Sale reports / North Dakota / Napoleon Livestock Auction / 2024-01-11

Napoleon Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Jan 11
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098
Receipts
3,150 head
▲ 369 vs last sale 2,781▼ 1,262 vs year ago 4,412 · −28.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers 400-450lbs and 550-600lbs 4.00 to 6.00 lower, 450-550lbs, 600-650lbs, and 900-950lbs 9.00 to 12.00 higher with instances up to 18.00 higher, 650-700lbs 1.00 to 2.00 higher and 700-800lbs 11.00 to 14.00 lower. Feeder heifers 400-650lbs and 900-950lbs 3.00 to 8.00 higher with instances up to 13.00 higher, 700-750lbs 9.00 lower. 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 $285.99/cwt on 1,675 head.
Average price
$285.99
1,675 head · 600 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,717
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$189
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$15.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.60
vs ND average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1603287.361,7341,524
Medium and Large 1-2568272.191,545151
One grade step is worth $15.17/cwt here — about $189 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 sale1,675 hd
285.99
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ND average3 barns · 4,595 hd
276.40
+9.60
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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1349350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,2227
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2385315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,2135
Steers—Medium and Large 1390354.00/cwt354.00–354.001,3817
Steers—Medium and Large 1427343.17/cwt335.00–359.001,46597
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2449311.00/cwt311.00–311.001,39613
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2465305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,41814
Steers—Medium and Large 1473338.06/cwt325.00–345.001,59976
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy504327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,64865
Steers—Medium and Large 1531305.64/cwt292.00–309.001,623208
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2541276.30/cwt269.50–286.001,49550
Steers—Medium and Large 1571294.77/cwt272.00–302.001,683333
Steers—Medium and Large 1611281.12/cwt260.00–288.001,718203
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2639252.43/cwt240.00–257.001,61361
Steers—Medium and Large 1666266.90/cwt258.00–280.001,778339
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2679250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,6988
Steers—Medium and Large 1717239.60/cwt230.00–248.001,71856
Steers—Medium and Large 1775225.79/cwt219.00–230.001,75047
Steers—Medium and Large 1825226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,86511
Steers—Medium and Large 1872216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,8847
Steers—Medium and Large 1915227.50/cwt227.50–227.502,08268
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1385308.20/cwt292.50–317.501,18739
Heifers—Medium and Large 1424303.53/cwt292.50–313.001,28744
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2434275.62/cwt274.00–277.501,19615
Heifers—Medium and Large 1454289.08/cwt272.50–302.501,31268
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2476252.72/cwt247.50–262.501,20315
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2520257.59/cwt250.00–261.001,33926
Heifers—Medium and Large 1527281.41/cwt267.50–293.001,483271
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2554227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,2605
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575263.22/cwt253.00–276.501,51469
Heifers—Medium and Large 1622248.17/cwt240.00–252.001,544130
Heifers—Medium and Large 1677226.96/cwt224.00–229.001,53736
Heifers—Medium and Large 1726224.21/cwt220.00–227.001,62859
Heifers—Medium and Large 1826198.78/cwt193.00–200.001,64235
Heifers—Medium and Large 1912201.50/cwt201.50–201.501,83871
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1404330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,3338
Bulls—Medium and Large 1481320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,5396
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2488277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,3547
Bulls—Medium and Large 1524286.21/cwt272.00–300.001,50017

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.