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North Platte Stockyards

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

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

● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3653

← Feb 17Mar 3Mar 17 →

Receipts

2,705 head

▲ 710 vs last sale 1,995▲ 607 vs year ago 2,098 · +28.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week, Steers and heifers sold mixed up and down depending on what they were looking for. Demand was moderate to good on all offerings.

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 $527.35/cwt on 194 head. That ranks 11 of 11 comparable sales and sits +49.20 against this barn's trailing median of $478.14.

Average price

$527.35

194 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,901

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+14.88

vs NE average

+51.79 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	527.35	2,901	194

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 sale194 hd

527.35

—

NE average7 barns · 1,547 hd

512.47

+14.88

National average177 barns · 11,580 hd

475.56

+51.79

This barn, trailing median11 sales

478.14

+49.20

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	400–450	Medium and Large 1	449	598.00/cwt	598.00–598.00	2,685	32
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	483	594.00/cwt	594.00–594.00	2,869	17
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	498	566.00/cwt	566.00–566.00	2,819	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	546.68/cwt	543.00–549.00	2,876	120
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	589	496.00/cwt	496.00–496.00	2,921	74
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	468.33/cwt	466.00–480.00	2,913	76
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	639	451.00/cwt	451.00–451.00	2,882	30
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	685	424.78/cwt	424.00–435.00	2,910	164
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	699	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	2,817	20
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	420.06/cwt	403.00–423.50	3,045	150
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	736	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,841	27
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	777	384.53/cwt	379.00–386.00	2,988	182
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	806	379.58/cwt	365.00–386.00	3,059	265
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	873	342.64/cwt	341.00–348.00	2,991	110
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	921	344.35/cwt	340.50–352.00	3,171	423
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	968	326.57/cwt	319.50–329.50	3,161	185
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,037	323.50/cwt	323.50–323.50	3,355	22
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	332	627.50/cwt	627.50–627.50	2,083	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	356	594.00/cwt	594.00–594.00	2,115	17
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	438	511.00/cwt	511.00–511.00	2,238	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	526.07/cwt	525.00–527.00	2,473	26
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	533	496.63/cwt	492.00–507.00	2,647	51
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	546	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,621	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	478.00/cwt	478.00–478.00	2,701	22
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	603	433.81/cwt	428.00–439.00	2,616	17
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	659	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,768	79
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	689	401.16/cwt	396.00–414.00	2,764	59
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fancy	719	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	2,854	59
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,701	14
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	763	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,747	88
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	815	338.98/cwt	336.00–341.00	2,763	32
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	719	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,703	5

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 Mar 3, 2026

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

Receipts 2,705Last week 1,995Year ago 2,098

No comparison to last week, Steers and heifers sold mixed up and down depending on what they were looking for. Demand was moderate to good on all offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	719	376.00	376.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
79	650–700	659	420.00	420.00
59	700–750	719	397.00	397.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	332	627.50	627.50
17	350–400	356	594.00	594.00
12	400–450	438	511.00	511.00
26	450–500	470	525.00–527.00	526.07
51	500–550	533	492.00–507.00	496.63
22	550–600	565	478.00	478.00
17	600–650	603	428.00–439.00	433.81
59	650–700	689	396.00–414.00	401.16
14	700–750	730	370.00	370.00
88	750–800	763	360.00	360.00
32	800–850	815	336.00–341.00	338.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	546	480.00	480.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	400–450	449	598.00	598.00
17	450–500	483	594.00	594.00
120	500–550	526	543.00–549.00	546.68
74	550–600	589	496.00	496.00
76	600–650	622	466.00–480.00	468.33
164	650–700	685	424.00–435.00	424.78
150	700–750	725	403.00–423.50	420.06
182	750–800	777	379.00–386.00	384.53
265	800–850	806	365.00–386.00	379.58
110	850–900	873	341.00–348.00	342.64
423	900–950	921	340.50–352.00	344.35
185	950–1000	968	319.50–329.50	326.57
22	1000–1050	1,037	323.50	323.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	498	566.00	566.00
30	600–650	639	451.00	451.00
20	650–700	699	403.00	403.00
27	700–750	736	386.00	386.00

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.