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North Platte Stockyards

Name: North Platte Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-12-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-16

Feeder Cattle · North Platte, Nebraska · Tue, Dec 16

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3653

← Dec 2Dec 16Jan 6 →

Receipts

983 head

▼ 143 vs last sale 1,126▼ 1,247 vs year ago 2,230 · −55.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, most weights of steers sold 20.00 higher and heifers sold 20.00 to 25.00 higher. Demand was good from start to finish. Mix bag of weaned and calves right off the cow at Tuesday sale. All had fall vaccinations with some getting poured. Some of the weaned calves displayed a tick of fill throughout the day but the buyers did not back off of procuring them.

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 $482.71/cwt on 169 head. That ranks 7 of 11 comparable sales and sits +4.56 against this barn's trailing median of $478.14.

Average price

$482.71

169 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,604

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+11.06

vs NE average

+38.61 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	482.71	2,604	169

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale169 hd

482.71

—

NE average7 barns · 2,592 hd

471.65

+11.06

National average163 barns · 16,063 hd

444.10

+38.61

This barn, trailing median11 sales

478.14

+4.56

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

29 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	350–400	Medium and Large 1	365	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	2,062	10
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	398	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,189	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	415	547.50/cwt	547.50–547.50	2,272	22
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450	523.00/cwt	523.00–523.00	2,354	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	507.43/cwt	505.00–510.00	2,400	17
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,590	74
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	538	490.09/cwt	489.00–492.50	2,637	47
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	556	449.65/cwt	449.00–450.00	2,500	17
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	584	448.37/cwt	446.00–457.00	2,618	31
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	609	423.69/cwt	423.00–424.00	2,580	38
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	618	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	2,608	35
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	653	390.50/cwt	390.50–390.50	2,550	10
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	676	397.47/cwt	391.50–404.00	2,687	41
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	371.67/cwt	369.50–373.00	2,706	89
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	375	497.50/cwt	497.50–497.50	1,866	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	377	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,885	15
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	437	443.00/cwt	443.00–443.00	1,936	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	481	452.03/cwt	452.00–452.50	2,174	68
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	496	423.00/cwt	423.00–423.00	2,098	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	516	441.62/cwt	440.00–444.00	2,279	64
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	529	437.00/cwt	437.00–437.00	2,312	20
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	534	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,869	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Replacement	541	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,353	33
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	584	396.26/cwt	382.00–409.00	2,314	47
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	605	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,341	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	612	378.47/cwt	376.50–380.00	2,316	44
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	674	358.89/cwt	350.00–363.00	2,419	71
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	792	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,558	13
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	901	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	2,649	13

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 16, 2025

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Receipts 983Last week 1,126Year ago 2,230

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	496	423.00	423.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	377	500.00	500.00
10	400–450	437	443.00	443.00
68	450–500	481	452.00–452.50	452.03
20	500–550	529	437.00	437.00
47	550–600	584	382.00–409.00	396.26
44	600–650	612	376.50–380.00	378.47
71	650–700	674	350.00–363.00	358.89
13	750–800	792	323.00	323.00
13	900–950	901	294.00	294.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	534	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	375	497.50	497.50
64	500–550	516	440.00–444.00	441.62
10	600–650	605	387.00	387.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
33	500–550	541	435.00	435.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	398	550.00	550.00
9	450–500	450	523.00	523.00
47	500–550	538	489.00–492.50	490.09
17	550–600	556	449.00–450.00	449.65
35	600–650	618	422.00	422.00
10	650–700	653	390.50	390.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	365	565.00	565.00
22	400–450	415	547.50	547.50
17	450–500	473	505.00–510.00	507.43
74	500–550	518	500.00	500.00
31	550–600	584	446.00–457.00	448.37
38	600–650	609	423.00–424.00	423.69
41	650–700	676	391.50–404.00	397.47
89	700–750	728	369.50–373.00	371.67

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.