Sale reports / Nebraska / North Platte Stockyards / 2026-01-06

North Platte Stockyards

Name: North Platte Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-01-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-06

Feeder Cattle · North Platte, Nebraska · Tue, Jan 6

● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3653

← Dec 16Jan 6Jan 20 →

Receipts

1,938 head

▲ 955 vs last sale 983▼ 801 vs year ago 2,739 · −29.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in a few weeks a market trend is not applicable. However, a higher undertone was noted. Bidding was fast paced from start to finish from a large crowd of buyers on the seats and some bidding from the internet. Offering were longtime weaned, fully vaccinated and several strings were long haired and running gear in there condition.

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 $475.77/cwt on 136 head. That ranks 5 of 11 comparable sales and sits −2.38 against this barn's trailing median of $478.14.

Average price

$475.77

136 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,660

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−1.53

vs NE average

+9.44 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	475.77	2,660	136

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 sale136 hd

475.77

—

NE average2 barns · 502 hd

477.30

−1.53

National average195 barns · 28,890 hd

466.33

+9.44

This barn, trailing median11 sales

478.14

−2.38

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

32 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	363	600.19/cwt	590.00–605.00	2,179	49
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	410	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	2,419	17
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	464	488.31/cwt	475.00–497.50	2,266	12
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	466	554.00/cwt	554.00–554.00	2,582	100
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	486	527.50/cwt	527.50–527.50	2,564	14
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	486.32/cwt	483.00–491.00	2,539	41
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	471.21/cwt	465.00–483.00	2,709	95
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	601	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,825	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	434.69/cwt	425.00–438.00	2,721	75
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	641	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	2,673	8
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	422.64/cwt	418.00–430.00	2,827	292
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	683	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,817	16
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	741	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,905	82
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	765	380.73/cwt	376.00–384.50	2,913	50
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	804	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	3,015	55
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	913	331.58/cwt	330.00–333.50	3,027	99
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,025	316.88/cwt	313.50–320.50	3,248	122
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	324	567.50/cwt	567.50–567.50	1,839	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	395	532.50/cwt	532.50–532.50	2,103	28
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	461	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,982	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	493.94/cwt	480.00–495.00	2,351	69
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	510	445.14/cwt	442.00–456.00	2,270	96
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	536	419.15/cwt	412.50–430.00	2,247	28
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,239	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	621	410.50/cwt	410.50–410.50	2,549	62
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	635	391.00/cwt	385.00–400.00	2,483	100
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	661	389.04/cwt	387.00–390.50	2,572	83
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	713	357.59/cwt	349.00–364.00	2,550	57
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	764	339.50/cwt	339.50–339.50	2,594	17
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	866	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,598	18
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	995	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,910	31
Heifers	1200–1250	Medium and Large 1	1,201	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	3,159	31

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 Jan 6, 2026

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

Receipts 1,938Last week 983Year ago 2,739

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
62	600–650	621	410.50	410.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	324	567.50	567.50
28	350–400	395	532.50	532.50
69	450–500	476	480.00–495.00	493.94
96	500–550	510	442.00–456.00	445.14
5	550–600	574	390.00	390.00
100	600–650	635	385.00–400.00	391.00
83	650–700	661	387.00–390.50	389.04
57	700–750	713	349.00–364.00	357.59
17	750–800	764	339.50	339.50
18	850–900	866	300.00	300.00
31	950–1000	995	292.50	292.50
31	1200–1250	1,201	263.00	263.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	461	430.00	430.00
28	500–550	536	412.50–430.00	419.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
49	350–400	363	590.00–605.00	600.19
17	400–450	410	590.00	590.00
14	450–500	486	527.50	527.50
41	500–550	522	483.00–491.00	486.32
95	550–600	575	465.00–483.00	471.21
75	600–650	626	425.00–438.00	434.69
292	650–700	669	418.00–430.00	422.64
82	700–750	741	392.00	392.00
50	750–800	765	376.00–384.50	380.73
55	800–850	804	375.00	375.00
99	900–950	913	330.00–333.50	331.58
122	1000–1050	1,025	313.50–320.50	316.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	464	475.00–497.50	488.31
8	600–650	641	417.00	417.00
16	650–700	683	412.50	412.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
100	450–500	466	554.00	554.00
9	600–650	601	470.00	470.00

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.