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North Platte Stockyards

Name: North Platte Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-12-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-02

Feeder Cattle · North Platte, Nebraska · Tue, Dec 2

● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3653

← Nov 18Dec 2Dec 16 →

Receipts

1,126 head

▼ 514 vs last sale 1,640▼ 1,398 vs year ago 2,524 · −55.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers were 11.00 -25.00 higher and heifers were 2.00 - 11.00 higher. Demand was good , with a nice selection offered.

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 $455.47/cwt on 163 head. That ranks 3 of 11 comparable sales and sits −22.67 against this barn's trailing median of $478.14.

Average price

$455.47

163 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,554

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$109

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

$41.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.59

vs NE average

+26.32 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	459.27	2,563	148
Medium and Large 1-2	587	418.00	2,454	15thin

One grade step is worth $41.27/cwt here — about $109 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 sale163 hd

455.47

—

NE average4 barns · 1,628 hd

449.88

+5.59

National average190 barns · 23,426 hd

429.15

+26.32

This barn, trailing median11 sales

478.14

−22.67

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

28 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	346	599.00/cwt	599.00–599.00	2,073	10
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	471	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,190	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	506.00/cwt	506.00–506.00	2,409	40
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	548	472.26/cwt	468.50–476.50	2,588	81
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	443.57/cwt	439.00–452.00	2,528	67
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	587	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	2,454	15
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	631	401.11/cwt	400.00–405.00	2,531	44
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	677	376.62/cwt	376.00–378.00	2,550	47
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	679	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,662	45
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,646	26
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	834	329.50/cwt	329.50–329.50	2,748	8
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	909	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,945	22
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	991	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	2,933	11
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,059	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	3,241	38
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	443.47/cwt	434.00–452.50	1,876	13
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	499	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	2,086	18
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	537	400.09/cwt	390.00–410.00	2,148	61
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,268	28
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	578	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,156	15
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	630	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,284	35
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	634	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,301	20
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	330.57/cwt	327.00–332.50	2,212	28
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	796	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,770	113
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	828	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,650	20
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	836	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,449	10
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	866	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	2,581	26
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	966	282.97/cwt	281.00–285.00	2,733	53
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,021	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	2,798	17

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 Dec 2, 2025

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

Receipts 1,126Last week 1,640Year ago 2,524

Compared to two weeks ago, steers were 11.00 -25.00 higher and heifers were 2.00 - 11.00 higher. Demand was good , with a nice selection offered.

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	346	599.00	599.00
40	450–500	476	506.00	506.00
81	500–550	548	468.50–476.50	472.26
67	550–600	570	439.00–452.00	443.57
44	600–650	631	400.00–405.00	401.11
47	650–700	677	376.00–378.00	376.62
26	700–750	735	360.00	360.00
8	800–850	834	329.50	329.50
22	900–950	909	324.00	324.00
11	950–1000	991	296.00	296.00
38	1050–1100	1,059	306.00	306.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	471	465.00	465.00
15	550–600	587	418.00	418.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
45	650–700	679	392.00	392.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	423	434.00–452.50	443.47
18	450–500	499	418.00	418.00
61	500–550	537	390.00–410.00	400.09
28	550–600	567	400.00	400.00
20	600–650	634	363.00	363.00
28	650–700	669	327.00–332.50	330.57
113	750–800	796	348.00	348.00
20	800–850	828	320.00	320.00
26	850–900	866	298.00	298.00
53	950–1000	966	281.00–285.00	282.97
17	1000–1050	1,021	274.00	274.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	550–600	578	373.00	373.00
10	800–850	836	293.00	293.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
35	600–650	630	362.50	362.50

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.