Name: North Platte Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-03-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago steers and heifers sold sharply higher. Demand was good to very good for packages and load lots throughout the day. Bid calling was fast paced from two great auctioneers throughout the sale. Several buyers in attendance with a few new faces in the crowd. Sale consisted of long time weaned calves with full rounds of vaccinations.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $294.94/cwt on 272 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −154.72 against this barn's trailing median of $449.66.

Average price

$294.94

272 head · 566 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,670

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−0.47

vs NE average

+23.03 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	566	294.94	1,670	272

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

11 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $490.31, low $423.58, median $449.66 across 11 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale272 hd

294.94

—

NE average3 barns · 872 hd

295.42

−0.47

National average176 barns · 15,352 hd

271.91

+23.03

This barn, trailing median11 sales

449.66

−154.72

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

32 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	456	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,471	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	673	305.25/cwt	305.25–305.25	2,054	165
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	637	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,459	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	682	249.50/cwt	249.50–249.50	1,702	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,404	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	338	341.89/cwt	339.00–347.50	1,156	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	854	248.50/cwt	248.50–248.50	2,122	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	713	226.59/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,616	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	301.00/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,424	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	564	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,692	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	688	278.50/cwt	278.50–278.50	1,916	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	295.59/cwt	294.50–297.00	1,859	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	284.92/cwt	276.00–289.50	1,653	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	272.92/cwt	257.00–278.50	1,730	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	343.33/cwt	337.50–357.50	1,318	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	742	240.66/cwt	239.00–243.00	1,786	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,534	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	246.06/cwt	240.00–254.00	1,548	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,541	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	589	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,944	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	358.81/cwt	352.50–362.00	1,554	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	264.07/cwt	262.00–265.50	1,767	194
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,320	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,719	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	846	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	2,132	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,836	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	345.42/cwt	337.50–350.00	1,668	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	609	318.54/cwt	301.00–326.00	1,940	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	271.72/cwt	253.00–277.25	2,098	181
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	548	306.50/cwt	306.50–306.50	1,680	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	287.81/cwt	285.50–301.00	1,963	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	266.59/cwt	263.50–272.50	1,962	124

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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