Name: North Platte Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-12-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers and heifers sold sharply higher on the day. Demand was good to very good throughout the sale with most calf buyers staying until the end of the sale. With the flip of the calendar to December more calves coming through the auction are long time weaned with some up to 90 days. However, some buyers still prefer to purchase a bawler so they can wean the calves the way they seem fit. Some of the bawlers had been running out on stalk fields with their moms and could wean fairly easy. Most lots had at least two rounds of vaccinations with some having a booster round this fall. Few, packages of heifers that were not flag as replacements on the report more than likely will be developed into a breedable heifer.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $334.46/cwt on 180 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −157.87 against this barn's trailing median of $492.33.

Average price

$334.46

180 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,846

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−10.08

vs NE average

+9.09 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	334.46	1,846	180

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

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 sale180 hd

334.46

—

NE average6 barns · 2,304 hd

344.54

−10.08

National average187 barns · 33,494 hd

325.37

+9.09

This barn, trailing median12 sales

492.33

−157.87

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,316	$1,791	22
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,167	$1,425	7

Every lot, as filed

40 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,692	7
Heifers	Large 1	350–400	379	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,273	8
Heifers	Large 1	450–500	481	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,575	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	807	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	2,009	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	692	260.86/cwt	259.50–261.50	1,805	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	1,050.00/head	1,050.00–1,050.00	1,050	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	373.98/cwt	361.00–380.50	1,769	183
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	329	424.76/cwt	407.50–435.00	1,397	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	342	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	1,548	7
Steers	Large 1	600–650	601	293.50/cwt	293.50–293.50	1,764	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	243	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	409.14/cwt	405.00–413.00	1,686	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	1,310.00/head	1,310.00–1,310.00	1,310	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	1,714	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	323.73/cwt	317.50–330.50	1,887	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,359	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	582	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,635	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	314.27/cwt	299.50–321.50	1,930	153
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	436	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,711	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	750–800	752	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	2,045	22
Steers	Large 1	450–500	482	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,735	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	336.31/cwt	321.00–346.00	1,567	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,014	220.50/cwt	220.50–220.50	2,236	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	346.87/cwt	329.00–350.00	1,845	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	697	288.50/cwt	288.50–288.50	2,011	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	633	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,772	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,578	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,431	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	264	875.00/head	875.00–875.00	875	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	550–600	565	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,746	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	650–700	686	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,907	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	609	260.07/cwt	255.00–267.00	1,584	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	756	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,943	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	259.38/cwt	259.00–260.00	1,860	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	321.17/cwt	306.00–331.00	1,657	145
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	347.21/cwt	340.00–367.50	1,337	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	299.70/cwt	283.00–307.50	1,699	79
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,167	1,425.00/head	1,425.00–1,425.00	1,425	7
Bred Cows	Large 1Broken Mouth	—	1,326	1,825.00/head	1,825.00–1,825.00	1,825	17
Bred Cows	Large 1	—	1,284	1,675.00/head	1,675.00–1,675.00	1,675	5

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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