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North Platte Stockyards

Name: North Platte Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-11-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-18

Feeder Cattle · North Platte, Nebraska · Tue, Nov 18

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3653

← Nov 4Nov 18Dec 2 →

Receipts

1,640 head

▼ 25 vs last sale 1,665▲ 231 vs year ago 1,409 · +16.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago. Steers were 4.00 -20.00 lower except 400 - 500 lbs were 5.00 - 20.00 higher. Heifers were 10 - 20.00 higher except 500 lbs were 6.00 lower. Demand was good to moderate on a good selection offered.

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 $391.33/cwt on 186 head. That ranks 2 of 9 comparable sales and sits −44.48 against this barn's trailing median of $435.80.

Average price

$391.33

186 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,108

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$3

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

$27.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.79

vs NE average

+34.44 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	530	396.96	2,105	148
Medium and Large 1-2	571	369.39	2,108	38

One grade step is worth $27.57/cwt here — about −$3 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 sale186 hd

391.33

—

NE average8 barns · 2,031 hd

396.12

−4.79

National average188 barns · 19,415 hd

356.89

+34.44

This barn, trailing median9 sales

435.80

−44.48

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

30 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 1Fancy	383	564.00/cwt	564.00–564.00	2,160	9
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	391	526.65/cwt	522.50–530.00	2,059	29
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	518.21/cwt	515.00–524.00	2,192	55
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	434	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	2,094	12
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	489	483.37/cwt	474.00–485.00	2,364	102
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	491	448.24/cwt	445.00–449.00	2,201	30
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	524	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	2,190	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	436.59/cwt	425.50–447.50	2,314	144
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	415.39/cwt	413.00–418.00	2,401	41
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	622	391.83/cwt	381.00–398.00	2,437	55
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	634	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,473	50
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	691	368.50/cwt	368.50–368.50	2,546	14
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	718	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,614	28
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	320	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,288	11
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	371	481.28/cwt	467.50–490.00	1,786	41
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	417	476.93/cwt	465.00–485.00	1,989	78
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	443	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	1,982	25
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	438.87/cwt	430.00–445.00	2,041	128
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	479	405.10/cwt	394.00–407.00	1,940	34
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	398.32/cwt	386.00–407.00	2,083	113
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	548	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,088	17
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	554	392.57/cwt	385.00–396.00	2,175	35
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	589	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,120	21
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	605	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	2,432	50
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	606	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,133	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	360.93/cwt	360.50–362.00	2,267	37
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	658	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,277	21
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	768	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,573	9
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	839	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,702	15
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	958	301.27/cwt	299.00–302.50	2,886	34

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 18, 2025

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

Receipts 1,640Last week 1,665Year ago 1,409

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
50	600–650	605	402.00	402.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	320	402.50	402.50
41	350–400	371	467.50–490.00	481.28
78	400–450	417	465.00–485.00	476.93
128	450–500	465	430.00–445.00	438.87
113	500–550	523	386.00–407.00	398.32
35	550–600	554	385.00–396.00	392.57
37	600–650	628	360.50–362.00	360.93
9	750–800	768	335.00	335.00
15	800–850	839	322.00	322.00
34	950–1000	958	299.00–302.50	301.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	606	352.00	352.00
21	650–700	658	346.00	346.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	400–450	443	447.50	447.50
34	450–500	479	394.00–407.00	405.10
17	500–550	548	381.00	381.00
21	550–600	589	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	383	564.00	564.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	350–400	391	522.50–530.00	526.65
55	400–450	423	515.00–524.00	518.21
102	450–500	489	474.00–485.00	483.37
144	500–550	530	425.50–447.50	436.59
41	550–600	578	413.00–418.00	415.39
50	600–650	634	390.00	390.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
55	600–650	622	381.00–398.00	391.83
14	650–700	691	368.50	368.50
28	700–750	718	364.00	364.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	434	482.50	482.50
30	450–500	491	445.00–449.00	448.24
5	500–550	524	418.00	418.00

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.