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Napoleon Livestock Auction

Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-01-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-04

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Jan 4

● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098

← Dec 14Jan 4Jan 11 →

Receipts

2,781 head

▲ 431 vs last sale 2,350▼ 662 vs year ago 3,443 · −19.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Three weeks since last report so no price comparison but both feeder steers and heifers showing an upward trend. 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 $265.27/cwt on 1,525 head.

Average price

$265.27

1,525 head · 678 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,799

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$276

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$73.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.56

vs ND average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	676	267.26	1,807	1,396
Medium and Large 1-2	625	253.35	1,582	108
Large 1	1,074	194.00	2,084	21

One grade step is worth $73.26/cwt here — about −$276 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 sale1,525 hd

265.27

—

ND average3 barns · 3,826 hd

265.83

−0.56

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

Every lot

42 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	309	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,097	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	392	338.67/cwt	325.00–347.50	1,328	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	413	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,507	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	420	329.78/cwt	315.00–342.50	1,385	63
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	469	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,266	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	487	315.85/cwt	302.50–327.50	1,538	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	520	273.03/cwt	266.00–282.50	1,420	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	523	302.85/cwt	285.00–315.00	1,584	171
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	562	300.40/cwt	293.00–306.00	1,688	144
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	585	260.19/cwt	252.50–272.00	1,522	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	628	260.98/cwt	250.00–271.50	1,639	110
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	673	266.60/cwt	256.50–279.00	1,794	286
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	688	245.18/cwt	239.00–251.00	1,687	39
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	715	258.00/cwt	246.00–259.75	1,845	99
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	726	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,692	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	766	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,678	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	782	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,908	81
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	814	230.05/cwt	222.50–234.00	1,873	189
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	882	226.03/cwt	225.50–227.50	1,994	93
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	922	216.72/cwt	200.00–218.00	1,998	96
Steers	—	Large 1	1,074	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	2,084	21
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	304	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	836	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	366	292.92/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,072	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	373	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	942	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	408	247.99/cwt	240.00–253.00	1,012	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	416	272.76/cwt	267.50–287.50	1,135	41
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	417	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,251	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	471	290.05/cwt	272.50–299.00	1,366	56
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	477	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,183	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	533	274.03/cwt	260.00–286.00	1,461	107
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	550	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,169	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	562	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,517	54
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	587	241.91/cwt	230.00–255.00	1,420	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	623	238.63/cwt	237.00–239.50	1,487	35
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	670	236.93/cwt	230.00–246.00	1,587	144
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	693	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,247	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	719	224.10/cwt	217.00–236.00	1,611	82
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	780	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,365	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	798	216.50/cwt	216.50–216.50	1,728	76
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	819	212.13/cwt	200.00–216.50	1,737	137
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	923	188.95/cwt	180.00–193.00	1,744	51
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,048	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,813	9

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 Jan 4, 2024

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

Receipts 2,781Last week 2,350Year ago 3,443

Three weeks since last report so no price comparison but both feeder steers and heifers showing an upward trend. Good buyer demand. Flesh condition light to moderate.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	408	240.00–253.00	247.99
21	—	477	248.00	248.00
11	—	373	252.50	252.50
6	—	550	212.50	212.50
10	—	693	180.00	180.00
12	—	780	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
144	—	670	230.00–246.00	236.93
82	—	719	217.00–236.00	224.10
107	—	533	260.00–286.00	274.03
51	—	923	180.00–193.00	188.95
41	—	416	267.50–287.50	272.76
34	—	587	230.00–255.00	241.91
35	—	623	237.00–239.50	238.63
10	—	366	290.00–295.00	292.92
12	—	304	275.00	275.00
56	—	471	272.50–299.00	290.05
76	—	798	216.50	216.50
137	—	819	200.00–216.50	212.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	417	300.00	300.00
54	—	562	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,048	173.00	173.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	413	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,074	194.00	194.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
286	—	673	256.50–279.00	266.60
15	—	392	325.00–347.50	338.67
24	—	487	302.50–327.50	315.85
63	—	420	315.00–342.50	329.78
81	—	782	244.00	244.00
93	—	882	225.50–227.50	226.03
99	—	715	246.00–259.75	258.00
110	—	628	250.00–271.50	260.98
144	—	562	293.00–306.00	300.40
171	—	523	285.00–315.00	302.85
189	—	814	222.50–234.00	230.05
8	—	309	355.00	355.00
96	—	922	200.00–218.00	216.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	469	270.00	270.00
8	—	766	219.00	219.00
9	—	726	233.00	233.00
18	—	585	252.50–272.00	260.19
29	—	520	266.00–282.50	273.03
39	—	688	239.00–251.00	245.18

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.