Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2023-01-12

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Jan 12
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098
Receipts
4,412 head
▲ 969 vs last sale 3,443▼ 3,170 vs year ago 7,582 · −41.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers 400-450lbs and 500-550lbs 14.00 to 15.00 higher with instances up to 23.00 higher, 450-500lbs and 550-800lbs steady to 5.00 higher with instances up to 8.00 higher, 850-900lb 9.00 to 12.00 lower. Feeder heifers 400-450lbs and 500-550lbs 9.00 to 11.00 higher, 600-700lbs, 750-800lb and 900-950lbs 1.00 to 6.00 higher with instances up to 10.00 higher. Good buyer demand with many full loads in today's offering. Flesh condition light to moderate plus.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $197.45/cwt on 2,246 head.
Average price
$197.45
2,246 head · 668 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,319
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$101
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2
$59.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.63
vs ND average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1662199.201,3182,038
Medium and Large 1-2599187.551,123143
Large 11,008166.501,67860
Large 1-21,014140.001,4205thin
One grade step is worth $59.20/cwt here — about −$101 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 sale2,246 hd
197.45
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ND average3 barns · 6,829 hd
201.08
−3.63
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

43 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1368235.00/cwt235.00–235.008656
Steers—Medium and Large 1413237.73/cwt222.50–250.0098245
Steers—Medium and Large 1470226.00/cwt213.00–242.001,062161
Steers—Medium and Large 1528218.93/cwt211.00–234.001,156146
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2538189.85/cwt184.50–200.001,02126
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2571194.20/cwt189.50–199.001,10987
Steers—Medium and Large 1580212.79/cwt200.00–222.001,234352
Steers—Medium and Large 1627207.06/cwt197.00–215.001,298211
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2646174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,12410
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy652208.76/cwt208.00–209.001,361108
Steers—Medium and Large 1681187.61/cwt180.00–193.001,278223
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2695173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,20211
Steers—Medium and Large 1724185.00/cwt176.00–190.001,339279
Steers—Medium and Large 1771183.27/cwt180.00–188.001,413273
Steers—Medium and Large 1810175.34/cwt169.00–181.001,42094
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2869149.50/cwt149.50–149.501,2999
Steers—Medium and Large 1872169.13/cwt169.00–170.001,47556
Steers—Medium and Large 1940179.04/cwt170.00–180.251,68376
Steers—Medium and Large 1974165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,6078
Steers—Large 1Fleshy1,008166.50/cwt166.50–166.501,67860
Steers—Large 1-21,014140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,4205
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1380193.96/cwt185.00–202.0073734
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2394171.00/cwt171.00–171.006745
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2406180.26/cwt179.00–183.0073219
Heifers—Medium and Large 1427193.74/cwt188.00–204.0082757
Heifers—Medium and Large 1466190.11/cwt176.00–195.00886124
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2478167.50/cwt167.50–167.5080110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy500202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,01023
Heifers—Medium and Large 1536181.99/cwt175.50–192.50975174
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2548170.00/cwt170.00–170.009328
Heifers—Medium and Large 1560182.73/cwt172.00–188.001,023151
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2617160.00/cwt160.00–160.0098710
Heifers—Medium and Large 1629180.31/cwt173.50–186.001,134166
Heifers—Medium and Large 1685170.14/cwt166.00–178.001,16543
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2693160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,10912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1728170.71/cwt168.00–174.001,243241
Heifers—Medium and Large 1786164.56/cwt164.00–165.001,29346
Heifers—Medium and Large 1800169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,35246
Heifers—Medium and Large 1853161.50/cwt161.50–161.501,37811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1902160.50/cwt160.50–160.501,44865
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1452206.00/cwt206.00–206.009319
Bulls—Medium and Large 1507175.00/cwt175.00–175.008875
Bulls—Medium and Large 1953103.00/cwt103.00–103.0098213

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.