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North Platte Stockyards

Name: North Platte Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-04-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-16

Feeder Cattle · North Platte, Nebraska · Tue, Apr 16

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3653

← Mar 5Apr 16May 7 →

Receipts

950 head

▼ 1,106 vs last sale 2,056▲ 25 vs year ago 925 · +2.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Demand was good to moderate on a good selection offered.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $338.50/cwt on 196 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −139.65 against this barn's trailing median of $478.14.

Average price

$338.50

196 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,898

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$231

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

$31.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.64

vs NE average

+34.11 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	341.84	1,924	175
Medium and Large 1-2	545	310.69	1,692	21

One grade step is worth $31.15/cwt here — about $231 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale196 hd

338.50

—

NE average4 barns · 918 hd

327.85

+10.64

National average171 barns · 11,979 hd

304.39

+34.11

This barn, trailing median11 sales

478.14

−139.65

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

11 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $527.35, low $425.00, median $478.14 across 11 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

25 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	335	417.22/cwt	417.00–417.50	1,398	12
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	383	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	1,471	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	361.33/cwt	357.00–363.00	1,550	52
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	466	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,654	20
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	473	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,637	10
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	496	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	1,969	30
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	506	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,948	20
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	519	304.49/cwt	302.50–307.00	1,580	11
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	314.80/cwt	310.00–326.00	1,662	28
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	573	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,819	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	579	344.50/cwt	344.50–344.50	1,995	120
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	586	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,647	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	603	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,857	16
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	609	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,025	68
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	716	278.76/cwt	272.00–279.00	1,996	177
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	717	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,864	7
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	792	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,948	8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	390	351.86/cwt	348.00–355.00	1,372	35
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	333.91/cwt	331.00–346.00	1,446	24
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	483	312.84/cwt	305.00–316.00	1,511	31
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	533	298.83/cwt	292.00–309.00	1,593	46
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	585	276.53/cwt	276.00–277.50	1,618	14
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	660	242.94/cwt	231.00–255.00	1,603	10
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	762	229.19/cwt	225.00–242.00	1,746	29
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	847	213.50/cwt	213.50–213.50	1,808	25

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 Apr 16, 2024

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

Receipts 950Last week 2,056Year ago 925

No comparison to last week. Demand was good to moderate on a good selection offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	335	417.00–417.50	417.22
5	350–400	383	384.00	384.00
52	400–450	429	357.00–363.00	361.33
20	450–500	466	355.00	355.00
28	500–550	528	310.00–326.00	314.80
7	550–600	586	281.00	281.00
16	600–650	603	308.00	308.00
177	700–750	716	272.00–279.00	278.76
8	750–800	792	246.00	246.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	473	346.00	346.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	519	302.50–307.00	304.49
10	550–600	573	317.50	317.50
7	700–750	717	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
30	450–500	496	397.00	397.00
20	500–550	506	385.00	385.00
120	550–600	579	344.50	344.50
68	600–650	609	332.50	332.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	350–400	390	348.00–355.00	351.86
24	400–450	433	331.00–346.00	333.91
31	450–500	483	305.00–316.00	312.84
46	500–550	533	292.00–309.00	298.83
14	550–600	585	276.00–277.50	276.53
10	650–700	660	231.00–255.00	242.94
29	750–800	762	225.00–242.00	229.19
25	800–850	847	213.50	213.50

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.