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North Platte Stockyards

Name: North Platte Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-10-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-14

Feeder Cattle · North Platte, Nebraska · Tue, Oct 14

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3653

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Receipts

850 head

▲ 129 vs last sale 721▼ 1,582 vs year ago 2,432 · −65.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves sold sharply higher on the day. Yearling heifers sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Demand was good throughout the day with some buyers on the internet. Run comprised of yearling cattle and bawling calves right off the cow with most having precondition shots.

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 $477.73/cwt on 142 head. That ranks 5 of 11 comparable sales and sits −0.41 against this barn's trailing median of $478.14.

Average price

$477.73

142 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,640

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$13

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

$6.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.94

vs NE average

+8.69 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	543	484.00	2,628	10thin
Medium and Large 1	553	477.26	2,641	132

One grade step is worth $6.74/cwt here — about −$13 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 sale142 hd

477.73

—

NE average9 barns · 4,312 hd

480.67

−2.94

National average176 barns · 29,227 hd

469.04

+8.69

This barn, trailing median11 sales

478.14

−0.41

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

25 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	350–400	Medium and Large 1	399	572.50/cwt	572.50–572.50	2,284	15
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	416	577.50/cwt	577.50–577.50	2,402	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	447	547.50/cwt	547.50–547.50	2,447	17
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	459	551.49/cwt	540.00–557.50	2,531	41
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	476	532.79/cwt	517.50–560.00	2,536	30
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	504.04/cwt	497.50–515.00	2,641	65
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	543	484.00/cwt	484.00–484.00	2,628	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	582	451.27/cwt	445.00–456.00	2,626	67
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	632	431.48/cwt	427.00–434.00	2,727	81
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	676	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,789	10
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	994	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	3,181	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	338	525.62/cwt	517.50–530.00	1,777	14
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	488.93/cwt	480.00–502.50	2,098	44
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	433	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	2,024	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	471.99/cwt	470.00–480.00	2,195	61
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	437.40/cwt	425.00–445.00	2,288	41
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	549	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,037	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	399.73/cwt	390.00–403.00	2,286	37
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	604	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,356	11
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	643	385.72/cwt	383.00–390.00	2,480	23
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	744	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,678	11
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	764	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,796	14
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	827	345.17/cwt	333.00–355.00	2,855	16
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	863	337.00/cwt	336.00–338.00	2,908	10
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	2,471	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 14, 2025

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Receipts 850Last week 721Year ago 2,432

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	523	472.50	472.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	338	517.50–530.00	525.62
44	400–450	429	480.00–502.50	488.93
61	450–500	465	470.00–480.00	471.99
41	500–550	523	425.00–445.00	437.40
37	550–600	572	390.00–403.00	399.73
23	600–650	643	383.00–390.00	385.72
11	700–750	744	360.00	360.00
14	750–800	764	366.00	366.00
16	800–850	827	333.00–355.00	345.17
10	850–900	863	336.00–338.00	337.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	433	467.50	467.50
10	500–550	549	371.00	371.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	600–650	604	390.00	390.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	399	572.50	572.50
5	400–450	416	577.50	577.50
41	450–500	459	540.00–557.50	551.49
65	500–550	524	497.50–515.00	504.04
67	550–600	582	445.00–456.00	451.27
7	950–1000	994	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
81	600–650	632	427.00–434.00	431.48
10	650–700	676	412.50	412.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	400–450	447	547.50	547.50
30	450–500	476	517.50–560.00	532.79
10	500–550	543	484.00	484.00

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.