Sale reports / Nebraska / North Platte Stockyards / 2022-10-11

North Platte Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · North Platte, Nebraska · Tue, Oct 11
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3653
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Receipts
3,449 head
▲ 3,449 vs last sale 0▲ 3,449 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First sale reported at North Platte Stockyards a market trend is not applicable. Large run of bawling spring calves with some yearlings on hand for the anniversary bbq sale on Tuesday. Bulk of the calves had two rounds of vaccinations. Demand was moderate to good throughout the day.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $206.54/cwt on 1,594 head.
Average price
$206.54
1,594 head · 571 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,179
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$148
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$8.01/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.79
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1580207.991,2061,306
Medium and Large 1-2529199.981,058288
One grade step is worth $8.01/cwt here — about $148 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 sale1,594 hd
206.54
—
NE average9 barns · 16,903 hd
204.76
+1.79
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

37 lots · USDA AMS · North Platte Stockyards Livestock Auction - North Platte, NE
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 1348242.00/cwt242.00–242.0084210
Steers—Medium and Large 1381235.47/cwt222.50–246.0089744
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed385253.00/cwt253.00–253.009747
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2391210.50/cwt210.50–210.5082310
Steers—Medium and Large 1416234.00/cwt234.00–234.0097317
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2428212.43/cwt211.00–216.0090952
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2474204.75/cwt200.00–207.0097169
Steers—Medium and Large 1477218.90/cwt211.00–226.001,044314
Steers—Medium and Large 1519209.57/cwt203.00–224.001,088190
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2540196.41/cwt196.00–196.501,06152
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2562193.93/cwt192.00–195.001,09037
Steers—Medium and Large 1579207.40/cwt200.00–213.501,201281
Steers—Medium and Large 1604205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,23846
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned623199.87/cwt190.50–206.001,245151
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2639188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,2015
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned647188.50/cwt188.50–188.501,22026
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned662193.67/cwt187.50–195.001,28280
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2665191.50/cwt191.50–191.501,27337
Steers—Medium and Large 1797190.86/cwt187.00–191.751,521106
Steers—Medium and Large 1947182.25/cwt182.25–182.251,72660
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1335216.14/cwt211.00–220.0072441
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2343202.00/cwt202.00–202.006935
Heifers—Medium and Large 1376206.24/cwt204.00–207.0077534
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2389200.00/cwt200.00–200.007786
Heifers—Medium and Large 1421200.36/cwt193.00–206.00844144
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2441183.13/cwt182.00–188.0080820
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2477180.59/cwt177.00–187.0086171
Heifers—Medium and Large 1478191.50/cwt184.50–200.00915305
Heifers—Medium and Large 1529185.95/cwt185.00–187.50984147
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2534171.23/cwt167.00–178.0091450
Heifers—Medium and Large 1579180.99/cwt172.00–183.001,048106
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2621180.69/cwt180.50–181.001,12227
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned636180.70/cwt178.00–181.501,14948
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed669187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,251153
Heifers—Medium and Large 1745177.35/cwt175.50–181.251,321219
Heifers—Medium and Large 1771178.75/cwt178.75–178.751,37877
Heifers—Medium and Large 1823177.61/cwt174.00–178.251,46260

This sale against other markets

Nebraska weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Nebraska auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.