Name: North Platte Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-05-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in three weeks a trend is not applicable. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $314.76/cwt on 74 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −177.57 against this barn's trailing median of $492.33.

Average price

$314.76

74 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,673

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$57

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

$7.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−21.95

vs NE average

+5.05 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	533	317.18	1,692	50
Medium and Large 1-2	528	309.70	1,635	24

One grade step is worth $7.48/cwt here — about $57 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale74 hd

314.76

—

NE average6 barns · 663 hd

336.71

−21.95

National average167 barns · 10,730 hd

309.71

+5.05

This barn, trailing median12 sales

492.33

−177.57

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

37 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 1-2Thin Fleshed	550–600	553	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,532	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	600	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,578	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	689	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,853	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	358	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,119	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	400–450	437	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,337	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	494	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,452	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	655	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,723	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	629	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,881	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	467	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,532	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	888	236.50/cwt	236.50–236.50	2,100	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	656	281.50/cwt	281.50–281.50	1,847	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,400	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	426	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,440	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	536	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,774	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	378	397.13/cwt	396.00–399.00	1,501	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	756	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,973	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	841	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,103	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	964	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	2,179	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	317	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	1,293	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	423	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	1,603	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	290.69/cwt	289.50–292.00	1,910	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	912	236.50/cwt	236.50–236.50	2,157	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	290.16/cwt	288.00–291.00	1,671	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	561	296.50/cwt	296.50–296.50	1,663	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	300–350	312	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,045	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	477	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,569	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	438	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,244	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	456	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,327	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	985	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	2,157	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	604	300.92/cwt	293.50–304.00	1,818	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	309.70/cwt	307.00–311.50	1,635	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	506	330.96/cwt	330.00–334.00	1,675	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	885	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,912	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	409	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,452	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,036	223.75/cwt	223.75–223.75	2,318	126
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	460	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,392	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	503	273.25/cwt	271.00–277.00	1,374	16

How this sale compares

Nebraska weighted averages

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