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North Platte Stockyards

Name: North Platte Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-11-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-04

Feeder Cattle · North Platte, Nebraska · Tue, Nov 4

● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3653

← Oct 21Nov 4Nov 18 →

Receipts

1,665 head

▼ 871 vs last sale 2,536▲ 685 vs year ago 980 · +69.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago steer and heifer calves sold sharply lower. A lot has happened in the cattle complex over the last couple weeks causing much lower prices. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed. Nice run of spring calves on offer, majority of which had received fall vaccinations and some packages were weaned.

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 $434.31/cwt on 418 head. That ranks 2 of 11 comparable sales and sits −43.83 against this barn's trailing median of $478.14.

Average price

$434.31

418 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,390

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$270

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

$25.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.63

vs NE average

+15.21 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	435.35	2,402	401
Medium and Large 1-2	520	410.00	2,132	17thin

One grade step is worth $25.35/cwt here — about $270 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale418 hd

434.31

—

NE average12 barns · 6,837 hd

450.95

−16.63

National average195 barns · 36,957 hd

419.10

+15.21

This barn, trailing median11 sales

478.14

−43.83

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

26 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	546.81/cwt	530.00–557.50	2,023	28
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	421	471.72/cwt	462.50–485.00	1,986	39
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	478.27/cwt	466.00–496.00	2,272	194
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	511	459.73/cwt	433.00–467.00	2,349	138
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	520	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,132	17
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	422.55/cwt	395.00–437.00	2,421	263
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	618	409.29/cwt	397.00–420.00	2,529	219
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	629	404.50/cwt	404.50–404.50	2,544	39
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	634	370.98/cwt	362.00–382.00	2,352	25
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	663	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,393	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	681	372.20/cwt	372.00–372.50	2,535	29
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	726	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,487	7
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	925	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	3,016	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	299	1,425.00/head	1,425.00–1,425.00	1,425	9
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	329	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,694	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	374	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	1,711	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	417	457.91/cwt	445.00–475.00	1,909	76
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	447	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,710	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	473	482.00/cwt	482.00–482.00	2,280	42
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	425.89/cwt	420.00–440.00	2,027	37
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	506	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,176	18
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	404.73/cwt	390.00–412.50	2,113	136
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	532	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,968	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	586	377.68/cwt	355.00–381.00	2,213	44
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	615	349.22/cwt	339.00–352.50	2,148	25
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	579	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,215	6

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 Nov 4, 2025

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

Receipts 1,665Last week 2,536Year ago 980

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
42	450–500	473	482.00	482.00
18	500–550	506	430.00	430.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	329	515.00	515.00
76	400–450	417	445.00–475.00	457.91
37	450–500	476	420.00–440.00	425.89
136	500–550	522	390.00–412.50	404.73
44	550–600	586	355.00–381.00	377.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
25	600–650	615	339.00–352.50	349.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	250–300	299	1,425.00	1,425.00
5	350–400	374	457.50	457.50
6	400–450	447	382.50	382.50
5	500–550	532	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	579	382.50	382.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	350–400	370	530.00–557.50	546.81
39	400–450	421	462.50–485.00	471.72
194	450–500	475	466.00–496.00	478.27
138	500–550	511	433.00–467.00	459.73
263	550–600	573	395.00–437.00	422.55
39	600–650	629	404.50	404.50
6	900–950	925	326.00	326.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
219	600–650	618	397.00–420.00	409.29
29	650–700	681	372.00–372.50	372.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
25	600–650	634	362.00–382.00	370.98
5	650–700	663	361.00	361.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	500–550	520	410.00	410.00
7	700–750	726	342.50	342.50

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.