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Napoleon Livestock Auction

Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-03-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-30

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Mar 30

● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098

← Mar 23Mar 30Apr 13 →

Receipts

3,523 head

▲ 1,068 vs last sale 2,455▲ 1,571 vs year ago 1,952 · +80.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers 400-500lbs, 550-600lbs and 700-750lbs 7.00 to 12.00 higher, 500-550lbs and 650-700lbs 3.00 to 6.00 higher, 600-650lbs and 750-800lbs 20.00 to 21.00 higher. Feeder heifers 500-550lbs steady to 2.00 higher, 550-600lbs and 650-750lbs 1.00 to4.00 lower with instances up to 7.00 lower, 600-650lbs 12.00 to 14.00 higher. Quality replacement heifers in today's offering. Many full loads with good buyer demand. Flesh condition light to moderate.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $219.65/cwt on 1,677 head.

Average price

$219.65

1,677 head · 685 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,505

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$249

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$59.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.69

vs ND average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	685	220.19	1,508	1,617
Medium and Large 1-2	642	210.92	1,354	53
Large 1	1,091	161.00	1,757	7thin

One grade step is worth $59.19/cwt here — about −$249 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 sale1,677 hd

219.65

—

ND average2 barns · 3,312 hd

215.96

+3.69

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

38 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	339	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	924	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	425	261.13/cwt	252.50–275.00	1,110	56
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	470	258.10/cwt	254.00–270.00	1,213	50
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	471	237.08/cwt	232.50–240.00	1,117	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	527	250.79/cwt	240.00–258.00	1,322	99
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	548	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,274	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	576	248.55/cwt	247.00–249.00	1,432	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	580	234.53/cwt	221.00–242.50	1,360	168
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	626	231.71/cwt	221.00–245.00	1,451	271
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	639	211.61/cwt	200.00–217.50	1,352	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	674	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,537	70
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	677	216.17/cwt	202.00–223.00	1,463	108
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	717	213.58/cwt	200.00–219.00	1,531	307
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	763	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,671	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	782	199.94/cwt	192.50–213.00	1,564	160
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	812	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,470	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	825	194.78/cwt	188.00–204.00	1,607	78
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	885	189.62/cwt	188.00–191.25	1,678	137
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	936	181.76/cwt	170.00–184.75	1,701	66
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	939	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,521	5
Steers	—	Large 1	1,091	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,757	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	340	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	714	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	381	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	800	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	426	221.88/cwt	210.00–229.00	945	41
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	477	232.07/cwt	225.00–233.50	1,107	137
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	521	226.47/cwt	215.00–230.00	1,180	123
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	540	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,121	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	580	204.36/cwt	190.00–211.00	1,185	100
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	623	208.89/cwt	194.00–212.50	1,301	185
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	649	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,201	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	670	199.49/cwt	197.00–200.00	1,337	60
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	683	194.41/cwt	190.50–197.00	1,328	141
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	723	191.52/cwt	189.50–194.00	1,385	83
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	732	186.12/cwt	185.00–189.00	1,362	82
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	773	190.82/cwt	183.00–195.50	1,475	142
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	788	179.99/cwt	174.00–183.50	1,418	78
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	834	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,543	49
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	944	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,539	13

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.

North Dakota feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Napoleon Livestock Auction - Napoleon, ND

Thu Mar 30, 2023

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Bismarck, ND (LS-BM)

Receipts 3,523Last week 2,455Year ago 1,952

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	649	185.00	185.00
11	—	540	207.50	207.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	788	174.00–183.50	179.99
123	—	521	215.00–230.00	226.47
6	—	340	210.00	210.00
82	—	732	185.00–189.00	186.12
13	—	944	163.00	163.00
41	—	426	210.00–229.00	221.88
137	—	477	225.00–233.50	232.07
141	—	683	190.50–197.00	194.41
7	—	381	210.00	210.00
185	—	623	194.00–212.50	208.89
100	—	580	190.00–211.00	204.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
142	—	773	183.00–195.50	190.82
83	—	723	189.50–194.00	191.52
60	—	670	197.00–200.00	199.49
49	—	834	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	548	232.50	232.50
8	—	812	181.00	181.00
13	—	471	232.50–240.00	237.08
21	—	639	200.00–217.50	211.61
5	—	939	162.00	162.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
99	—	527	240.00–258.00	250.79
56	—	425	252.50–275.00	261.13
307	—	717	200.00–219.00	213.58
78	—	825	188.00–204.00	194.78
7	—	339	272.50	272.50
168	—	580	221.00–242.50	234.53
108	—	677	202.00–223.00	216.17
66	—	936	170.00–184.75	181.76
50	—	470	254.00–270.00	258.10
137	—	885	188.00–191.25	189.62
160	—	782	192.50–213.00	199.94
271	—	626	221.00–245.00	231.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,091	161.00	161.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	576	247.00–249.00	248.55
70	—	674	228.00	228.00
13	—	763	219.00	219.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.