cwt167.00–176.001,27445
Heifers—Medium and Large 1759175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,3288
Heifers—Medium and Large 1844170.14/cwt168.00–173.001,43614
Heifers—Medium and Large 1894169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,51111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1980161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,57851

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.