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North Platte Stockyards

Name: North Platte Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-05-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-07

Feeder Cattle · North Platte, Nebraska · Tue, May 7

● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3653

← Apr 16May 7Sep 17 →

Receipts

1,283 head

▲ 333 vs last sale 950▼ 197 vs year ago 1,480 · −13.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in three weeks a trend is not applicable. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd.

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 $314.76/cwt on 74 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −163.39 against this barn's trailing median of $478.14.

Average price

$314.76

74 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,673

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$57

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

$7.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−21.95

vs NE average

+5.05 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	533	317.18	1,692	50
Medium and Large 1-2	528	309.70	1,635	24

One grade step is worth $7.48/cwt here — about $57 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale74 hd

314.76

—

NE average6 barns · 663 hd

336.71

−21.95

National average167 barns · 10,730 hd

309.71

+5.05

This barn, trailing median11 sales

478.14

−163.39

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

37 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	317	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	1,293	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	378	397.13/cwt	396.00–399.00	1,501	13
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	409	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,452	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	423	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	1,603	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	460	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,392	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	467	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,532	22
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	477	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,569	12
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	506	330.96/cwt	330.00–334.00	1,675	21
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	528	309.70/cwt	307.00–311.50	1,635	24
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	536	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,774	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	561	296.50/cwt	296.50–296.50	1,663	20
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	604	300.92/cwt	293.50–304.00	1,818	38
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	629	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,881	16
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	656	281.50/cwt	281.50–281.50	1,847	19
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	657	290.69/cwt	289.50–292.00	1,910	25
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	689	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,853	6
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	756	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,973	28
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	841	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,103	134
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	885	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,912	7
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	888	236.50/cwt	236.50–236.50	2,100	76
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	912	236.50/cwt	236.50–236.50	2,157	120
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	964	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	2,179	111
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	985	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	2,157	61
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,036	223.75/cwt	223.75–223.75	2,318	126
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	312	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,045	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	358	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,119	26
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	426	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,440	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	437	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,337	14
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	438	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,244	14
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	450	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,400	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	456	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,327	20
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	494	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,452	13
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	503	273.25/cwt	271.00–277.00	1,374	16
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	553	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,532	14
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	290.16/cwt	288.00–291.00	1,671	29
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	600	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,578	17
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	655	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,723	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 May 7, 2024

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

Receipts 1,283Last week 950Year ago 1,480

First reported sale in three weeks a trend is not applicable. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	312	335.00	335.00
14	400–450	437	306.00	306.00
14	550–600	553	277.00	277.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	350–400	358	312.50	312.50
16	500–550	503	271.00–277.00	273.25
17	600–650	600	263.00	263.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	494	294.00	294.00
25	650–700	655	263.00	263.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	450	311.00	311.00
29	550–600	576	288.00–291.00	290.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	426	338.00	338.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	438	284.00	284.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
20	450–500	456	291.00	291.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	500–550	528	307.00–311.50	309.70
6	650–700	689	269.00	269.00
7	850–900	885	216.00	216.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
22	450–500	467	328.00	328.00
9	500–550	536	331.00	331.00
16	600–650	629	299.00	299.00
19	650–700	656	281.50	281.50
76	850–900	888	236.50	236.50
61	950–1000	985	219.00	219.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	317	408.00	408.00
13	350–400	378	396.00–399.00	397.13
7	400–450	423	379.00	379.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	650–700	657	289.50–292.00	290.69
28	750–800	756	261.00	261.00
134	800–850	841	250.00	250.00
120	900–950	912	236.50	236.50
111	950–1000	964	226.00	226.00
126	1000–1050	1,036	223.75	223.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	409	355.00	355.00
12	450–500	477	329.00	329.00
21	500–550	506	330.00–334.00	330.96
20	550–600	561	296.50	296.50
38	600–650	604	293.50–304.00	300.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	460	302.50	302.50

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.