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North Platte Stockyards

Name: North Platte Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-12-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-03

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · North Platte, Nebraska · Tue, Dec 3

● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3653

← Nov 19Dec 3Dec 17 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

2,524 head

▲ 1,115 vs last sale 1,409▲ 731 vs year ago 1,793 · +40.8%

Replacement Cattle receipts

38 head

▲ 38 vs last sale 0▲ 38 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers and heifers sold sharply higher on the day. Demand was good to very good throughout the sale with most calf buyers staying until the end of the sale. With the flip of the calendar to December more calves coming through the auction are long time weaned with some up to 90 days. However, some buyers still prefer to purchase a bawler so they can wean the calves the way they seem fit. Some of the bawlers had been running out on stalk fields with their moms and could wean fairly easy. Most lots had at least two rounds of vaccinations with some having a booster round this fall. Few, packages of heifers that were not flag as replacements on the report more than likely will be developed into a breedable heifer.

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 $334.46/cwt on 180 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −143.69 against this barn's trailing median of $478.14.

Average price

$334.46

180 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,846

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−10.08

vs NE average

+9.09 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	334.46	1,846	180

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 sale180 hd

334.46

—

NE average6 barns · 2,304 hd

344.54

−10.08

National average187 barns · 33,494 hd

325.37

+9.09

This barn, trailing median11 sales

478.14

−143.69

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)	1,316	$1,791	22
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,167	$1,425	7

Every lot, as filed

40 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	243	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	5
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	280	1,310.00/head	1,310.00–1,310.00	1,310	10
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	329	424.76/cwt	407.50–435.00	1,397	17
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	342	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	1,548	7
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	383	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	1,714	47
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	412	409.14/cwt	405.00–413.00	1,686	59
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	436	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,711	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	373.98/cwt	361.00–380.50	1,769	183
Steers	450–500	Large 1	482	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,735	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	532	346.87/cwt	329.00–350.00	1,845	107
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Full	565	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,746	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	582	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,635	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	583	323.73/cwt	317.50–330.50	1,887	55
Steers	600–650	Large 1	601	293.50/cwt	293.50–293.50	1,764	15
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	614	314.27/cwt	299.50–321.50	1,930	153
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Full	686	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,907	15
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	697	288.50/cwt	288.50–288.50	2,011	18
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Full	752	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	2,045	22
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	264	875.00/head	875.00–875.00	875	18
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	290	1,050.00/head	1,050.00–1,050.00	1,050	4
Heifers	350–400	Large 1	379	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,273	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	347.21/cwt	340.00–367.50	1,337	45
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,431	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	466	336.31/cwt	321.00–346.00	1,567	76
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	475	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,359	11
Heifers	450–500	Large 1	481	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,575	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	516	321.17/cwt	306.00–331.00	1,657	145
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	299.70/cwt	283.00–307.50	1,699	79
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	578	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,578	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	609	260.07/cwt	255.00–267.00	1,584	14
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Replacement	633	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,772	49
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	692	260.86/cwt	259.50–261.50	1,805	40
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	717	259.38/cwt	259.00–260.00	1,860	55
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	756	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,943	41
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	807	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	2,009	18
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,014	220.50/cwt	220.50–220.50	2,236	10
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	553	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,692	7
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium 1-2Broken Mouth	1,167	1,425.00/head	1,425.00–1,425.00	1,425	7
Bred Cows	—	Large 1	1,284	1,675.00/head	1,675.00–1,675.00	1,675	5
Bred Cows	—	Large 1Broken Mouth	1,326	1,825.00/head	1,825.00–1,825.00	1,825	17

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 Dec 3, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,524Last week 1,409Year ago 1,793

Replacement CattleReceipts 38Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	553	306.00	306.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	379	336.00	336.00
8	450–500	481	327.50	327.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	290	1,050.00	1,050.00
45	350–400	385	340.00–367.50	347.21
9	400–450	422	339.00	339.00
76	450–500	466	321.00–346.00	336.31
145	500–550	516	306.00–331.00	321.17
79	550–600	567	283.00–307.50	299.70
14	600–650	609	255.00–267.00	260.07
40	650–700	692	259.50–261.50	260.86
55	700–750	717	259.00–260.00	259.38
41	750–800	756	257.00	257.00
18	800–850	807	249.00	249.00
10	1000–1050	1,014	220.50	220.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	250–300	264	875.00	875.00
11	450–500	475	286.00	286.00
10	550–600	578	273.00	273.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
49	600–650	633	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	250–300	280	1,310.00	1,310.00
7	300–350	342	452.50	452.50
47	350–400	383	447.50	447.50
59	400–450	412	405.00–413.00	409.14
183	450–500	473	361.00–380.50	373.98
107	500–550	532	329.00–350.00	346.87
55	550–600	583	317.50–330.50	323.73
153	600–650	614	299.50–321.50	314.27
18	650–700	697	288.50	288.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	200–250	243	900.00	900.00
17	300–350	329	407.50–435.00	424.76
8	400–450	436	392.50	392.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	482	360.00	360.00
15	600–650	601	293.50	293.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	582	281.00	281.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	565	309.00	309.00
15	650–700	686	278.00	278.00
22	750–800	752	272.00	272.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2 · Broken Mouth$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,167	1,425.00	1,425.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	17	—	1,326	1,825.00	1,825.00

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)	5	—	1,284	1,675.00	1,675.00

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.