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North Platte Stockyards

Name: North Platte Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2023-12-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-19

Feeder Cattle · North Platte, Nebraska · Tue, Dec 19

● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3653

← Dec 5Dec 19Jan 9 →

Receipts

1,584 head

▼ 209 vs last sale 1,793▲ 651 vs year ago 933 · +69.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, comparable weights of steers and heifer calves sold 15.00 to 20.00 higher. Quite a few buyers on the seats, with very active bidding from the internet. Sale comprised of mostly weaned calves with some bawlers in the run. Most offerings had two rounds of shots with some receiving three. Most lots displayed light to average flesh through the ring. Next special calf and feeder sale will be January 9, 2024.

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 $294.94/cwt on 867 head.

Average price

$294.94

867 head · 574 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,692

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$590

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

$140.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+29.14

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	407	329.55	1,340	11thin
Medium and Large 1	537	303.73	1,630	787
Large 1	1,020	189.12	1,929	69

One grade step is worth $140.43/cwt here — about −$590 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 sale867 hd

294.94

—

NE average8 barns · 11,997 hd

265.80

+29.14

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

38 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	310	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,128	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	352	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,179	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	374	342.70/cwt	339.00–344.00	1,282	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	375	348.97/cwt	340.00–354.00	1,309	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	431	344.60/cwt	332.00–355.00	1,485	39
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	443	326.67/cwt	322.00–341.00	1,447	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	452	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,469	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	461	350.33/cwt	343.00–352.50	1,615	107
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	467	334.13/cwt	322.00–337.50	1,560	45
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	527	313.45/cwt	299.00–321.00	1,652	134
Steers	—	Large 1	539	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,579	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	543	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,596	35
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	570	287.11/cwt	283.50–290.00	1,637	65
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	612	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,530	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	614	268.81/cwt	265.00–274.00	1,650	149
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	659	259.72/cwt	254.00–264.50	1,712	64
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	719	238.50/cwt	238.50–238.50	1,715	47
Steers	—	Large 1Fleshy	939	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,700	22
Steers	—	Large 1Fleshy	1,120	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	2,027	42
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	316	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,043	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	348	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,027	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	361	328.41/cwt	327.50–330.00	1,186	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	377	309.88/cwt	304.00–313.00	1,168	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	435	285.65/cwt	278.00–287.00	1,243	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	437	290.54/cwt	277.00–298.00	1,270	65
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	481	298.23/cwt	292.50–299.00	1,434	57
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	526	277.60/cwt	271.00–287.00	1,460	66
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	527	269.98/cwt	254.00–273.00	1,423	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	545	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,319	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	561	261.06/cwt	259.00–265.00	1,465	90
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	621	246.50/cwt	246.50–246.50	1,531	48
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	632	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,706	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	665	230.29/cwt	216.00–235.50	1,531	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	886	184.50/cwt	184.50–184.50	1,635	44
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	896	184.50/cwt	184.50–184.50	1,653	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	956	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,745	26
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	421	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,263	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	531	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,412	6

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 Dec 19, 2023

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Kearney, NE (LS-WH)

Receipts 1,584Last week 1,793Year ago 933

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	531	266.00	266.00
8	—	421	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	956	182.50	182.50
44	—	886	184.50	184.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	621	246.50	246.50
5	—	896	184.50	184.50
22	—	377	304.00–313.00	309.88
90	—	561	259.00–265.00	261.06
57	—	481	292.50–299.00	298.23
66	—	526	271.00–287.00	277.60
65	—	437	277.00–298.00	290.54
27	—	665	216.00–235.50	230.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	632	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	435	278.00–287.00	285.65
14	—	361	327.50–330.00	328.41
12	—	316	330.00	330.00
30	—	527	254.00–273.00	269.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	348	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	545	242.00	242.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	719	238.50	238.50
64	—	659	254.00–264.50	259.72
65	—	570	283.50–290.00	287.11
39	—	431	332.00–355.00	344.60
22	—	375	340.00–354.00	348.97
107	—	461	343.00–352.50	350.33
134	—	527	299.00–321.00	313.45
149	—	614	265.00–274.00	268.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	452	325.00	325.00
5	—	352	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	543	294.00	294.00
45	—	467	322.00–337.50	334.13
32	—	374	339.00–344.00	342.70
6	—	612	250.00	250.00
10	—	310	364.00	364.00
32	—	443	322.00–341.00	326.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,120	181.00	181.00
22	—	939	181.00	181.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	539	293.00	293.00

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.