Name: North Platte Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-10-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in almost a month a market comparison is not applicable. Buyers in house and on the internet bid readily from start to finish at the 6th annual anniversary special calf and feeder auction. Bulk of the sale comprised of fresh bawling calves with a few weaned calves and feeders on the day. With the dry, dusty weaning pens buyers are looking for calves with full fall vaccination protocol.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $304.18/cwt on 610 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −188.14 against this barn's trailing median of $492.33.

Average price

$304.18

610 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,667

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$238

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$27.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.37

vs NE average

+4.85 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	305.18	1,687	519
Medium and Large 1-2	521	302.31	1,575	77
Large 1	522	277.50	1,449	14thin

One grade step is worth $27.68/cwt here — about $238 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale610 hd

304.18

—

NE average10 barns · 6,148 hd

311.55

−7.37

National average188 barns · 32,793 hd

299.33

+4.85

This barn, trailing median12 sales

492.33

−188.14

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 1Fancy	500–550	522	298.50/cwt	298.50–298.50	1,558	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	530	274.50/cwt	274.50–274.50	1,455	18
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,006	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	2,203	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	267.26/cwt	260.00–277.00	1,515	190
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	297.72/cwt	291.00–310.00	1,420	218
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	921	238.50/cwt	238.50–238.50	2,197	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	302.31/cwt	288.00–307.50	1,575	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	286.40/cwt	280.50–288.00	1,767	253
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	303.37/cwt	292.50–315.00	1,474	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	744	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,994	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	349.72/cwt	343.00–365.00	1,343	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	316.56/cwt	307.50–320.00	1,358	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	320.68/cwt	309.00–335.00	1,635	188
Steers	Large 1	500–550	522	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,449	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	296.38/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,710	331
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,173	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,841	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	395	321.98/cwt	317.50–332.00	1,272	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	333.11/cwt	320.00–343.00	1,549	135
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,144	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	222	875.00/head	875.00–875.00	875	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	328	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,017	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	690	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,746	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	625	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,744	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	900–950	944	240.56/cwt	240.00–242.00	2,271	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	516	273.79/cwt	273.00–275.00	1,413	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	337.53/cwt	327.50–352.50	1,411	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	954	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	2,175	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	255.38/cwt	254.00–260.00	1,594	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	303.73/cwt	285.00–312.00	1,185	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	300–350	324	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,077	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	876	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,015	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	467	279.31/cwt	278.00–283.00	1,304	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	303.86/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,331	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	323.13/cwt	317.00–331.00	1,209	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	284.70/cwt	280.00–288.00	1,492	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,802	25

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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