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North Platte Stockyards

Name: North Platte Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-01-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-21

Feeder Cattle · North Platte, Nebraska · Tue, Jan 21

● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3653

← Jan 7Jan 21Feb 4 →

Receipts

2,229 head

▼ 510 vs last sale 2,739▼ 1,044 vs year ago 3,273 · −31.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago steers and heifers suited for summer grass turnout sold 6.00 to 8.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers sold 7.00 to 10.00 lower. Demand was good for light weight cattle with moderate to good demand for feeders. Overall, the market is still active with quite a few buyers looking for cattle. The artic cold front didn't slow down the buyer participation at the auction on Tuesday. Near normal temperatures are on the horizon for January weather.

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 $366.66/cwt on 277 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −111.48 against this barn's trailing median of $478.14.

Average price

$366.66

277 head · 529 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,940

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$11

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

$22.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.45

vs NE average

+25.72 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	526	368.50	1,940	254
Medium and Large 1-2	557	346.39	1,929	23

One grade step is worth $22.11/cwt here — about $11 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale277 hd

366.66

—

NE average10 barns · 7,150 hd

364.21

+2.45

National average147 barns · 15,667 hd

340.94

+25.72

This barn, trailing median11 sales

478.14

−111.48

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

34 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	390	402.54/cwt	391.00–417.00	1,570	47
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	385.63/cwt	377.00–392.50	1,650	21
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	380.28/cwt	377.50–387.50	1,825	56
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	372.30/cwt	359.00–380.50	1,943	208
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	540	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	1,922	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	541	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,866	21
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	551	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,879	12
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	552	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,048	13
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	570	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,932	13
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	614	334.97/cwt	326.00–342.00	2,057	204
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	626	323.50/cwt	323.50–323.50	2,025	14
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	633	316.21/cwt	316.00–317.00	2,002	97
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	681	305.76/cwt	299.00–317.50	2,082	130
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	687	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,999	9
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	739	288.75/cwt	285.00–290.50	2,134	95
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	744	275.50/cwt	275.50–275.50	2,050	70
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	746	285.50/cwt	285.50–285.50	2,130	22
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	773	277.28/cwt	275.50–278.00	2,143	48
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	377	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	1,444	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	368.56/cwt	362.50–374.00	1,559	99
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	428	354.32/cwt	351.00–356.00	1,516	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	454	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,544	19
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	363.05/cwt	340.00–379.00	1,735	27
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	509	334.99/cwt	324.00–340.00	1,705	140
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	519	313.26/cwt	310.00–314.00	1,626	33
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	314.55/cwt	306.00–322.50	1,802	217
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Replacement	604	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,915	31
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	294.92/cwt	280.00–302.00	1,837	203
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	640	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,696	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium 1	644	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,823	15
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	676	281.75/cwt	277.50–287.00	1,905	111
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	716	251.50/cwt	251.50–251.50	1,801	14
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,921	9
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	761	254.69/cwt	253.50–255.50	1,938	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 21, 2025

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

Receipts 2,229Last week 2,739Year ago 3,273

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	700–750	716	251.50	251.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	377	383.00	383.00
99	400–450	423	362.50–374.00	368.56
27	450–500	478	340.00–379.00	363.05
140	500–550	509	324.00–340.00	334.99
217	550–600	573	306.00–322.50	314.55
203	600–650	623	280.00–302.00	294.92
111	650–700	676	277.50–287.00	281.75
9	700–750	725	265.00	265.00
110	750–800	761	253.50–255.50	254.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	600–650	644	283.00	283.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	428	351.00–356.00	354.32
19	450–500	454	340.00	340.00
33	500–550	519	310.00–314.00	313.26
6	600–650	640	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
31	600–650	604	317.00	317.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
47	350–400	390	391.00–417.00	402.54
21	400–450	428	377.00–392.50	385.63
56	450–500	480	377.50–387.50	380.28
208	500–550	522	359.00–380.50	372.30
13	550–600	552	371.00	371.00
204	600–650	614	326.00–342.00	334.97
130	650–700	681	299.00–317.50	305.76
95	700–750	739	285.00–290.50	288.75
48	750–800	773	275.50–278.00	277.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	540	356.00	356.00
13	550–600	570	339.00	339.00
14	600–650	626	323.50	323.50
70	700–750	744	275.50	275.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	500–550	541	345.00	345.00
12	550–600	551	341.00	341.00
97	600–650	633	316.00–317.00	316.21
9	650–700	687	291.00	291.00
22	700–750	746	285.50	285.50

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.