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North Platte Stockyards

Name: North Platte Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-02-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-17

Feeder Cattle · North Platte, Nebraska · Tue, Feb 17

● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3653

← Feb 3Feb 17Mar 3 →

Receipts

1,995 head

▲ 76 vs last sale 1,919▲ 1,995 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers and heifers were mixed to mostly higher. Demand was good to moderate on a nice selection offered.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $463.67/cwt on 41 head. That ranks 9 of 9 comparable sales and sits +27.87 against this barn's trailing median of $435.80.

Average price

$463.67

41 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,617

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$59

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

$20.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.57

vs NE average

+34.50 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	474.57	2,648	19thin
Medium and Large 1-2	570	454.26	2,589	22

One grade step is worth $20.31/cwt here — about $59 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 sale41 hd

463.67

—

NE average6 barns · 1,028 hd

461.10

+2.57

National average184 barns · 15,729 hd

429.17

+34.50

This barn, trailing median9 sales

435.80

+27.87

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

9 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $490.31, low $385.27, median $435.80 across 9 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

31 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	358	652.50/cwt	652.50–652.50	2,336	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	488	541.64/cwt	540.00–542.50	2,643	17
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	508	534.46/cwt	528.50–546.00	2,715	28
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	544	512.50/cwt	512.50–512.50	2,788	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	564	506.22/cwt	505.00–510.00	2,855	24
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	629	465.24/cwt	457.00–472.00	2,926	90
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	635	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	2,515	11
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	674	440.54/cwt	438.00–445.00	2,969	62
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	733	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,987	12
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	762	383.50/cwt	383.50–383.50	2,922	19
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	774	398.90/cwt	390.00–405.00	3,087	240
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	842	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	3,141	60
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	862	361.15/cwt	360.50–362.00	3,113	58
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	904	358.50/cwt	358.50–358.50	3,241	53
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	946	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	3,169	12
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	989	325.45/cwt	323.00–327.00	3,219	18
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	547.50/cwt	540.00–555.00	2,310	39
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	525.22/cwt	512.50–531.00	2,521	63
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	558	474.57/cwt	465.00–478.00	2,648	19
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	570	454.26/cwt	453.00–455.00	2,589	22
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	613	438.52/cwt	427.00–443.00	2,688	151
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	642	414.38/cwt	412.50–418.00	2,660	49
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Replacement	659	433.00/cwt	433.00–433.00	2,853	29
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	690	399.92/cwt	393.00–408.00	2,759	80
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	696	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,478	8
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	387.87/cwt	375.00–393.50	2,793	123
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	720	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,635	10
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	732	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,983	34
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	774	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	3,193	68
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	774	366.79/cwt	357.00–371.00	2,839	165
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	531	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,496	8

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 17, 2026

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

Receipts 1,995Last week 1,919Year ago 0

Compared to two weeks ago, steers and heifers were mixed to mostly higher. Demand was good to moderate on 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
7	350–400	358	652.50	652.50
17	450–500	488	540.00–542.50	541.64
28	500–550	508	528.50–546.00	534.46
24	550–600	564	505.00–510.00	506.22
90	600–650	629	457.00–472.00	465.24
62	650–700	674	438.00–445.00	440.54
12	700–750	733	407.50	407.50
240	750–800	774	390.00–405.00	398.90
60	800–850	842	373.00	373.00
58	850–900	862	360.50–362.00	361.15
53	900–950	904	358.50	358.50
18	950–1000	989	323.00–327.00	325.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	544	512.50	512.50
11	600–650	635	396.00	396.00
19	750–800	762	383.50	383.50
12	900–950	946	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
39	400–450	422	540.00–555.00	547.50
63	450–500	480	512.50–531.00	525.22
19	550–600	558	465.00–478.00	474.57
151	600–650	613	427.00–443.00	438.52
80	650–700	690	393.00–408.00	399.92
123	700–750	720	375.00–393.50	387.87
165	750–800	774	357.00–371.00	366.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	550–600	570	453.00–455.00	454.26
49	600–650	642	412.50–418.00	414.38
8	650–700	696	356.00	356.00
10	700–750	720	366.00	366.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
29	650–700	659	433.00	433.00
34	700–750	732	407.50	407.50
68	750–800	774	412.50	412.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	531	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.