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North Platte Stockyards

Name: North Platte Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2023-03-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-21

Feeder Cattle · North Platte, Nebraska · Tue, Mar 21

● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3653

← Mar 7Mar 21Apr 11 →

Receipts

937 head

▼ 272 vs last sale 1,209▲ 937 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers sold 6.00 to 9.00 higher with instances of 20.00 higher on a flat 500 and 600 lbs offerings. Heifers under 650 lbs sold 10.00 to 13.00 higher over 650 lbs sold 3.00 higher. Baby calves right off the cow a few days old, mix sex sold from 250.00 to 375.00 per head. Demand was very good for mostly longtime weaned calves throughout the sale. Large crowd of order buyers along with a few ranchers bid readily on today's run. Next special calf and feeder sale will be April, 11th.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $216.49/cwt on 411 head.

Average price

$216.49

411 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,178

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$325

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

$13.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+23.23

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	379	229.05	869	21
Medium and Large 1	553	215.81	1,194	390

One grade step is worth $13.24/cwt here — about −$325 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 sale411 hd

216.49

—

NE average7 barns · 6,259 hd

193.26

+23.23

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

Every lot, as filed

23 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	371	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,002	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	414	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	989	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	421	258.77/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,089	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	427	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,121	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	434	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,031	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	529	236.50/cwt	236.50–236.50	1,251	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	531	260.46/cwt	241.00–262.00	1,383	145
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	566	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,364	36
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	605	235.72/cwt	220.00–240.50	1,426	75
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	644	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,404	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	672	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,458	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	739	191.74/cwt	190.50–192.50	1,417	29
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	336	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	800	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	339	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	793	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	384	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	883	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	400	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	900	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	419	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	951	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	438	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	990	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	486	229.63/cwt	226.00–230.00	1,116	65
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	487	223.50/cwt	223.50–223.50	1,088	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	532	223.50/cwt	223.50–223.50	1,189	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	568	217.12/cwt	205.00–222.00	1,233	179
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	655	192.48/cwt	184.00–194.25	1,261	78

How this sale compares

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.

Nebraska feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

North Platte Stockyards Livestock Auction - North Platte, NE

Tue Mar 21, 2023

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	336	238.00	238.00
18	—	532	223.50	223.50
21	—	419	227.00	227.00
65	—	486	226.00–230.00	229.63
78	—	655	184.00–194.25	192.48
179	—	568	205.00–222.00	217.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	339	234.00	234.00
8	—	384	230.00	230.00
8	—	400	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	487	223.50	223.50
7	—	438	226.00	226.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
145	—	531	241.00–262.00	260.46
75	—	605	220.00–240.50	235.72
36	—	566	241.00	241.00
13	—	672	217.00	217.00
29	—	739	190.50–192.50	191.74
28	—	421	250.00–265.00	258.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	434	237.50	237.50
28	—	529	236.50	236.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	414	239.00	239.00
5	—	644	218.00	218.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	371	270.00	270.00
6	—	427	262.50	262.50

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.