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Napoleon Livestock Auction

Name: Napoleon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-02-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-15

Feeder Cattle · Napoleon, North Dakota · Thu, Feb 15

● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2098

← Feb 8Feb 15Feb 22 →

Receipts

6,666 head

▲ 2,732 vs last sale 3,934▲ 1,410 vs year ago 5,256 · +26.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers 450-500lbs 14.00 lower, 500-550lbs and 600-650lbs steady to 2.00 higher, 550-600lbs sharply lower, 750-800lbs 4.00 to 7.00 lower, 650-750lbs, 800-850lbs and 900-950lbsd 3.00 to 8.00 higher. Feeder heifers 400-450lbs and 650-700lbs 13.00 to 15.00 lower, 450-550lbs 1.00 to 2.00 lower, 550-650lbs 12.00 to 17.00 higher. Many full loads in today's offering. Most feeders having a full vaccination and weaning program. Good buyer demand. Flesh condition light to moderate plus.

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 $272.69/cwt on 3,422 head.

Average price

$272.69

3,422 head · 705 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,923

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$500

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

$72.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.63

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	600	283.04	1,697	181
Medium and Large 1	699	274.41	1,917	3,125
Large 1	1,045	210.25	2,197	116

One grade step is worth $72.79/cwt here — about −$500 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 sale3,422 hd

272.69

—

ND average3 barns · 6,799 hd

274.32

−1.63

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

Every lot

40 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	329	353.78/cwt	345.00–375.00	1,164	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	398	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,443	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	424	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,569	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	435	326.96/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,422	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	451	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,240	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	456	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,596	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	479	325.98/cwt	312.50–343.00	1,561	44
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	521	326.42/cwt	315.00–348.00	1,701	200
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	530	302.00/cwt	280.00–310.00	1,601	58
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	576	311.85/cwt	295.00–317.00	1,796	371
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	594	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,693	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	609	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,903	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	633	296.72/cwt	277.50–307.50	1,878	579
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	670	279.09/cwt	267.00–293.00	1,870	177
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	693	260.21/cwt	259.50–261.00	1,803	53
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	721	260.15/cwt	254.00–278.00	1,876	566
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	745	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,863	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	772	248.98/cwt	239.50–257.00	1,922	502
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	821	242.22/cwt	234.00–249.25	1,989	374
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	837	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,825	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	890	230.94/cwt	230.00–237.00	2,055	94
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	912	230.49/cwt	230.25–231.00	2,102	166
Steers	—	Large 1	1,045	210.25/cwt	210.25–210.25	2,197	116
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	323	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,082	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	377	332.69/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,254	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	419	319.90/cwt	312.50–325.00	1,340	73
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	475	313.84/cwt	302.50–335.00	1,491	268
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	476	298.58/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,421	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	527	294.31/cwt	280.00–310.00	1,551	201
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	545	270.17/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,472	58
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	565	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,729	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	570	276.01/cwt	270.00–297.50	1,573	214
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	582	267.25/cwt	262.50–268.00	1,555	88
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	626	268.27/cwt	249.00–276.00	1,679	231
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	678	253.03/cwt	252.00–254.50	1,716	67
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	682	249.48/cwt	249.00–251.50	1,701	144
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	732	231.72/cwt	222.50–244.00	1,696	186
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	746	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,753	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	769	226.75/cwt	217.00–237.00	1,744	43
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	829	224.29/cwt	215.00–228.75	1,859	302

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 Feb 15, 2024

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

Receipts 6,666Last week 3,934Year ago 5,256

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	565	306.00	306.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	323	335.00	335.00
32	—	377	330.00–340.00	332.69
186	—	732	222.50–244.00	231.72
43	—	769	217.00–237.00	226.75
73	—	419	312.50–325.00	319.90
201	—	527	280.00–310.00	294.31
214	—	570	270.00–297.50	276.01
144	—	682	249.00–251.50	249.48
268	—	475	302.50–335.00	313.84
231	—	626	249.00–276.00	268.27
302	—	829	215.00–228.75	224.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
88	—	582	262.50–268.00	267.25
29	—	476	295.00–300.00	298.58
58	—	545	265.00–275.00	270.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	746	235.00	235.00
67	—	678	252.00–254.50	253.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
200	—	521	315.00–348.00	326.42
44	—	479	312.50–343.00	325.98
371	—	576	295.00–317.00	311.85
566	—	721	254.00–278.00	260.15
9	—	398	362.50	362.50
502	—	772	239.50–257.00	248.98
94	—	890	230.00–237.00	230.94
166	—	912	230.25–231.00	230.49
177	—	670	267.00–293.00	279.09
374	—	821	234.00–249.25	242.22
579	—	633	277.50–307.50	296.72
6	—	424	370.00	370.00
25	—	329	345.00–375.00	353.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	745	250.00	250.00
5	—	451	275.00	275.00
30	—	435	315.00–335.00	326.96
53	—	693	259.50–261.00	260.21
58	—	530	280.00–310.00	302.00
8	—	837	218.00	218.00
7	—	594	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	609	312.50	312.50
4	—	456	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
116	—	1,045	210.25	210.25

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.