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North Platte Stockyards

Name: North Platte Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2023-10-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-31

Feeder Cattle · North Platte, Nebraska · Tue, Oct 31

● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3653

← Oct 17Oct 31Nov 14 →

Receipts

1,595 head

▼ 1,084 vs last sale 2,679▲ 557 vs year ago 1,038 · +53.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago steer and heifer calves sold with a lower undertone. Most of Tuesdays offering had fall vaccination shots. Demand was moderate to good throughout the sale. Bulk of the buying was from the seats with a little procurement off the internet.

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 $284.11/cwt on 791 head.

Average price

$284.11

791 head · 577 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,638

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$211

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

$2.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.66

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	585	284.48	1,665	691
Medium and Large 1-2	517	281.57	1,455	100

One grade step is worth $2.92/cwt here — about $211 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 sale791 hd

284.11

—

NE average9 barns · 16,151 hd

288.77

−4.66

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

28 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	374	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,275	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	395	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,264	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	435	334.46/cwt	327.50–339.00	1,455	57
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	444	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,254	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	470	315.91/cwt	304.00–325.00	1,485	111
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	477	291.60/cwt	285.00–297.00	1,391	42
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	534	297.17/cwt	287.50–307.00	1,587	96
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	547	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,499	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	572	282.05/cwt	274.00–286.50	1,613	156
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	596	263.37/cwt	262.50–266.00	1,570	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	632	264.23/cwt	262.00–274.00	1,670	156
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	688	251.30/cwt	242.00–256.00	1,729	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	717	246.50/cwt	246.50–246.50	1,767	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	772	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,930	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	913	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	2,127	44
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	308	326.50/cwt	326.00–327.00	1,006	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	395	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,225	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	418	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,170	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	429	293.15/cwt	286.00–305.00	1,258	76
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	459	285.70/cwt	276.00–292.00	1,311	66
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	482	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,263	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	519	258.68/cwt	246.00–264.00	1,343	180
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	557	245.40/cwt	244.00–250.00	1,367	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	626	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,559	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	631	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,451	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	763	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,850	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	826	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,916	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	927	228.50/cwt	228.50–228.50	2,118	11

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 Oct 31, 2023

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Receipts 1,595Last week 2,679Year ago 1,038

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	688	242.00–256.00	251.30
16	—	772	250.00	250.00
156	—	572	274.00–286.50	282.05
19	—	717	246.50	246.50
96	—	534	287.50–307.00	297.17
57	—	435	327.50–339.00	334.46
8	—	374	341.00	341.00
156	—	632	262.00–274.00	264.23
44	—	913	233.00	233.00
111	—	470	304.00–325.00	315.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	477	285.00–297.00	291.60
24	—	547	274.00	274.00
5	—	395	320.00	320.00
24	—	596	262.50–266.00	263.37
5	—	444	282.50	282.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	631	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	927	228.50	228.50
13	—	826	232.00	232.00
14	—	308	326.00–327.00	326.50
16	—	626	249.00	249.00
34	—	557	244.00–250.00	245.40
9	—	395	310.00	310.00
8	—	763	242.50	242.50
66	—	459	276.00–292.00	285.70
76	—	429	286.00–305.00	293.15
180	—	519	246.00–264.00	258.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	482	262.00	262.00
6	—	418	280.00	280.00

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.