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North Platte Stockyards

Name: North Platte Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-04-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-01

Feeder Cattle · North Platte, Nebraska · Tue, Apr 1

● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3653

← Mar 4Apr 1Apr 15 →

Receipts

841 head

▼ 1,257 vs last sale 2,098▲ 841 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison. Demand was good to moderate on a short run today.

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 $395.16/cwt on 80 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −82.98 against this barn's trailing median of $478.14.

Average price

$395.16

80 head · 528 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,087

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+10.73

vs NE average

+26.15 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	528	395.16	2,087	80

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 sale80 hd

395.16

—

NE average6 barns · 1,578 hd

384.43

+10.73

National average168 barns · 11,835 hd

369.01

+26.15

This barn, trailing median11 sales

478.14

−82.98

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

20 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	344	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,531	5
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	348	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,688	10
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	429.91/cwt	425.00–435.00	1,844	14
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	459	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,870	17
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	398.01/cwt	392.50–402.50	2,082	74
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	592	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,131	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	354.75/cwt	343.00–362.50	2,217	41
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	660	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,277	78
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	736	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,252	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	766	310.50/cwt	310.50–310.50	2,378	71
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	803	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,289	15
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	392	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,676	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	432	398.50/cwt	398.00–399.00	1,722	22
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	491	345.78/cwt	341.00–352.00	1,698	25
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	503	338.46/cwt	335.00–344.00	1,702	47
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	516	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,920	25
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	327.82/cwt	321.00–333.00	1,852	19
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	576	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,570	14
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	611	319.78/cwt	313.00–325.50	1,954	49
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	710	293.37/cwt	291.00–294.50	2,083	107

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 Apr 1, 2025

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

Receipts 841Last week 2,098Year ago 0

No comparison. Demand was good to moderate on a short run today.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
25	500–550	516	372.00	372.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	392	427.50	427.50
22	400–450	432	398.00–399.00	398.50
25	450–500	491	341.00–352.00	345.78
47	500–550	503	335.00–344.00	338.46
19	550–600	565	321.00–333.00	327.82
49	600–650	611	313.00–325.50	319.78
107	700–750	710	291.00–294.50	293.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	550–600	576	272.50	272.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	348	485.00	485.00
14	400–450	429	425.00–435.00	429.91
17	450–500	459	407.50	407.50
74	500–550	523	392.50–402.50	398.01
6	550–600	592	360.00	360.00
41	600–650	625	343.00–362.50	354.75
78	650–700	660	345.00	345.00
5	700–750	736	306.00	306.00
71	750–800	766	310.50	310.50
15	800–850	803	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	344	445.00	445.00

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.