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North Platte Stockyards

Name: North Platte Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-02-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-04

Feeder Cattle · North Platte, Nebraska · Tue, Feb 4

● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3653

← Jan 21Feb 4Mar 4 →

Receipts

2,484 head

▲ 255 vs last sale 2,229▼ 474 vs year ago 2,958 · −16.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago steers less than 450 lbs sold sharply higher on the day, 450 to 700 lbs sold 6.00 to 8.00 higher and over 700 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher. All weights of heifers traded 8.00 to 13.00 higher. Demand was good on a cold, windy day. Most calves were longtime weaned with vaccinations.

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 $373.21/cwt on 296 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −104.94 against this barn's trailing median of $478.14.

Average price

$373.21

296 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,067

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$235

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

$7.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.31

vs NE average

+30.83 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	373.73	2,083	276
Medium and Large 1-2	505	366.00	1,848	20

One grade step is worth $7.73/cwt here — about $235 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale296 hd

373.21

—

NE average9 barns · 4,888 hd

373.51

−0.31

National average187 barns · 18,766 hd

342.38

+30.83

This barn, trailing median11 sales

478.14

−104.94

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

28 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	350–400	Medium and Large 1	361	438.00/cwt	438.00–438.00	1,581	10
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	405.01/cwt	396.00–420.00	1,729	150
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	461	378.50/cwt	378.50–378.50	1,745	13
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	388.15/cwt	374.00–399.00	1,859	142
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	505	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	1,848	20
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	544	381.27/cwt	371.00–385.00	2,074	149
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	364.88/cwt	354.00–374.50	2,091	127
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	613	342.84/cwt	330.00–345.00	2,102	55
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	323.07/cwt	313.00–372.00	2,161	128
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	733	289.50/cwt	289.50–289.50	2,122	9
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	779	282.48/cwt	276.00–284.50	2,201	198
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	812	274.50/cwt	274.50–274.50	2,229	11
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	859	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,276	40
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	968	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	2,159	13
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	405.09/cwt	363.00–424.00	1,539	35
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	376.83/cwt	359.00–390.00	1,605	92
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	460	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,527	39
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	351.00/cwt	341.00–368.00	1,702	173
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	533	330.47/cwt	327.50–336.00	1,761	83
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	323.29/cwt	311.00–331.00	1,875	142
Heifers	600–650	Large 1	616	293.50/cwt	293.50–293.50	1,808	26
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	637	308.58/cwt	300.50–317.00	1,966	119
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	305.29/cwt	292.00–314.00	2,045	127
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	721	274.79/cwt	270.00–283.00	1,981	88
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	761	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	2,024	26
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	966	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	2,116	11
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	544	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,890	7
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	553	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,808	35

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 Feb 4, 2025

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

Receipts 2,484Last week 2,229Year ago 2,958

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	544	347.50	347.50
35	550–600	553	327.00	327.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	600–650	616	293.50	293.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	350–400	380	363.00–424.00	405.09
92	400–450	426	359.00–390.00	376.83
173	450–500	485	341.00–368.00	351.00
83	500–550	533	327.50–336.00	330.47
142	550–600	580	311.00–331.00	323.29
119	600–650	637	300.50–317.00	308.58
127	650–700	670	292.00–314.00	305.29
88	700–750	721	270.00–283.00	274.79
26	750–800	761	266.00	266.00
11	950–1000	966	219.00	219.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
39	450–500	460	332.00	332.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	361	438.00	438.00
150	400–450	427	396.00–420.00	405.01
142	450–500	479	374.00–399.00	388.15
149	500–550	544	371.00–385.00	381.27
127	550–600	573	354.00–374.50	364.88
55	600–650	613	330.00–345.00	342.84
128	650–700	669	313.00–372.00	323.07
9	700–750	733	289.50	289.50
198	750–800	779	276.00–284.50	282.48
11	800–850	812	274.50	274.50
40	850–900	859	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	461	378.50	378.50
20	500–550	505	366.00	366.00
13	950–1000	968	223.00	223.00

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.