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North Platte Stockyards

Name: North Platte Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-10-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-22

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · North Platte, Nebraska · Tue, Oct 22

● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3653

← Oct 15Oct 22Nov 5 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

2,149 head

▼ 283 vs last sale 2,432▼ 530 vs year ago 2,679 · −19.8%

Replacement Cattle receipts

18 head

▲ 18 vs last sale 0▲ 18 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer calves sold unevenly steady. Heifer calves sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower with yearling heifers trending 5.00 to 6.00 higher on a thin test. Demand was mostly good throughout the sale with a few more buyers on the seats than last week. Bulk of the run comprised of packages of ranched raised bawling spring calves with most receiving two rounds of vaccinations. Few, load lots of yearling heifers sold in the mix.

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 $303.54/cwt on 474 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −174.60 against this barn's trailing median of $478.14.

Average price

$303.54

474 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,696

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$78

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

$6.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.58

vs NE average

+4.50 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	304.76	1,712	379
Medium and Large 1-2	547	298.69	1,634	95

One grade step is worth $6.07/cwt here — about $78 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 sale474 hd

303.54

—

NE average12 barns · 7,139 hd

312.12

−8.58

National average191 barns · 36,605 hd

299.04

+4.50

This barn, trailing median11 sales

478.14

−174.60

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.

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,334	$1,760	11

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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	336	351.45/cwt	345.00–353.00	1,181	24
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	377	362.80/cwt	361.00–370.00	1,368	52
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	379	344.31/cwt	342.50–346.00	1,305	14
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	442	340.43/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,505	116
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	469	334.25/cwt	326.00–338.50	1,568	157
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	495	312.09/cwt	308.00–319.00	1,545	45
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	320.93/cwt	305.00–325.00	1,688	146
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	547	298.69/cwt	287.50–300.00	1,634	95
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	584	294.62/cwt	287.00–301.00	1,721	233
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	610	283.18/cwt	277.00–286.50	1,727	44
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	650	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,801	13
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	684	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,796	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	722	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,906	7
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	866	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	2,130	14
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	949	239.50/cwt	239.50–239.50	2,273	42
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	260	985.00/head	985.00–985.00	985	6
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	339	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,156	12
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	374	325.83/cwt	320.00–334.00	1,219	38
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	436	299.49/cwt	292.50–314.00	1,306	111
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	448	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,214	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	493	287.88/cwt	283.00–288.50	1,419	33
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	514	277.10/cwt	271.00–281.50	1,424	44
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	260.03/cwt	250.00–269.00	1,464	53
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	661	267.86/cwt	267.00–270.00	1,771	140
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	719	257.26/cwt	250.00–259.50	1,850	307
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	721	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,781	8
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	777	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,943	36
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	807	235.50/cwt	235.50–235.50	1,900	44
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	851	237.29/cwt	235.00–238.00	2,019	17
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Spayed	899	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,077	60
Heifers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,081	214.50/cwt	214.50–214.50	2,319	10
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Large 1	1,334	1,760.00/head	1,760.00–1,760.00	1,760	11

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 22, 2024

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Feeder CattleReceipts 2,149Last week 2,432Year ago 2,679

Replacement CattleReceipts 18Last week 0Year ago 0

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	11	—	1,334	1,760.00	1,760.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	339	341.00	341.00
38	350–400	374	320.00–334.00	325.83
111	400–450	436	292.50–314.00	299.49
33	450–500	493	283.00–288.50	287.88
44	500–550	514	271.00–281.50	277.10
53	550–600	563	250.00–269.00	260.03
140	650–700	661	267.00–270.00	267.86
307	700–750	719	250.00–259.50	257.26
36	750–800	777	250.00	250.00
44	800–850	807	235.50	235.50
17	850–900	851	235.00–238.00	237.29
10	1050–1100	1,081	214.50	214.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	260	985.00	985.00
10	400–450	448	271.00	271.00
8	700–750	721	247.00	247.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
60	850–900	899	231.00	231.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	300–350	336	345.00–353.00	351.45
14	350–400	379	342.50–346.00	344.31
45	450–500	495	308.00–319.00	312.09
95	500–550	547	287.50–300.00	298.69
5	650–700	684	262.50	262.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
52	350–400	377	361.00–370.00	362.80
116	400–450	442	340.00–345.00	340.43
157	450–500	469	326.00–338.50	334.25
146	500–550	526	305.00–325.00	320.93
233	550–600	584	287.00–301.00	294.62
44	600–650	610	277.00–286.50	283.18
13	650–700	650	277.00	277.00
7	700–750	722	264.00	264.00
14	850–900	866	246.00	246.00
42	900–950	949	239.50	239.50

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.