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Napoleon Livestock Auction

Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-10-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-19

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Oct 19

● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098

← Sep 21Oct 19Oct 26 →

Receipts

2,933 head

▲ 1,933 vs last sale 1,000▲ 2,073 vs year ago 860 · +241.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent price comparison available. Good buyer demand for calves and yearling feeders mostly coming right off grass. Flesh condition light to moderate.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $235.82/cwt on 1,315 head.

Average price

$235.82

1,315 head · 751 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,772

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$1,356

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1

$19.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.22

vs ND average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	350	237.50	831	12thin
Medium and Large 1	739	236.93	1,752	1,227
Large 1	1,005	217.63	2,187	76

One grade step is worth $19.87/cwt here — about −$1,356 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 sale1,315 hd

235.82

—

ND average3 barns · 2,918 hd

249.04

−13.22

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

Every lot

35 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	329	322.89/cwt	305.00–330.00	1,062	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	407	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	916	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	435	322.23/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,402	69
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	490	289.03/cwt	288.00–296.00	1,416	43
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	513	303.04/cwt	287.00–313.00	1,555	86
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	514	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,157	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	554	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,368	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	580	272.04/cwt	260.00–277.00	1,578	59
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	608	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,404	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	620	278.94/cwt	267.00–281.75	1,729	163
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	673	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,669	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	686	274.26/cwt	253.00–276.50	1,881	95
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	728	232.12/cwt	230.00–241.00	1,690	82
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	732	276.25/cwt	276.25–276.25	2,022	68
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	787	231.38/cwt	229.50–240.00	1,821	69
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	834	240.30/cwt	237.50–242.00	2,004	116
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	888	234.50/cwt	234.50–234.50	2,082	69
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	900	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,079	70
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	980	225.26/cwt	218.50–227.50	2,208	36
Steers	—	Large 1	1,005	231.08/cwt	228.00–231.50	2,322	67
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	303	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	818	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	350	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	831	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	419	267.37/cwt	257.50–275.00	1,120	89
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	489	247.67/cwt	245.00–250.00	1,211	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	514	253.45/cwt	243.00–263.00	1,303	48
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	572	239.29/cwt	232.00–247.00	1,369	60
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	607	255.77/cwt	240.00–258.00	1,553	132
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	671	235.34/cwt	231.00–236.50	1,579	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	715	233.82/cwt	225.00–247.50	1,672	216
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	783	233.50/cwt	233.50–233.50	1,828	136
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	827	228.46/cwt	225.50–231.00	1,889	198
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	861	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,954	48
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	934	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	2,144	70
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	983	220.63/cwt	220.00–221.00	2,169	167
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,005	217.63/cwt	215.00–219.00	2,187	76

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 Oct 19, 2023

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

Receipts 2,933Last week 1,000Year ago 860

No recent price comparison available. Good buyer demand for calves and yearling feeders mostly coming right off grass. Flesh condition light to moderate.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	580	260.00–277.00	272.04
69	—	435	310.00–325.00	322.23
36	—	980	218.50–227.50	225.26
69	—	787	229.50–240.00	231.38
86	—	513	287.00–313.00	303.04
27	—	329	305.00–330.00	322.89
116	—	834	237.50–242.00	240.30
70	—	900	231.00	231.00
163	—	620	267.00–281.75	278.94
95	—	686	253.00–276.50	274.26
69	—	888	234.50	234.50
82	—	728	230.00–241.00	232.12
43	—	490	288.00–296.00	289.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	514	225.00	225.00
7	—	554	247.00	247.00
8	—	407	225.00	225.00
6	—	608	231.00	231.00
18	—	673	248.00	248.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	732	276.25	276.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	1,005	228.00–231.50	231.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	1,005	215.00–219.00	217.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	303	270.00	270.00
29	—	671	231.00–236.50	235.34
30	—	489	245.00–250.00	247.67
216	—	715	225.00–247.50	233.82
167	—	983	220.00–221.00	220.63
198	—	827	225.50–231.00	228.46
60	—	572	232.00–247.00	239.29
48	—	514	243.00–263.00	253.45
89	—	419	257.50–275.00	267.37
48	—	861	227.00	227.00
132	—	607	240.00–258.00	255.77
136	—	783	233.50	233.50
70	—	934	229.50	229.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	350	237.50	237.50

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.