Name: North Platte Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2022-11-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer and heifer calves sold steady. Demand moderate to good. Mostly packages throughout the day. With a few weaned calves in the run.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $200.02/cwt on 600 head.

Average price

$200.02

600 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,131

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$154

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

$2.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.29

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	492	202.36	996	77
Medium and Large 1	576	199.67	1,150	523

One grade step is worth $2.68/cwt here — about −$154 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale600 hd

200.02

—

NE average9 barns · 13,935 hd

210.31

−10.29

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

29 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	597	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,021	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	170.50/cwt	170.50–170.50	1,142	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	457	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	823	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	409	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	851	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	472	183.83/cwt	176.00–187.50	868	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	520	184.08/cwt	183.50–185.00	957	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	507	202.01/cwt	199.50–207.50	1,024	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	301	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	707	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	432	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	942	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	582	184.75/cwt	184.75–184.75	1,075	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	623	192.03/cwt	185.00–198.00	1,196	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	598	199.43/cwt	189.00–200.25	1,193	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	482	208.46/cwt	202.00–222.00	1,005	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	375	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	881	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	653	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,224	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	744	175.50/cwt	175.50–175.50	1,306	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	417	224.32/cwt	224.00–225.00	935	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,279	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	602	202.25/cwt	202.25–202.25	1,218	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	360	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	806	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	344	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	788	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	570	171.41/cwt	166.50–174.00	977	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	205.50/cwt	205.50–205.50	1,058	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	955	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	437	193.75/cwt	193.50–194.00	847	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	614	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,090	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	352	205.50/cwt	205.50–205.50	723	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	447	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	881	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	571	193.12/cwt	191.00–205.00	1,103	45

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.

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