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North Platte Stockyards

Name: North Platte Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-10-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-15

Feeder Cattle · North Platte, Nebraska · Tue, Oct 15

● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3653

← Sep 17Oct 15Oct 22 →

Receipts

2,432 head

▲ 1,392 vs last sale 1,040▼ 247 vs year ago 2,679 · −9.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in almost a month a market comparison is not applicable. Buyers in house and on the internet bid readily from start to finish at the 6th annual anniversary special calf and feeder auction. Bulk of the sale comprised of fresh bawling calves with a few weaned calves and feeders on the day. With the dry, dusty weaning pens buyers are looking for calves with full fall vaccination protocol.

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 $304.18/cwt on 610 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −173.96 against this barn's trailing median of $478.14.

Average price

$304.18

610 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,667

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$238

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$27.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.37

vs NE average

+4.85 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	305.18	1,687	519
Medium and Large 1-2	521	302.31	1,575	77
Large 1	522	277.50	1,449	14thin

One grade step is worth $27.68/cwt here — about $238 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale610 hd

304.18

—

NE average10 barns · 6,148 hd

311.55

−7.37

National average188 barns · 32,793 hd

299.33

+4.85

This barn, trailing median11 sales

478.14

−173.96

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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	222	875.00/head	875.00–875.00	875	5
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	335	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,173	9
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	384	349.72/cwt	343.00–365.00	1,343	41
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	395	321.98/cwt	317.50–332.00	1,272	13
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	418	337.53/cwt	327.50–352.50	1,411	36
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	429	316.56/cwt	307.50–320.00	1,358	18
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	333.11/cwt	320.00–343.00	1,549	135
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	486	303.37/cwt	292.50–315.00	1,474	36
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	510	320.68/cwt	309.00–335.00	1,635	188
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	521	302.31/cwt	288.00–307.50	1,575	77
Steers	500–550	Large 1	522	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,449	14
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	296.38/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,710	331
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	617	286.40/cwt	280.50–288.00	1,767	253
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	625	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,744	46
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	655	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,841	20
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	744	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,994	56
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Full	944	240.56/cwt	240.00–242.00	2,271	36
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	324	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,077	6
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	328	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,017	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	374	323.13/cwt	317.00–331.00	1,209	76
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	390	303.73/cwt	285.00–312.00	1,185	16
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	438	303.86/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,331	49
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	440	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,144	21
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	467	279.31/cwt	278.00–283.00	1,304	35
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	297.72/cwt	291.00–310.00	1,420	218
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	516	273.79/cwt	273.00–275.00	1,413	24
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	522	298.50/cwt	298.50–298.50	1,558	35
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	284.70/cwt	280.00–288.00	1,492	30
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	530	274.50/cwt	274.50–274.50	1,455	18
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	267.26/cwt	260.00–277.00	1,515	190
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	624	255.38/cwt	254.00–260.00	1,594	22
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	690	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,746	15
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	718	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,802	25
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	876	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,015	10
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	921	238.50/cwt	238.50–238.50	2,197	57
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	954	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	2,175	10
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,006	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	2,203	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 Oct 15, 2024

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

Receipts 2,432Last week 1,040Year ago 2,679

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
35	500–550	522	298.50	298.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	500–550	530	274.50	274.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	1000–1050	1,006	219.00	219.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
76	350–400	374	317.00–331.00	323.13
49	400–450	438	300.00–320.00	303.86
218	450–500	477	291.00–310.00	297.72
30	500–550	524	280.00–288.00	284.70
190	550–600	567	260.00–277.00	267.26
22	600–650	624	254.00–260.00	255.38
25	700–750	718	251.00	251.00
10	850–900	876	230.00	230.00
57	900–950	921	238.50	238.50
10	950–1000	954	228.00	228.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	328	310.00	310.00
16	350–400	390	285.00–312.00	303.73
21	400–450	440	260.00	260.00
35	450–500	467	278.00–283.00	279.31
24	500–550	516	273.00–275.00	273.79
15	650–700	690	253.00	253.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	324	332.50	332.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	200–250	222	875.00	875.00
13	350–400	395	317.50–332.00	321.98
18	400–450	429	307.50–320.00	316.56
36	450–500	486	292.50–315.00	303.37
77	500–550	521	288.00–307.50	302.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	335	350.00	350.00
41	350–400	384	343.00–365.00	349.72
36	400–450	418	327.50–352.50	337.53
135	450–500	465	320.00–343.00	333.11
188	500–550	510	309.00–335.00	320.68
331	550–600	577	290.00–310.00	296.38
253	600–650	617	280.50–288.00	286.40
20	650–700	655	281.00	281.00
56	700–750	744	268.00	268.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	500–550	522	277.50	277.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
46	600–650	625	279.00	279.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
36	900–950	944	240.00–242.00	240.56

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.