Name: North Platte Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2023-09-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Demand was good on nice selection of heifers.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $236.19/cwt on 354 head.

Average price

$236.19

354 head · 847 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,000

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$1,087

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

$3.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.03

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	393	240.00	943	10thin
Medium and Large 1	860	236.07	2,031	344

One grade step is worth $3.93/cwt here — about −$1,087 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 sale354 hd

236.19

—

NE average3 barns · 1,884 hd

239.21

−3.03

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

13 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	—	898	234.24/cwt	234.00–235.50	2,103	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	956	232.21/cwt	229.50–233.50	2,220	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	393	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	943	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	835	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,996	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,022	224.50/cwt	224.50–224.50	2,294	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	707	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,803	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	923	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	2,104	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	766	249.50/cwt	249.50–249.50	1,911	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	600	256.50/cwt	256.50–256.50	1,539	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,089	186.50/cwt	186.50–186.50	2,031	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,225	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	2,242	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,178	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	2,226	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	652	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,571	5

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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