Name: North Platte Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2023-10-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Demand was good for all offerings.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $308.42/cwt on 324 head.

Average price

$308.42

324 head · 571 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,761

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$174

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

$8.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+35.24

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	572	308.58	1,764	318
Medium and Large 1-2	530	300.00	1,590	6thin

One grade step is worth $8.58/cwt here — about $174 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 sale324 hd

308.42

—

NE average7 barns · 9,068 hd

273.18

+35.24

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

19 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	—	588	293.79/cwt	288.00–296.00	1,727	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	740	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,746	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	834	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,981	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	502	276.78/cwt	275.00–278.00	1,389	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	243.53/cwt	243.00–245.00	1,663	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	297.16/cwt	294.00–299.00	1,385	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	553	264.50/cwt	264.50–264.50	1,463	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	312	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	1,111	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,833	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	751	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,968	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	839	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	2,022	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,590	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	447	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,520	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,013	221.50/cwt	221.50–221.50	2,244	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	328.38/cwt	314.00–331.00	1,727	119
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	928	232.07/cwt	220.00–237.50	2,154	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,429	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	322.92/cwt	313.00–330.00	1,569	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	386	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,359	7

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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