Sale reports / Nebraska / North Platte Stockyards / 2024-01-09

North Platte Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · North Platte, Nebraska · Tue, Jan 9
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3653
Receipts
2,411 head
827 vs last sale 1,584 878 vs year ago 3,289 · 26.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Last reported sale was three weeks ago a market comparison is not applicable. However, a higher undertone was noted throughout the day. Demand was good with several buyers on the seats with active buying from the internet. Offering comprised of mostly weaned calves with fall vaccinations and a handful of yearlings in the run. Next week January 16 will be a special calf and feeder auction.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $251.66/cwt on 1,254 head.
Average price
$251.66
1,254 head · 617 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,552
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$159
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$2.11/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.93
vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2554253.621,40488
Medium and Large 1621251.511,5631,166
One grade step is worth $2.11/cwt here — about −$159 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 sale1,254 hd
251.66
NE average12 barns · 13,246 hd
257.59
−5.93
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
HeifersMedium and Large 1521279.24/cwt275.00–289.001,45597
SteersMedium and Large 1563305.94/cwt291.50–317.501,722146
HeifersMedium and Large 1323357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,1556
HeifersMedium and Large 1372320.71/cwt317.50–322.501,19314
HeifersMedium and Large 1860203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,74620
HeifersMedium and Large 1421298.23/cwt290.00–301.001,25642
HeifersMedium and Large 1774225.99/cwt215.00–228.001,74984
SteersMedium and Large 1618274.51/cwt266.50–279.001,696186
SteersMedium and Large 1822225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,85018
SteersMedium and Large 1-2395328.00/cwt328.00–328.001,2965
SteersMedium and Large 1-2581281.29/cwt276.00–286.001,63445
SteersMedium and Large 1713239.73/cwt237.00–244.751,709232
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement668235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,57015
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed937195.50/cwt195.50–195.501,83218
SteersMedium and Large 1684246.87/cwt241.50–257.501,689101
SteersMedium and Large 1-2543294.00/cwt294.00–294.001,59617
SteersMedium and Large 1775230.71/cwt228.00–231.001,78869
SteersMedium and Large 1520320.13/cwt295.00–336.001,665157
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2510264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,34622
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2568250.16/cwt249.00–252.001,42166
SteersMedium and Large 1486332.40/cwt325.00–339.001,61533
SteersMedium and Large 1430321.85/cwt319.00–337.501,38434
HeifersMedium and Large 1571266.89/cwt241.00–286.001,524213
HeifersMedium and Large 1667232.65/cwt222.50–239.501,552298
HeifersMedium and Large 1483286.96/cwt265.00–291.001,386105
HeifersMedium and Large 1611255.13/cwt244.50–266.501,559122
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed847210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,7796
HeifersMedium and Large 1709224.04/cwt218.00–229.501,588126

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.