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North Platte Stockyards

Name: North Platte Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-10-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-21

Feeder Cattle · North Platte, Nebraska · Tue, Oct 21

● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3653

← Oct 14Oct 21Nov 4 →

Receipts

2,536 head

▲ 1,686 vs last sale 850▲ 387 vs year ago 2,149 · +18.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer calves under 650 lbs sold 10.00 to 20.00 higher and heifer calves sold unevenly steady, instances 10.00 higher on 550 weights. No recent test on the handful of yearlings in the run. Demand was good throughout the sale from start to finish for the 7th Anniversary sale . Actually some of the small packages at the end of the sale brought the top of the market in some weight classes as buyers were trying to finish out pot loads. Bulk of the run was bawling calves with a couple consignments of short weaned calves and yearlings. Almost the whole run had precondition shots and some had a booster vaccination and poured. Several ranchers sold only steer calves on Tuesday and will develop their heifer calves, sort and sell sometime after the first of the year. Next special calf and feeder sale will be in two weeks on Nov 4th.

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 $484.20/cwt on 646 head. That ranks 8 of 11 comparable sales and sits +6.05 against this barn's trailing median of $478.14.

Average price

$484.20

646 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,708

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$230

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

$29.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.23

vs NE average

+26.06 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	561	487.61	2,737	550
Large 1	548	482.00	2,641	26
Medium and Large 1-2	547	458.19	2,507	70

One grade step is worth $29.42/cwt here — about $230 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 sale646 hd

484.20

—

NE average12 barns · 7,158 hd

494.42

−10.23

National average182 barns · 38,495 hd

458.14

+26.06

This barn, trailing median11 sales

478.14

+6.05

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

35 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	339	608.83/cwt	605.00–612.50	2,064	12
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	387	581.19/cwt	575.00–587.50	2,249	10
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	391	621.55/cwt	615.00–629.00	2,430	34
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	405	596.75/cwt	580.00–620.00	2,417	45
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	427	536.90/cwt	527.50–552.50	2,293	34
Steers	450–500	Large 1	460	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,415	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	483	505.03/cwt	490.00–520.00	2,439	51
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	486	544.91/cwt	530.00–565.00	2,648	206
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	516	521.64/cwt	506.00–544.00	2,692	160
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	540	467.41/cwt	456.00–475.00	2,524	45
Steers	500–550	Large 1	548	482.00/cwt	482.00–482.00	2,641	26
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	560	441.59/cwt	440.00–442.00	2,473	25
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	473.65/cwt	456.00–480.00	2,747	390
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	446.12/cwt	430.00–457.50	2,757	430
Steers	600–650	Large 1	628	426.21/cwt	422.50–427.50	2,677	69
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	678	409.55/cwt	396.00–421.00	2,777	105
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	678	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,617	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	749	373.50/cwt	373.50–373.50	2,798	11
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	332	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,760	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	519.39/cwt	495.00–540.00	1,937	70
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	481.22/cwt	475.00–496.00	2,050	32
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	434	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	2,029	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	470	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	2,268	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	484	454.18/cwt	444.00–462.50	2,198	98
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	511	444.52/cwt	432.50–455.00	2,271	59
Heifers	500–550	Large 1	516	432.77/cwt	428.00–434.50	2,233	24
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	543	413.25/cwt	412.50–414.00	2,244	26
Heifers	550–600	Large 1	574	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,239	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	588	411.55/cwt	401.00–417.00	2,420	80
Heifers	600–650	Large 1	606	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,333	33
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	380.83/cwt	371.00–397.00	2,392	55
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Spayed	711	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,602	22
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Spayed	762	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,720	39
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Spayed	852	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,956	34
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	508	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,362	5

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 21, 2025

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

Receipts 2,536Last week 850Year ago 2,149

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	500–550	516	428.00–434.50	432.77
6	550–600	574	390.00	390.00
33	600–650	606	385.00	385.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
70	350–400	373	495.00–540.00	519.39
32	400–450	426	475.00–496.00	481.22
98	450–500	484	444.00–462.50	454.18
59	500–550	511	432.50–455.00	444.52
80	550–600	588	401.00–417.00	411.55
55	600–650	628	371.00–397.00	380.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
22	700–750	711	366.00	366.00
39	750–800	762	357.00	357.00
34	850–900	852	347.00	347.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	470	482.50	482.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	332	530.00	530.00
9	400–450	434	467.50	467.50
26	500–550	543	412.50–414.00	413.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	460	525.00	525.00
26	500–550	548	482.00	482.00
69	600–650	628	422.50–427.50	426.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	339	605.00–612.50	608.83
34	350–400	391	615.00–629.00	621.55
45	400–450	405	580.00–620.00	596.75
206	450–500	486	530.00–565.00	544.91
160	500–550	516	506.00–544.00	521.64
390	550–600	580	456.00–480.00	473.65
430	600–650	618	430.00–457.50	446.12
105	650–700	678	396.00–421.00	409.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	387	575.00–587.50	581.19
34	400–450	427	527.50–552.50	536.90
51	450–500	483	490.00–520.00	505.03
45	500–550	540	456.00–475.00	467.41
25	550–600	560	440.00–442.00	441.59
11	700–750	749	373.50	373.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	678	386.00	386.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	508	465.00	465.00

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.