Sale reports / Nebraska / North Platte Stockyards / 2023-03-21

North Platte Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · North Platte, Nebraska · Tue, Mar 21
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3653
Receipts
937 head
272 vs last sale 1,209 937 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers sold 6.00 to 9.00 higher with instances of 20.00 higher on a flat 500 and 600 lbs offerings. Heifers under 650 lbs sold 10.00 to 13.00 higher over 650 lbs sold 3.00 higher. Baby calves right off the cow a few days old, mix sex sold from 250.00 to 375.00 per head. Demand was very good for mostly longtime weaned calves throughout the sale. Large crowd of order buyers along with a few ranchers bid readily on today's run. Next special calf and feeder sale will be April, 11th.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $216.49/cwt on 411 head.
Average price
$216.49
411 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,178
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$325
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$13.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+23.23
vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2379229.0586921
Medium and Large 1553215.811,194390
One grade step is worth $13.24/cwt here — about −$325 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 sale411 hd
216.49
NE average7 barns · 6,259 hd
193.26
+23.23
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

23 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1336238.00/cwt238.00–238.008005
HeifersMedium and Large 1532223.50/cwt223.50–223.501,18918
HeifersMedium and Large 1419227.00/cwt227.00–227.0095121
HeifersMedium and Large 1486229.63/cwt226.00–230.001,11665
HeifersMedium and Large 1655192.48/cwt184.00–194.251,26178
HeifersMedium and Large 1568217.12/cwt205.00–222.001,233179
SteersMedium and Large 1531260.46/cwt241.00–262.001,383145
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned434237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,03112
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned529236.50/cwt236.50–236.501,25128
SteersMedium and Large 1-2414239.00/cwt239.00–239.009895
SteersMedium and Large 1605235.72/cwt220.00–240.501,42675
SteersMedium and Large 1566241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,36436
SteersMedium and Large 1672217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,45813
SteersMedium and Large 1739191.74/cwt190.50–192.501,41729
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed371270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,0026
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed339234.00/cwt234.00–234.007935
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed427262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,1216
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed384230.00/cwt230.00–230.008838
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed400225.00/cwt225.00–225.009008
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned487223.50/cwt223.50–223.501,08817
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned438226.00/cwt226.00–226.009907
SteersMedium and Large 1-2644218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,4045
SteersMedium and Large 1421258.77/cwt250.00–265.001,08928

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.