Name: North Platte Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2023-03-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago steers and heifers over 650 lbs sold 3.00-8.00 higher. Demand was good to very good from the buyers in the crowd.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $213.49/cwt on 589 head.

Average price

$213.49

589 head · 666 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,421

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$380

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

$7.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.72

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	479	220.38	1,056	24
Medium and Large 1	674	213.19	1,436	565

One grade step is worth $7.18/cwt here — about −$380 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 sale589 hd

213.49

—

NE average8 barns · 8,566 hd

210.77

+2.72

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

34 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	—	370	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	836	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	539	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,213	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	445	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,050	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	624	188.75/cwt	188.50–189.00	1,178	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,050	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,355	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1Source/Aged	—	533	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,317	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	479	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,130	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,069	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	745	202.75/cwt	202.75–202.75	1,510	150
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	600	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,290	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	525	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,208	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	640	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,325	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	550	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,078	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	281	775.00/head	775.00–775.00	775	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Source/Aged	—	621	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,435	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	802	191.50/cwt	191.50–191.50	1,536	165
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	389	253.25/cwt	250.00–256.00	985	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Source/Aged	—	532	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,160	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,190	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	248.75/cwt	247.00–256.00	1,194	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	437	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	972	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	257	635.00/head	635.00–635.00	635	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	709	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,365	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	188.73/cwt	186.00–189.00	1,248	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	800	171.25/cwt	171.25–171.25	1,370	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	536	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,276	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	207.84/cwt	205.00–208.50	1,351	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	213.12/cwt	209.00–216.50	1,127	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	604	193.89/cwt	192.00–195.00	1,171	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	225.68/cwt	225.00–226.00	970	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Source/Aged	—	494	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,102	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	355	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	856	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	325	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	809	16

How this sale compares

Nebraska weighted averages

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