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North Platte Stockyards

Name: North Platte Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-09-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-17

Feeder Cattle · North Platte, Nebraska · Tue, Sep 17

● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3653

← May 7Sep 17Oct 15 →

Receipts

1,040 head

▼ 243 vs last sale 1,283▲ 260 vs year ago 780 · +33.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison. Demand was good on all feeders.

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 $256.11/cwt on 28 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −179.70 against this barn's trailing median of $435.80.

Average price

$256.11

28 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,402

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−21.97

vs NE average

+19.10 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	256.11	1,402	28

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 sale28 hd

256.11

—

NE average7 barns · 475 hd

278.08

−21.97

National average181 barns · 11,482 hd

237.01

+19.10

This barn, trailing median9 sales

435.80

−179.70

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

18 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	598	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,689	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	610	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,629	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	635	280.49/cwt	275.00–284.00	1,781	190
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	664	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,826	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	672	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,700	6
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	759	267.99/cwt	260.50–273.00	2,034	213
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	825	239.26/cwt	238.50–240.00	1,974	12
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	908	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,088	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	256.73/cwt	245.00–262.50	1,350	15
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	255.39/cwt	250.00–262.00	1,461	13
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	613	253.96/cwt	251.00–256.50	1,557	58
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	688	252.16/cwt	252.00–252.50	1,735	157
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	689	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,654	7
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	729	239.69/cwt	231.00–243.00	1,747	38
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	782	231.91/cwt	227.50–236.00	1,814	43
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	824	237.33/cwt	229.50–242.00	1,956	129
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	888	220.39/cwt	218.50–223.00	1,957	27
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	921	217.90/cwt	216.00–219.50	2,007	29

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 Sep 17, 2024

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

Receipts 1,040Last week 1,283Year ago 780

No comparison. Demand was good on all feeders.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	598	282.50	282.50
190	600–650	635	275.00–284.00	280.49
7	650–700	664	275.00	275.00
213	750–800	759	260.50–273.00	267.99
12	800–850	825	238.50–240.00	239.26
7	900–950	908	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	610	267.00	267.00
6	650–700	672	253.00	253.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	500–550	526	245.00–262.50	256.73
13	550–600	572	250.00–262.00	255.39
58	600–650	613	251.00–256.50	253.96
157	650–700	688	252.00–252.50	252.16
38	700–750	729	231.00–243.00	239.69
43	750–800	782	227.50–236.00	231.91
129	800–850	824	229.50–242.00	237.33
27	850–900	888	218.50–223.00	220.39
29	900–950	921	216.00–219.50	217.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	650–700	689	240.00	240.00

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.