Sale reports / Nebraska / North Platte Stockyards / 2024-02-06

North Platte Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · North Platte, Nebraska · Tue, Feb 6
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3653
Receipts
2,958 head
315 vs last sale 3,273 302 vs year ago 3,260 · 9.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago steers under 750 lbs sold 10.00 to 13.00 higher, over 750 lbs sold 2.00 higher. Heifers under 600 lbs sold 1.00 to 4.00 higher with weights over 600 trading sharply higher. Demand was good today. Large crowd of buyers with internet participation noticed. Calves were longtime weaned with vaccinations with most selling in part loads and packages throughout the sale. Spring like weather the last few days with rain showers has made country roads soft but pre-sale consignments made there way to town.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $296.69/cwt on 1,492 head.
Average price
$296.69
1,492 head · 614 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,821
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$206
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$4.18/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.51
vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2548300.261,645217
Medium and Large 1625296.081,8501,275
One grade step is worth $4.18/cwt here — about −$206 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 sale1,492 hd
296.69
NE average7 barns · 14,388 hd
284.17
+12.51
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 1Fancy538305.50/cwt305.50–305.501,64458
HeifersMedium and Large 1341344.00/cwt344.00–344.001,17348
HeifersMedium and Large 1481307.33/cwt298.00–314.001,47869
HeifersMedium and Large 1426316.08/cwt307.50–322.001,34778
HeifersMedium and Large 1528292.57/cwt281.00–300.001,54578
HeifersMedium and Large 1633262.58/cwt250.00–270.001,662211
SteersMedium and Large 1-2576280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,61320
SteersMedium and Large 1665275.17/cwt270.00–280.001,830159
SteersMedium and Large 1438372.50/cwt372.50–372.501,63281
SteersMedium and Large 1525339.57/cwt330.00–341.001,783120
SteersMedium and Large 1778250.12/cwt248.50–253.501,946187
SteersMedium and Large 1465338.59/cwt335.00–350.001,57494
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy651292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,90164
SteersMedium and Large 1360392.50/cwt392.50–392.501,41331
SteersMedium and Large 1-2538311.59/cwt308.00–315.001,67668
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350368.00/cwt368.00–368.001,28810
SteersMedium and Large 1721266.96/cwt261.00–274.501,925231
SteersMedium and Large 1-2681265.79/cwt260.00–268.501,81025
HeifersMedium and Large 1582278.95/cwt267.50–294.001,623149
HeifersMedium and Large 1741231.19/cwt228.00–235.501,713138
SteersMedium and Large 1-2640266.50/cwt266.50–266.501,70646
SteersMedium and Large 1-2433328.85/cwt326.00–340.001,42448
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2492276.01/cwt264.00–286.001,35822
HeifersMedium and Large 1661255.46/cwt250.00–258.001,68999
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2432272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,17528
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2630244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,53726
SteersMedium and Large 1611298.39/cwt287.00–304.501,823135
SteersMedium and Large 1587297.26/cwt290.00–305.001,745173

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.