Sale reports / Nebraska / North Platte Stockyards / 2024-11-05

North Platte Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · North Platte, Nebraska · Tue, Nov 5
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3653
Receipts
980 head
▼ 1,169 vs last sale 2,149▼ 615 vs year ago 1,595 · −38.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison . Demand was good to moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $298.49/cwt on 199 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −179.65 against this barn's trailing median of $478.14.
Average price
$298.49
199 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,632
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−12.69
vs NE average
−3.36 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1547298.491,632199
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 sale199 hd
298.49
—
NE average12 barns · 8,033 hd
311.19
−12.69
National average187 barns · 26,509 hd
301.85
−3.36
This barn, trailing median11 sales
478.14
−179.65
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
541498454411median 478.1403/0303/3105/1210/0610/20
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

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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1375376.43/cwt362.50–384.001,41215
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2387327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,26714
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1424355.53/cwt352.00–358.501,50724
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473320.17/cwt316.00–327.001,51480
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1519308.45/cwt296.00–313.001,60189
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1569290.44/cwt282.00–296.001,653110
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned634277.10/cwt273.00–279.501,75732
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1644259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,6688
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned653270.50/cwt270.50–270.501,76645
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1316320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,0118
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1377307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,15918
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2431281.71/cwt280.00–282.501,21427
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1432316.15/cwt313.00–320.001,36631
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1496270.02/cwt264.50–284.001,33942
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1506285.38/cwt283.00–288.501,44492
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2527254.09/cwt250.00–265.001,33918
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1585264.14/cwt261.00–265.501,54545
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1542276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,4969

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.