Name: North Platte Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-02-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week, due to no feeder sale. Demand was good to moderate,

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $288.17/cwt on 910 head.

Average price

$288.17

910 head · 662 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,907

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$170

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

$8.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.08

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	667	289.11	1,927	804
Medium and Large 1-2	625	281.05	1,757	106

One grade step is worth $8.06/cwt here — about $170 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 sale910 hd

288.17

—

NE average8 barns · 15,528 hd

283.09

+5.08

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

34 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	—	370	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,406	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	511	336.61/cwt	334.00–341.00	1,720	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	418	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,536	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,750	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	325.21/cwt	317.00–332.50	1,239	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	268.46/cwt	261.00–270.00	1,670	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	538	285.71/cwt	277.00–291.00	1,537	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	326	344.41/cwt	332.50–346.00	1,123	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	756	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,625	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	330.91/cwt	321.00–340.00	1,602	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	911	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	2,041	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	686	286.19/cwt	286.00–286.50	1,963	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	603	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,673	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	412	348.59/cwt	340.00–359.00	1,436	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	866	243.75/cwt	243.75–243.75	2,111	181
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	329.96/cwt	324.00–338.00	1,429	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	853	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,928	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	990	206.64/cwt	205.00–208.50	2,046	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	973	199.65/cwt	194.00–205.50	1,943	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	243.70/cwt	240.00–249.00	1,881	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	347	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	1,315	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	748	265.17/cwt	261.50–266.50	1,983	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	299.78/cwt	293.50–309.00	1,838	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,603	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	459	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,345	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	816	214.54/cwt	214.00–216.50	1,751	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	588	310.70/cwt	303.00–311.00	1,827	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	247.14/cwt	247.00–248.50	1,910	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	600	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,500	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	255.68/cwt	246.00–264.00	1,746	139
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	312.82/cwt	301.00–321.00	1,348	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	286.10/cwt	277.50–288.00	1,648	153
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	313.08/cwt	305.00–325.00	1,475	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	604	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,915	44

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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