Name: North Platte Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2023-05-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week, due to no feeder sale. Demand was good on a nice selection of feeders and grass cattle offered.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $247.10/cwt on 744 head.

Average price

$247.10

744 head · 575 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,420

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$318

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

$5.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.78

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	595	247.99	1,476	614
Medium and Large 1-2	477	242.92	1,158	130

One grade step is worth $5.07/cwt here — about $318 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 sale744 hd

247.10

—

NE average8 barns · 9,378 hd

237.33

+9.78

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	277	750.00/head	750.00–750.00	750	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	588	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,382	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	793	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,443	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	241.03/cwt	232.00–244.50	1,150	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	548	243.95/cwt	234.00–247.00	1,337	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	761	192.00/cwt	188.00–192.50	1,461	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	264.18/cwt	255.00–267.00	1,427	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	213.54/cwt	206.00–215.50	1,435	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	557	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	975	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	364	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,128	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	264.76/cwt	260.00–271.00	980	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	250.67/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,186	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	281.33/cwt	266.00–284.00	1,229	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	344	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	937	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	586	259.35/cwt	254.00–260.00	1,520	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	539	242.18/cwt	240.00–243.00	1,305	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	782	211.40/cwt	206.00–216.00	1,653	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	263.26/cwt	255.00–275.00	1,214	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	226.32/cwt	215.00–233.00	1,525	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	244.85/cwt	239.00–251.00	1,046	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	908	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,589	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	207.84/cwt	206.00–210.50	1,684	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	347	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	923	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	342	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	756	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,383	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	244.93/cwt	243.00–248.00	1,034	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	701	195.50/cwt	195.50–195.50	1,370	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	356	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	879	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	828	174.50/cwt	174.50–174.50	1,445	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.

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