Sale reports / Nebraska / North Platte Stockyards / 2024-03-05

North Platte Stockyards

Name: North Platte Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-03-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-05

Feeder Cattle · North Platte, Nebraska · Tue, Mar 5

● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3653

← Feb 20Mar 5Apr 16 →

Receipts

2,056 head

▲ 78 vs last sale 1,978▲ 847 vs year ago 1,209 · +70.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago steers and heifers sold sharply higher. Demand was good to very good for packages and load lots throughout the day. Bid calling was fast paced from two great auctioneers throughout the sale. Several buyers in attendance with a few new faces in the crowd. Sale consisted of long time weaned calves with full rounds of vaccinations.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $294.94/cwt on 272 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −140.86 against this barn's trailing median of $435.80.

Average price

$294.94

272 head · 566 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,670

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−0.47

vs NE average

+23.03 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	566	294.94	1,670	272

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale272 hd

294.94

—

NE average3 barns · 872 hd

295.42

−0.47

National average176 barns · 15,352 hd

271.91

+23.03

This barn, trailing median9 sales

435.80

−140.86

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

9 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $490.31, low $385.27, median $435.80 across 9 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot, as filed

32 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	328	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,320	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	390	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,541	17
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	358.81/cwt	352.50–362.00	1,554	19
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	483	345.42/cwt	337.50–350.00	1,668	22
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,719	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	540	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,534	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	589	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,944	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	609	318.54/cwt	301.00–326.00	1,940	27
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	629	295.59/cwt	294.50–297.00	1,859	31
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	673	305.25/cwt	305.25–305.25	2,054	165
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	682	287.81/cwt	285.50–301.00	1,963	68
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	688	278.50/cwt	278.50–278.50	1,916	47
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	736	266.59/cwt	263.50–272.50	1,962	124
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	772	271.72/cwt	253.00–277.25	2,098	181
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	846	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	2,132	64
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	854	248.50/cwt	248.50–248.50	2,122	32
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	338	341.89/cwt	339.00–347.50	1,156	15
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	384	343.33/cwt	337.50–357.50	1,318	44
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,404	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	456	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,471	24
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	301.00/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,424	44
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	548	306.50/cwt	306.50–306.50	1,680	90
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	564	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,692	52
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	284.92/cwt	276.00–289.50	1,653	130
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	629	246.06/cwt	240.00–254.00	1,548	18
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	634	272.92/cwt	257.00–278.50	1,730	57
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	637	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,459	11
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	264.07/cwt	262.00–265.50	1,767	194
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	682	249.50/cwt	249.50–249.50	1,702	48
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	713	226.59/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,616	19
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	742	240.66/cwt	239.00–243.00	1,786	93
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	762	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,836	30

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 5, 2024

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

Receipts 2,056Last week 1,978Year ago 1,209

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
24	450–500	456	322.50	322.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	600–650	637	229.00	229.00
48	650–700	682	249.50	249.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	338	339.00–347.50	341.89
44	350–400	384	337.50–357.50	343.33
12	400–450	428	328.00	328.00
44	450–500	473	290.00–310.00	301.00
90	500–550	548	306.50	306.50
130	550–600	580	276.00–289.50	284.92
57	600–650	634	257.00–278.50	272.92
194	650–700	669	262.00–265.50	264.07
93	700–750	742	239.00–243.00	240.66
30	750–800	762	241.00	241.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	600–650	629	240.00–254.00	246.06
19	700–750	713	225.00–230.00	226.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
52	550–600	564	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
165	650–700	673	305.25	305.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	328	402.50	402.50
17	350–400	390	395.00	395.00
19	400–450	433	352.50–362.00	358.81
22	450–500	483	337.50–350.00	345.42
10	500–550	521	330.00	330.00
5	550–600	589	330.00	330.00
27	600–650	609	301.00–326.00	318.54
68	650–700	682	285.50–301.00	287.81
124	700–750	736	263.50–272.50	266.59
181	750–800	772	253.00–277.25	271.72
64	800–850	846	252.00	252.00
32	850–900	854	248.50	248.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	540	284.00	284.00
31	600–650	629	294.50–297.00	295.59
47	650–700	688	278.50	278.50

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.