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North Platte Stockyards

Name: North Platte Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-01-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-07

Feeder Cattle · North Platte, Nebraska · Tue, Jan 7

● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3653

← Dec 17Jan 7Jan 21 →

Receipts

2,739 head

▲ 509 vs last sale 2,230▲ 328 vs year ago 2,411 · +13.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported cattle sale in several weeks a market comparison is not applicable. Demand was good to very good for the first reported sale of the New Year. Several buyers in attendance with some staying at home in there warm office bidding on the internet. Offering comprised of long time weaned, longhaired calves with part loads and several load lots throughout the day.

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 $346.74/cwt on 224 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −131.40 against this barn's trailing median of $478.14.

Average price

$346.74

224 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,926

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$154

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

$2.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.07

vs NE average

+4.66 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	346.87	1,932	214
Medium and Large 1-2	517	344.00	1,778	10thin

One grade step is worth $2.87/cwt here — about $154 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale224 hd

346.74

—

NE average5 barns · 1,430 hd

355.81

−9.07

National average155 barns · 22,672 hd

342.08

+4.66

This barn, trailing median11 sales

478.14

−131.40

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

11 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $527.35, low $425.00, median $478.14 across 11 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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. 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	309	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,306	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	365	391.23/cwt	387.50–397.00	1,428	25
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	390	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,638	38
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	442	402.65/cwt	396.00–404.00	1,780	88
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	448	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,691	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	484	371.03/cwt	360.00–377.50	1,796	88
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	517	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	1,778	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	363.91/cwt	353.00–373.00	1,907	105
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	589	330.46/cwt	326.00–336.50	1,946	109
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	321.91/cwt	313.00–330.00	2,015	349
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	686	295.93/cwt	284.00–300.00	2,030	36
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	717	302.48/cwt	289.00–306.00	2,169	344
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	759	288.50/cwt	288.50–288.50	2,190	76
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	811	281.94/cwt	281.00–282.50	2,287	166
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	314	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,162	18
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	401	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	1,528	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	367.22/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,597	124
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	460	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,592	21
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	515	328.10/cwt	324.00–335.00	1,690	87
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	534	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,618	24
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1NHTC	536	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,774	74
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	300.27/cwt	295.00–304.00	1,706	77
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1NHTC	610	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,793	48
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	616	295.87/cwt	290.50–299.50	1,823	210
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	682	273.22/cwt	271.50–276.00	1,863	191
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	719	272.33/cwt	270.00–275.75	1,958	110

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.

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

North Platte Stockyards Livestock Auction - North Platte, NE

Tue Jan 7, 2025

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

Receipts 2,739Last week 2,230Year ago 2,411

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	300–350	314	370.00	370.00
124	400–450	435	360.00–370.00	367.22
21	450–500	460	346.00	346.00
87	500–550	515	324.00–335.00	328.10
77	550–600	568	295.00–304.00	300.27
210	600–650	616	290.50–299.50	295.87
191	650–700	682	271.50–276.00	273.22
110	700–750	719	270.00–275.75	272.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	500–550	534	303.00	303.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	401	381.00	381.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
74	500–550	536	331.00	331.00
48	600–650	610	294.00	294.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	309	422.50	422.50
38	350–400	390	420.00	420.00
88	400–450	442	396.00–404.00	402.65
88	450–500	484	360.00–377.50	371.03
105	500–550	524	353.00–373.00	363.91
109	550–600	589	326.00–336.50	330.46
349	600–650	626	313.00–330.00	321.91
36	650–700	686	284.00–300.00	295.93
344	700–750	717	289.00–306.00	302.48
76	750–800	759	288.50	288.50
166	800–850	811	281.00–282.50	281.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	350–400	365	387.50–397.00	391.23
8	400–450	448	377.50	377.50
10	500–550	517	344.00	344.00

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.