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North Platte Stockyards

Name: North Platte Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-12-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-17

Feeder Cattle · North Platte, Nebraska · Tue, Dec 17

● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3653

← Dec 3Dec 17Jan 7 →

Receipts

2,230 head

▼ 294 vs last sale 2,524▲ 646 vs year ago 1,584 · +40.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice offering of weaned and bawling spring calves on offer with a few yearlings selling in the mix. Compared to two weeks ago steers 450-650 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher. Flyweight heifers sold sharply higher and heifers 450-600 lbs sold steady to 3.00 lower. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

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 $348.67/cwt on 373 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −129.47 against this barn's trailing median of $478.14.

Average price

$348.67

373 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,869

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$188

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

$48.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.95

vs NE average

+22.04 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	349.85	1,873	364
Medium and Large 1-2	560	301.00	1,686	9thin

One grade step is worth $48.85/cwt here — about $188 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale373 hd

348.67

—

NE average9 barns · 3,903 hd

345.72

+2.95

National average173 barns · 17,754 hd

326.63

+22.04

This barn, trailing median11 sales

478.14

−129.47

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

41 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Full	322	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,232	5
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	337	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,356	14
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	380	384.42/cwt	382.50–387.50	1,461	20
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Full	385	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,540	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	408	365.74/cwt	362.00–372.50	1,492	20
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Full	408	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	1,404	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	414	419.18/cwt	415.00–420.00	1,735	36
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	417	399.13/cwt	392.50–410.00	1,664	53
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	451	403.38/cwt	396.00–405.00	1,819	45
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	376.67/cwt	372.50–390.00	1,785	114
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Full	477	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,741	12
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Full	500	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,700	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	502	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,657	15
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	507	374.61/cwt	372.00–377.00	1,899	63
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	516	354.35/cwt	347.00–359.00	1,828	111
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Full	554	318.82/cwt	318.00–321.00	1,766	26
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	560	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,686	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	566	343.66/cwt	333.00–355.00	1,945	140
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	312.69/cwt	301.00–321.00	1,932	236
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	619	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,826	9
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	650	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,937	15
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	716	278.33/cwt	278.00–279.00	1,993	18
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	844	245.50/cwt	245.50–245.50	2,072	31
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Full	313	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,189	13
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	333	362.33/cwt	355.00–366.00	1,207	15
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	362	371.37/cwt	370.00–373.00	1,344	55
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	370	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,258	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Full	403	344.14/cwt	342.00–347.50	1,387	18
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	419	361.00/cwt	356.00–371.00	1,513	69
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	431	331.15/cwt	327.50–333.00	1,427	38
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	459	360.35/cwt	350.00–371.00	1,654	163
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	475	294.48/cwt	290.00–297.00	1,399	17
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	330.00/cwt	321.00–340.00	1,581	211
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Full	487	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,515	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	507	336.64/cwt	330.00–339.00	1,707	43
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	321.95/cwt	316.00–323.50	1,687	53
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	296.01/cwt	291.00–297.50	1,708	81
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	608	287.31/cwt	287.00–287.50	1,747	64
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	666	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,692	6
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	849	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,910	25
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	979	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,909	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 Dec 17, 2024

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Receipts 2,230Last week 2,524Year ago 1,584

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
25	800–850	849	225.00	225.00
8	950–1000	979	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	666	254.00	254.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	313	380.00	380.00
18	400–450	403	342.00–347.50	344.14
10	450–500	487	311.00	311.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	333	355.00–366.00	362.33
5	350–400	370	340.00	340.00
38	400–450	431	327.50–333.00	331.15
17	450–500	475	290.00–297.00	294.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
55	350–400	362	370.00–373.00	371.37
69	400–450	419	356.00–371.00	361.00
211	450–500	479	321.00–340.00	330.00
53	500–550	524	316.00–323.50	321.95
81	550–600	577	291.00–297.50	296.01
64	600–650	608	287.00–287.50	287.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
163	450–500	459	350.00–371.00	360.35
43	500–550	507	330.00–339.00	336.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
53	400–450	417	392.50–410.00	399.13
114	450–500	474	372.50–390.00	376.67
111	500–550	516	347.00–359.00	354.35
140	550–600	566	333.00–355.00	343.66
236	600–650	618	301.00–321.00	312.69
15	650–700	650	298.00	298.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
36	400–450	414	415.00–420.00	419.18
45	450–500	451	396.00–405.00	403.38
63	500–550	507	372.00–377.00	374.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	385	400.00	400.00
12	450–500	477	365.00	365.00
9	500–550	500	340.00	340.00
26	550–600	554	318.00–321.00	318.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	337	402.50	402.50
20	350–400	380	382.50–387.50	384.42
20	400–450	408	362.00–372.50	365.74
9	550–600	560	301.00	301.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	500–550	502	330.00	330.00
9	600–650	619	295.00	295.00
18	700–750	716	278.00–279.00	278.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
31	800–850	844	245.50	245.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	322	382.50	382.50
5	400–450	408	344.00	344.00

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.