Sale reports / Nebraska / North Platte Stockyards / 2023-10-31

North Platte Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · North Platte, Nebraska · Tue, Oct 31
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3653
Receipts
1,595 head
1,084 vs last sale 2,679 557 vs year ago 1,038 · +53.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago steer and heifer calves sold with a lower undertone. Most of Tuesdays offering had fall vaccination shots. Demand was moderate to good throughout the sale. Bulk of the buying was from the seats with a little procurement off the internet.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $284.11/cwt on 791 head.
Average price
$284.11
791 head · 577 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,638
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$211
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$2.92/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.66
vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1585284.481,665691
Medium and Large 1-2517281.571,455100
One grade step is worth $2.92/cwt here — about $211 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 sale791 hd
284.11
NE average9 barns · 16,151 hd
288.77
−4.66
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

28 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
SteersMedium and Large 1688251.30/cwt242.00–256.001,72928
SteersMedium and Large 1772250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,93016
SteersMedium and Large 1-2477291.60/cwt285.00–297.001,39142
SteersMedium and Large 1572282.05/cwt274.00–286.501,613156
SteersMedium and Large 1-2547274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,49924
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy631230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,45110
HeifersMedium and Large 1927228.50/cwt228.50–228.502,11811
HeifersMedium and Large 1826232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,91613
HeifersMedium and Large 1308326.50/cwt326.00–327.001,00614
HeifersMedium and Large 1626249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,55916
HeifersMedium and Large 1557245.40/cwt244.00–250.001,36734
SteersMedium and Large 1717246.50/cwt246.50–246.501,76719
HeifersMedium and Large 1395310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,2259
SteersMedium and Large 1-2395320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,2645
SteersMedium and Large 1534297.17/cwt287.50–307.001,58796
SteersMedium and Large 1435334.46/cwt327.50–339.001,45557
SteersMedium and Large 1-2596263.37/cwt262.50–266.001,57024
SteersMedium and Large 1374341.00/cwt341.00–341.001,2758
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2482262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,26310
HeifersMedium and Large 1763242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,8508
SteersMedium and Large 1632264.23/cwt262.00–274.001,670156
SteersMedium and Large 1913233.00/cwt233.00–233.002,12744
HeifersMedium and Large 1459285.70/cwt276.00–292.001,31166
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2418280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,1706
HeifersMedium and Large 1429293.15/cwt286.00–305.001,25876
HeifersMedium and Large 1519258.68/cwt246.00–264.001,343180
SteersMedium and Large 1-2444282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,2545
SteersMedium and Large 1470315.91/cwt304.00–325.001,485111

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.