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North Platte Stockyards

Name: North Platte Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-05-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-06

Feeder Cattle · North Platte, Nebraska · Tue, May 6

● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3653

← Apr 15May 6Sep 9 →

Receipts

1,240 head

▲ 580 vs last sale 660▼ 43 vs year ago 1,283 · −3.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice selection of grass and feeder cattle offered today. Compared to the last sale all cattle had a higher undertone.

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 $394.10/cwt on 246 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −84.04 against this barn's trailing median of $478.14.

Average price

$394.10

246 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,160

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$193

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

$7.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.00

vs NE average

+15.31 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	394.59	2,173	229
Medium and Large 1-2	511	387.50	1,980	17thin

One grade step is worth $7.09/cwt here — about $193 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 sale246 hd

394.10

—

NE average5 barns · 612 hd

396.10

−2.00

National average168 barns · 13,508 hd

378.79

+15.31

This barn, trailing median11 sales

478.14

−84.04

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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	365	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,551	7
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	384	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,939	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	436	463.84/cwt	460.00–472.50	2,022	19
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	503	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,150	20
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	511	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,980	17
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	400.24/cwt	397.00–412.00	2,141	129
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	588	377.26/cwt	373.00–390.00	2,218	80
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	365.76/cwt	361.00–372.00	2,249	108
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	690	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,298	10
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	713	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,339	9
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1NHTC	824	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,596	49
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	870	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,349	7
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1NHTC	971	279.40/cwt	276.50–280.50	2,713	29
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,041	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	2,769	47
Steers	1250–1300	Large 1	1,269	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,792	30
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	421	400.86/cwt	399.50–402.50	1,688	38
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	489	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,846	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	511	356.53/cwt	346.00–365.00	1,822	50
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	518	340.50/cwt	340.50–340.50	1,764	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	592	330.58/cwt	328.50–340.00	1,957	38
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	656	302.24/cwt	297.00–309.00	1,983	16
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	703	308.63/cwt	308.50–309.00	2,170	45
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	704	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,035	15
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	778	299.30/cwt	295.00–303.00	2,329	30
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Replacement	887	275.11/cwt	271.50–277.50	2,440	108
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	921	258.44/cwt	251.00–263.50	2,380	40
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Replacement	988	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,757	20
Heifers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,093	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,514	16

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 May 6, 2025

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

Receipts 1,240Last week 660Year ago 1,283

Nice selection of grass and feeder cattle offered today. Compared to the last sale all cattle had a higher undertone.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	1250–1300	1,269	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	384	505.00	505.00
19	400–450	436	460.00–472.50	463.84
129	500–550	535	397.00–412.00	400.24
80	550–600	588	373.00–390.00	377.26
108	600–650	615	361.00–372.00	365.76
10	650–700	690	333.00	333.00
9	700–750	713	328.00	328.00
7	850–900	870	270.00	270.00
47	1000–1050	1,041	266.00	266.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	500–550	503	427.50	427.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
49	800–850	824	315.00	315.00
29	950–1000	971	276.50–280.50	279.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	365	425.00	425.00
17	500–550	511	387.50	387.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
38	400–450	421	399.50–402.50	400.86
7	450–500	489	377.50	377.50
50	500–550	511	346.00–365.00	356.53
38	550–600	592	328.50–340.00	330.58
16	650–700	656	297.00–309.00	302.24
15	700–750	704	289.00	289.00
40	900–950	921	251.00–263.50	258.44
16	1050–1100	1,093	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
45	700–750	703	308.50–309.00	308.63
30	750–800	778	295.00–303.00	299.30
108	850–900	887	271.50–277.50	275.11
20	950–1000	988	279.00	279.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	518	340.50	340.50

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.