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North Platte Stockyards

Name: North Platte Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-02-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-03

Feeder Cattle · North Platte, Nebraska · Tue, Feb 3

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3653

← Jan 20Feb 3Feb 17 →

Receipts

1,919 head

▼ 1,952 vs last sale 3,871▼ 565 vs year ago 2,484 · −22.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago steers sold unevenly steady. Most weights of heifers sold 20.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good. Instances very good demand for replacement quality heifers. Bulk of the sale was package trade a few load lots in the run. Cattle were weaned and fully vaccinated.

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 $504.06/cwt on 328 head. That ranks 10 of 11 comparable sales and sits +25.91 against this barn's trailing median of $478.14.

Average price

$504.06

328 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,815

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$176

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

$16.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.71

vs NE average

+21.03 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	505.56	2,831	298
Medium and Large 1-2	543	489.11	2,656	30

One grade step is worth $16.45/cwt here — about $176 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale328 hd

504.06

—

NE average9 barns · 3,471 hd

495.34

+8.71

National average143 barns · 13,122 hd

483.03

+21.03

This barn, trailing median11 sales

478.14

+25.91

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

25 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	375	620.00/cwt	620.00–620.00	2,325	12
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	607.00/cwt	607.00–607.00	2,604	13
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	435	552.50/cwt	552.50–552.50	2,403	32
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	483	556.27/cwt	545.00–566.00	2,687	48
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	540	528.83/cwt	521.50–534.00	2,856	183
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	543	489.11/cwt	476.00–498.00	2,656	30
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	592	468.53/cwt	457.50–470.50	2,774	115
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	615	468.57/cwt	468.00–469.00	2,882	146
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	628	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	2,682	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	639	438.46/cwt	434.00–450.00	2,802	157
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	656	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,804	9
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	709	414.07/cwt	402.00–423.00	2,936	87
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	765	385.51/cwt	378.00–391.00	2,949	108
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	835	364.50/cwt	364.50–364.50	3,044	43
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	510.80/cwt	507.50–522.50	2,442	88
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	533	482.00/cwt	482.00–482.00	2,569	24
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	455.32/cwt	445.00–462.00	2,600	93
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	589	437.00/cwt	437.00–437.00	2,574	16
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	617	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,561	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	435.77/cwt	435.00–438.00	2,693	73
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Replacement	643	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	3,022	20
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	660	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	2,660	11
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	709	383.36/cwt	381.00–396.00	2,718	68
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	751	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,711	73
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	783	343.50/cwt	343.50–343.50	2,690	39

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 Feb 3, 2026

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Receipts 1,919Last week 3,871Year ago 2,484

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
88	450–500	478	507.50–522.50	510.80
24	500–550	533	482.00	482.00
93	550–600	571	445.00–462.00	455.32
73	600–650	618	435.00–438.00	435.77
11	650–700	660	403.00	403.00
39	750–800	783	343.50	343.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	550–600	589	437.00	437.00
10	600–650	617	415.00	415.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
20	600–650	643	470.00	470.00
68	700–750	709	381.00–396.00	383.36
73	750–800	751	361.00	361.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	375	620.00	620.00
13	400–450	429	607.00	607.00
48	450–500	483	545.00–566.00	556.27
183	500–550	540	521.50–534.00	528.83
115	550–600	592	457.50–470.50	468.53
157	600–650	639	434.00–450.00	438.46
9	650–700	656	427.50	427.50
87	700–750	709	402.00–423.00	414.07
108	750–800	765	378.00–391.00	385.51
43	800–850	835	364.50	364.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	400–450	435	552.50	552.50
30	500–550	543	476.00–498.00	489.11
6	600–650	628	427.00	427.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
146	600–650	615	468.00–469.00	468.57

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.