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North Platte Stockyards

Name: North Platte Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-01-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-20

Feeder Cattle · North Platte, Nebraska · Tue, Jan 20

● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3653

← Jan 6Jan 20Feb 3 →

Receipts

3,871 head

▲ 1,933 vs last sale 1,938▲ 1,642 vs year ago 2,229 · +73.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Steers and heifers were mixed up and down. Demand was moderate to good. nice selection offered today.

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 $506.84/cwt on 310 head. That ranks 10 of 11 comparable sales and sits +28.69 against this barn's trailing median of $478.14.

Average price

$506.84

310 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,790

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$104

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

$7.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.97

vs NE average

+41.51 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	507.94	2,806	263
Medium and Large 1-2	540	500.67	2,703	47

One grade step is worth $7.26/cwt here — about $104 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 sale310 hd

506.84

—

NE average9 barns · 4,486 hd

501.87

+4.97

National average169 barns · 18,411 hd

465.33

+41.51

This barn, trailing median11 sales

478.14

+28.69

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

37 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	344	577.50/cwt	577.50–577.50	1,987	16
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	442	559.14/cwt	546.00–578.00	2,471	17
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	444	527.50/cwt	527.50–527.50	2,342	18
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	462	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,541	12
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	483	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,463	26
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	530	514.37/cwt	514.00–515.00	2,726	37
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	531	531.47/cwt	522.50–540.00	2,822	139
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	561	500.42/cwt	500.00–502.00	2,807	47
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	576	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,592	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	586	470.05/cwt	467.50–485.00	2,754	77
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	454.56/cwt	442.00–460.00	2,809	251
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	628	433.75/cwt	430.00–437.00	2,724	57
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	660	418.34/cwt	416.00–425.00	2,761	118
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	385.36/cwt	376.50–398.00	2,813	538
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	759	387.26/cwt	378.00–391.00	2,939	35
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	796	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,889	40
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	814	361.29/cwt	355.00–366.50	2,941	284
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	859	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,878	26
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	937	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	3,101	35
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,000	318.50/cwt	318.50–318.50	3,185	61
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	352	592.50/cwt	592.50–592.50	2,086	28
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	397	517.50/cwt	517.50–517.50	2,054	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	448	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,285	18
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	487	486.25/cwt	479.00–499.00	2,368	137
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	493	471.00/cwt	471.00–471.00	2,322	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	509	481.00/cwt	481.00–481.00	2,448	11
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	452.65/cwt	446.50–460.00	2,399	99
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	566	427.90/cwt	422.00–441.00	2,422	159
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	570	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	2,551	63
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	587	409.28/cwt	400.00–416.00	2,402	111
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	624	415.54/cwt	405.00–427.50	2,593	349
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	649	385.83/cwt	375.00–387.00	2,504	123
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	685	380.47/cwt	369.00–390.00	2,606	275
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	354.98/cwt	346.00–365.00	2,556	127
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	789	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,730	17
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	950	299.50/cwt	299.50–299.50	2,845	29
Heifers	1200–1250	Medium and Large 1	1,245	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	2,976	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 Jan 20, 2026

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

Receipts 3,871Last week 1,938Year ago 2,229

No comparison to last week. Steers and heifers were mixed up and down. Demand was moderate to good. nice selection offered today.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
63	550–600	570	447.50	447.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	350–400	352	592.50	592.50
18	400–450	448	510.00	510.00
137	450–500	487	479.00–499.00	486.25
99	500–550	530	446.50–460.00	452.65
159	550–600	566	422.00–441.00	427.90
349	600–650	624	405.00–427.50	415.54
275	650–700	685	369.00–390.00	380.47
127	700–750	720	346.00–365.00	354.98
17	750–800	789	346.00	346.00
29	950–1000	950	299.50	299.50
13	1200–1250	1,245	239.00	239.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	397	517.50	517.50
10	450–500	493	471.00	471.00
111	550–600	587	400.00–416.00	409.28
123	600–650	649	375.00–387.00	385.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	509	481.00	481.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	344	577.50	577.50
17	400–450	442	546.00–578.00	559.14
12	450–500	462	550.00	550.00
139	500–550	531	522.50–540.00	531.47
77	550–600	586	467.50–485.00	470.05
251	600–650	618	442.00–460.00	454.56
118	650–700	660	416.00–425.00	418.34
538	700–750	730	376.50–398.00	385.36
35	750–800	759	378.00–391.00	387.26
284	800–850	814	355.00–366.50	361.29
26	850–900	859	335.00	335.00
35	900–950	937	331.00	331.00
61	1000–1050	1,000	318.50	318.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	400–450	444	527.50	527.50
26	450–500	483	510.00	510.00
37	500–550	530	514.00–515.00	514.37
10	550–600	576	450.00	450.00
57	600–650	628	430.00–437.00	433.75
40	750–800	796	363.00	363.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
47	550–600	561	500.00–502.00	500.42

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.