Name: North Platte Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-04-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Demand was good to moderate on a good selection offered.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $338.50/cwt on 196 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −153.83 against this barn's trailing median of $492.33.

Average price

$338.50

196 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,898

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$231

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

$31.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.64

vs NE average

+34.11 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	341.84	1,924	175
Medium and Large 1-2	545	310.69	1,692	21

One grade step is worth $31.15/cwt here — about $231 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

12 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $527.35, low $475.77, median $492.33 across 12 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 sale196 hd

338.50

—

NE average4 barns · 918 hd

327.85

+10.64

National average171 barns · 11,979 hd

304.39

+34.11

This barn, trailing median12 sales

492.33

−153.83

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

25 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	700–750	716	278.76/cwt	272.00–279.00	1,996	177
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	473	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,637	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	333.91/cwt	331.00–346.00	1,446	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	717	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,864	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	229.19/cwt	225.00–242.00	1,746	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,654	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	496	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	1,969	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	579	344.50/cwt	344.50–344.50	1,995	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	506	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,948	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	609	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,025	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	242.94/cwt	231.00–255.00	1,603	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	276.53/cwt	276.00–277.50	1,618	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	304.49/cwt	302.50–307.00	1,580	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	361.33/cwt	357.00–363.00	1,550	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,819	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,647	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	417.22/cwt	417.00–417.50	1,398	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	314.80/cwt	310.00–326.00	1,662	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	1,471	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	298.83/cwt	292.00–309.00	1,593	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	351.86/cwt	348.00–355.00	1,372	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	847	213.50/cwt	213.50–213.50	1,808	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	792	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,948	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	312.84/cwt	305.00–316.00	1,511	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	603	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,857	16

How this sale compares

Nebraska weighted averages

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