Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2023-10-26

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Oct 26
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098
Receipts
858 head
▼ 2,075 vs last sale 2,933▼ 841 vs year ago 1,699 · −49.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not all weights well tested for comparison. Feeder steers 450-500 lbs 20.00 to 23.00 higher, 550-600 lbs steady to 2.00 lower, 600-650 lbs 14.00 lower. Feeder heifers 400-450 lbs and 500-600 lbs 5.00 to 9.00 lower with instances up to 13.00 lower, 800-850 lbs 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Light sale due to weather conditions. 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 $273.50/cwt on 413 head.
Average price
$273.50
413 head · 564 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,542
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$275
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$27.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.43
vs ND average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1566274.611,554396
Medium and Large 1-2516247.591,27917thin
One grade step is worth $27.03/cwt here — about $275 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 sale413 hd
273.50
—
ND average2 barns · 1,498 hd
274.93
−1.43
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

29 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1320316.27/cwt316.00–322.501,01226
Steers—Medium and Large 1397327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,29824
Steers—Medium and Large 1410331.00/cwt331.00–331.001,3574
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2432280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,2106
Steers—Medium and Large 1474309.67/cwt290.00–319.001,46863
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2478231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,1045
Steers—Medium and Large 1526270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,42021
Steers—Medium and Large 1555275.32/cwt258.00–276.501,52896
Steers—Medium and Large 1614246.01/cwt241.00–267.001,51172
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2633229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,4506
Steers—Medium and Large 1673245.94/cwt244.00–249.001,65538
Steers—Medium and Large 1727244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,7747
Steers—Medium and Large 1762243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,85218
Steers—Medium and Large 1806244.50/cwt244.50–244.501,97127
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1326238.00/cwt238.00–238.0077614
Heifers—Medium and Large 1390248.57/cwt246.00–255.009697
Heifers—Medium and Large 1416269.55/cwt265.00–270.001,12154
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2438200.00/cwt200.00–200.008768
Heifers—Medium and Large 1472250.62/cwt250.00–251.001,18311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1531244.35/cwt235.00–250.001,29740
Heifers—Medium and Large 1583235.38/cwt234.00–238.001,37244
Heifers—Medium and Large 1617219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,35122
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2660221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,4596
Heifers—Medium and Large 1685241.75/cwt238.00–244.001,65624
Heifers—Medium and Large 1721240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,73017
Heifers—Medium and Large 1779222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,7297
Heifers—Medium and Large 1829226.09/cwt222.50–227.001,87475
Heifers—Medium and Large 1927220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,0395
Heifers—Medium and Large 1961218.00/cwt218.00–218.002,09513

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.