Name: North Platte Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2022-11-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison today due to no sale last week. Demand good to moderate on a good selection offering of feeder calves.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $211.59/cwt on 812 head.

Average price

$211.59

812 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,125

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$143

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

$9.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.65

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	453	219.98	997	87
Medium and Large 1	541	210.58	1,140	725

One grade step is worth $9.40/cwt here — about −$143 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 sale812 hd

211.59

—

NE average10 barns · 12,914 hd

202.93

+8.65

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

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	404	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	844	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	604	180.25/cwt	180.25–180.25	1,089	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	201.75/cwt	198.50–205.00	884	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	190.36/cwt	182.50–195.50	1,077	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	190.13/cwt	175.00–194.00	985	114
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	366	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	787	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	421	236.86/cwt	232.00–242.00	997	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	388	228.50/cwt	228.50–228.50	887	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	662	183.19/cwt	178.00–185.50	1,213	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	488	230.74/cwt	220.00–236.00	1,126	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	406	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	934	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	341	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	783	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	639	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,233	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	474	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,007	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	532	211.35/cwt	206.00–223.00	1,124	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	219.13/cwt	217.00–221.00	1,056	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	583	196.73/cwt	190.00–201.00	1,147	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,262	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	559	207.91/cwt	206.00–210.00	1,162	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	393	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	837	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	545	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,063	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	568	177.49/cwt	176.00–180.00	1,008	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	639	198.50/cwt	198.50–198.50	1,268	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	447	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	979	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,012	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	204.56/cwt	201.00–209.50	1,094	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	336	248.46/cwt	247.00–250.00	835	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	625	175.13/cwt	175.00–175.50	1,095	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	232.51/cwt	229.00–235.00	1,090	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	331	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	665	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	525	189.15/cwt	180.50–193.00	993	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	399	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	786	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	669	175.50/cwt	175.50–175.50	1,174	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	396	214.50/cwt	214.50–214.50	849	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	525	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,113	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	457	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	896	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	191.11/cwt	186.00–195.00	921	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	324	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	706	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	731	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	460	188.86/cwt	186.00–191.00	869	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	439	193.02/cwt	191.00–194.00	847	39

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 →