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North Platte Stockyards

Name: North Platte Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-11-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-05

Feeder Cattle · North Platte, Nebraska · Tue, Nov 5

● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3653

← Oct 22Nov 5Nov 19 →

Receipts

980 head

▼ 1,169 vs last sale 2,149▼ 615 vs year ago 1,595 · −38.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison . Demand was good to moderate.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $298.49/cwt on 199 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −179.61 against this barn's trailing median of $478.10.

Average price

$298.49

199 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,632

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−12.69

vs NE average

−3.36 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	298.49	1,632	199

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 sale199 hd

298.49

—

NE average12 barns · 8,033 hd

311.19

−12.69

National average187 barns · 26,509 hd

301.85

−3.36

This barn, trailing median12 sales

478.10

−179.61

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

12 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $527.35, low $425.00, median $478.10 across 12 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	376.43/cwt	362.50–384.00	1,412	15
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	387	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,267	14
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	355.53/cwt	352.00–358.50	1,507	24
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	320.17/cwt	316.00–327.00	1,514	80
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	519	308.45/cwt	296.00–313.00	1,601	89
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	290.44/cwt	282.00–296.00	1,653	110
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	634	277.10/cwt	273.00–279.50	1,757	32
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	644	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,668	8
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	653	270.50/cwt	270.50–270.50	1,766	45
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	316	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,011	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	377	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,159	18
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	431	281.71/cwt	280.00–282.50	1,214	27
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	432	316.15/cwt	313.00–320.00	1,366	31
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	496	270.02/cwt	264.50–284.00	1,339	42
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	506	285.38/cwt	283.00–288.50	1,444	92
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	527	254.09/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,339	18
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	585	264.14/cwt	261.00–265.50	1,545	45
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	542	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,496	9

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.

Nebraska feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

North Platte Stockyards Livestock Auction - North Platte, NE

Tue Nov 5, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Kearney, NE (LS-WH)

Receipts 980Last week 2,149Year ago 1,595

No comparison . Demand was good to moderate.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	542	276.00	276.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	316	320.00	320.00
18	350–400	377	307.50	307.50
31	400–450	432	313.00–320.00	316.15
42	450–500	496	264.50–284.00	270.02
92	500–550	506	283.00–288.50	285.38
45	550–600	585	261.00–265.50	264.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	400–450	431	280.00–282.50	281.71
18	500–550	527	250.00–265.00	254.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	375	362.50–384.00	376.43
24	400–450	424	352.00–358.50	355.53
80	450–500	473	316.00–327.00	320.17
89	500–550	519	296.00–313.00	308.45
110	550–600	569	282.00–296.00	290.44
8	600–650	644	259.00	259.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
32	600–650	634	273.00–279.50	277.10
45	650–700	653	270.50	270.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	387	327.50	327.50

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.