Sale reports / Nebraska / North Platte Stockyards / 2024-09-17

North Platte Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · North Platte, Nebraska · Tue, Sep 17
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3653
Receipts
1,040 head
▼ 243 vs last sale 1,283▲ 260 vs year ago 780 · +33.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison. Demand was good on all feeders.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $256.11/cwt on 28 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −179.70 against this barn's trailing median of $435.80.
Average price
$256.11
28 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,402
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−21.97
vs NE average
+19.10 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1547256.111,40228
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale28 hd
256.11
—
NE average7 barns · 475 hd
278.08
−21.97
National average181 barns · 11,482 hd
237.01
+19.10
This barn, trailing median9 sales
435.80
−179.70
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

9 sales
504460416371median 435.8003/0304/1405/1210/0610/20
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $490.31, low $385.27, median $435.80 across 9 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

18 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1598282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,6899
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2610267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,6298
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1635280.49/cwt275.00–284.001,781190
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1664275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,8267
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2672253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,7006
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1759267.99/cwt260.50–273.002,034213
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1825239.26/cwt238.50–240.001,97412
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1908230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,0887
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1526256.73/cwt245.00–262.501,35015
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1572255.39/cwt250.00–262.001,46113
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1613253.96/cwt251.00–256.501,55758
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1688252.16/cwt252.00–252.501,735157
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2689240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,6547
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1729239.69/cwt231.00–243.001,74738
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1782231.91/cwt227.50–236.001,81443
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1824237.33/cwt229.50–242.001,956129
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1888220.39/cwt218.50–223.001,95727
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1921217.90/cwt216.00–219.502,00729

This sale against other markets

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.