Name: North Platte Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-12-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice offering of weaned and bawling spring calves on offer with a few yearlings selling in the mix. Compared to two weeks ago steers 450-650 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher. Flyweight heifers sold sharply higher and heifers 450-600 lbs sold steady to 3.00 lower. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $348.67/cwt on 373 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −143.66 against this barn's trailing median of $492.33.

Average price

$348.67

373 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,869

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$188

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

$48.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.95

vs NE average

+22.04 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	349.85	1,873	364
Medium and Large 1-2	560	301.00	1,686	9thin

One grade step is worth $48.85/cwt here — about $188 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 sale373 hd

348.67

—

NE average9 barns · 3,903 hd

345.72

+2.95

National average173 barns · 17,754 hd

326.63

+22.04

This barn, trailing median12 sales

492.33

−143.66

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

41 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 1-2Fleshy	800–850	849	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,910	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	666	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,692	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	950–1000	979	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,909	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	450–500	487	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,515	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	300–350	313	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,189	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	400–450	403	344.14/cwt	342.00–347.50	1,387	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	343.66/cwt	333.00–355.00	1,945	140
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	451	403.38/cwt	396.00–405.00	1,819	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	507	374.61/cwt	372.00–377.00	1,899	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	414	419.18/cwt	415.00–420.00	1,735	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	550–600	554	318.82/cwt	318.00–321.00	1,766	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	399.13/cwt	392.50–410.00	1,664	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,937	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,686	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	384.42/cwt	382.50–387.50	1,461	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	450–500	477	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,741	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	408	365.74/cwt	362.00–372.50	1,492	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	502	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,657	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	337	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,356	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	354.35/cwt	347.00–359.00	1,828	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	333	362.33/cwt	355.00–366.00	1,207	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	361.00/cwt	356.00–371.00	1,513	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	362	371.37/cwt	370.00–373.00	1,344	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	331.15/cwt	327.50–333.00	1,427	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	294.48/cwt	290.00–297.00	1,399	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	287.31/cwt	287.00–287.50	1,747	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	800–850	844	245.50/cwt	245.50–245.50	2,072	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	321.95/cwt	316.00–323.50	1,687	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,258	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	507	336.64/cwt	330.00–339.00	1,707	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	459	360.35/cwt	350.00–371.00	1,654	163
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	330.00/cwt	321.00–340.00	1,581	211
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	350–400	385	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,540	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	296.01/cwt	291.00–297.50	1,708	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	300–350	322	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,232	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	500–550	500	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,700	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	400–450	408	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	1,404	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	716	278.33/cwt	278.00–279.00	1,993	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	312.69/cwt	301.00–321.00	1,932	236
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	619	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,826	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	376.67/cwt	372.50–390.00	1,785	114

How this sale compares

Nebraska weighted averages

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