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North Platte Stockyards

Name: North Platte Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-10-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-07

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

● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3653

← Sep 9Oct 7Oct 14 →

Receipts

721 head

▼ 59 vs last sale 780▲ 721 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $423.27/cwt on 145 head. That ranks 4 of 9 comparable sales and sits −12.53 against this barn's trailing median of $435.80.

Average price

$423.27

145 head · 528 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,234

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$676

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

$112.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.90

vs NE average

+38.88 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	530	432.59	2,292	133
Medium and Large 1-2	505	320.00	1,616	12thin

One grade step is worth $112.59/cwt here — about $676 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 sale145 hd

423.27

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NE average6 barns · 1,354 hd

431.17

−7.90

National average182 barns · 15,418 hd

384.39

+38.88

This barn, trailing median9 sales

435.80

−12.53

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

9 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $490.31, low $385.27, median $435.80 across 9 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

23 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	329	582.50/cwt	582.50–582.50	1,916	10
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	542.34/cwt	540.00–545.00	2,321	13
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	510	473.70/cwt	469.00–477.50	2,416	29
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	545	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,294	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	619	421.71/cwt	421.00–422.00	2,610	51
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	666	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,664	7
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	737	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,867	19
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	939	335.50/cwt	335.50–335.50	3,150	18
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	986	320.50/cwt	320.50–320.50	3,160	7
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,029	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	3,283	26
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	400	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,960	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	460	455.88/cwt	445.00–462.50	2,097	37
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	505	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,616	12
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	513	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	2,296	93
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	397.92/cwt	392.50–400.00	2,264	40
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	616	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,171	13
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	718	354.90/cwt	340.00–358.50	2,548	73
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	831	343.65/cwt	339.00–346.00	2,856	29
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	864	339.39/cwt	338.00–343.00	2,932	33
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	928	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,988	6
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	972	315.51/cwt	311.50–319.00	3,067	33
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,006	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	3,199	33
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,408	11

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 Oct 7, 2025

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

Receipts 721Last week 780Year ago 0

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	329	582.50	582.50
13	400–450	428	540.00–545.00	542.34
29	500–550	510	469.00–477.50	473.70
7	650–700	666	400.00	400.00
19	700–750	737	389.00	389.00
18	900–950	939	335.50	335.50
7	950–1000	986	320.50	320.50
26	1000–1050	1,029	319.00	319.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	545	421.00	421.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
51	600–650	619	421.00–422.00	421.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	400	490.00	490.00
37	450–500	460	445.00–462.50	455.88
93	500–550	513	447.50	447.50
40	550–600	569	392.50–400.00	397.92
13	600–650	616	352.50	352.50
73	700–750	718	340.00–358.50	354.90
29	800–850	831	339.00–346.00	343.65
33	850–900	864	338.00–343.00	339.39
6	900–950	928	322.00	322.00
33	950–1000	972	311.50–319.00	315.51
33	1000–1050	1,006	318.00	318.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	505	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	550–600	560	430.00	430.00

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.