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North Platte Stockyards

Name: North Platte Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-11-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-19

Feeder Cattle · North Platte, Nebraska · Tue, Nov 19

● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3653

← Nov 5Nov 19Dec 3 →

Receipts

1,409 head

▲ 429 vs last sale 980▼ 917 vs year ago 2,326 · −39.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Demand was good today with a higher undertone on all offerings.

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 $322.69/cwt on 331 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −155.45 against this barn's trailing median of $478.14.

Average price

$322.69

331 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,744

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$93

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

$11.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.11

vs NE average

+13.43 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	323.88	1,753	298
Medium and Large 1-2	532	311.97	1,660	33

One grade step is worth $11.91/cwt here — about $93 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 sale331 hd

322.69

—

NE average9 barns · 4,292 hd

322.59

+0.11

National average182 barns · 24,645 hd

309.26

+13.43

This barn, trailing median11 sales

478.14

−155.45

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

26 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	327	412.90/cwt	408.00–420.00	1,350	51
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	399	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,496	30
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	405	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,661	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	424	351.30/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,490	40
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	379.76/cwt	372.50–383.00	1,622	72
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	467	366.75/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,713	134
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	485	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,576	17
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	505	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	1,788	66
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	508	331.27/cwt	327.00–338.00	1,683	69
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	532	311.97/cwt	310.00–314.00	1,660	33
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	308.56/cwt	303.00–317.50	1,759	163
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	607	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,821	13
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	619	282.47/cwt	273.00–288.50	1,748	36
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	619	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,603	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	659	279.75/cwt	279.75–279.75	1,844	15
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	325	341.65/cwt	338.00–342.50	1,110	42
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	379	325.25/cwt	319.00–331.00	1,233	56
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,415	39
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	309.11/cwt	303.00–316.00	1,465	127
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	479	284.01/cwt	280.00–293.00	1,360	50
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	301.59/cwt	286.50–307.00	1,583	35
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	556	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,501	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	608	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,556	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	611	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,692	28
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	729	246.60/cwt	242.00–252.00	1,798	34
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	758	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,812	8

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 Nov 19, 2024

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

Receipts 1,409Last week 980Year ago 2,326

No comparison to last week. Demand was good today with a higher undertone on all offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
42	300–350	325	338.00–342.50	341.65
56	350–400	379	319.00–331.00	325.25
39	400–450	425	333.00	333.00
127	450–500	474	303.00–316.00	309.11
35	500–550	525	286.50–307.00	301.59
8	550–600	556	270.00	270.00
28	600–650	611	277.00	277.00
34	700–750	729	242.00–252.00	246.60
8	750–800	758	239.00	239.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	608	256.00	256.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
50	450–500	479	280.00–293.00	284.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
51	300–350	327	408.00–420.00	412.90
30	350–400	399	375.00	375.00
72	400–450	427	372.50–383.00	379.76
134	450–500	467	350.00–370.00	366.75
69	500–550	508	327.00–338.00	331.27
163	550–600	570	303.00–317.50	308.56
36	600–650	619	273.00–288.50	282.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	600–650	607	300.00	300.00
15	650–700	659	279.75	279.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
40	400–450	424	350.00–355.00	351.30
17	450–500	485	325.00	325.00
33	500–550	532	310.00–314.00	311.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	405	410.00	410.00
66	500–550	505	354.00	354.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	619	259.00	259.00

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.