Name: North Platte Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-11-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Demand was good today with a higher undertone on all offerings.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $322.69/cwt on 331 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −169.63 against this barn's trailing median of $492.33.

Average price

$322.69

331 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,744

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$93

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

$11.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.11

vs NE average

+13.43 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	323.88	1,753	298
Medium and Large 1-2	532	311.97	1,660	33

One grade step is worth $11.91/cwt here — about $93 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 sale331 hd

322.69

—

NE average9 barns · 4,292 hd

322.59

+0.11

National average182 barns · 24,645 hd

309.26

+13.43

This barn, trailing median12 sales

492.33

−169.63

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

26 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	450–500	474	309.11/cwt	303.00–316.00	1,465	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	308.56/cwt	303.00–317.50	1,759	163
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	608	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,556	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	399	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,496	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	331.27/cwt	327.00–338.00	1,683	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,812	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	282.47/cwt	273.00–288.50	1,748	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	659	279.75/cwt	279.75–279.75	1,844	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	311.97/cwt	310.00–314.00	1,660	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	284.01/cwt	280.00–293.00	1,360	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	379.76/cwt	372.50–383.00	1,622	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,692	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	412.90/cwt	408.00–420.00	1,350	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	366.75/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,713	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	424	351.30/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,490	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,576	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	607	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,821	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	405	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,661	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	505	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	1,788	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	301.59/cwt	286.50–307.00	1,583	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,415	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	341.65/cwt	338.00–342.50	1,110	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	325.25/cwt	319.00–331.00	1,233	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	246.60/cwt	242.00–252.00	1,798	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	619	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,603	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,501	8

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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