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North Platte Stockyards

Name: North Platte Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-03-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-31

Feeder Cattle · North Platte, Nebraska · Tue, Mar 31

● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3653

← Mar 17Mar 31Apr 14 →

Receipts

593 head

▼ 209 vs last sale 802▼ 248 vs year ago 841 · −29.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Demand was moderate to good on a short run 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 $478.14/cwt on 26 head, down $5.01 from the prior sale. That ranks 6 of 11 comparable sales and sits +0.00 against this barn's trailing median of $478.14.

Average price

$478.14

▼ 5.01 vs prior sale

26 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,647

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$279

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

$85.34/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.66

vs NE average

−5.04 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	497.84	2,705	20
Medium and Large 1-2	588	412.50	2,426	6thin

One grade step is worth $85.34/cwt here — about $279 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 sale26 hd

478.14

—

NE average6 barns · 880 hd

491.81

−13.66

National average169 barns · 10,003 hd

483.18

−5.04

This barn, trailing median11 sales

478.14

+0.00

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

21 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	439	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,997	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	447	491.21/cwt	490.00–492.00	2,196	15
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	514.45/cwt	510.00–521.00	2,711	15
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	588	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,426	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	592	448.00/cwt	448.00–448.00	2,652	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	451.00/cwt	451.00–451.00	2,832	17
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	693	411.50/cwt	411.50–411.50	2,852	39
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	724	399.50/cwt	399.50–399.50	2,892	80
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	777	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	2,984	10
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	816	369.69/cwt	367.00–376.00	3,017	23
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	863	346.08/cwt	345.00–350.00	2,987	33
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	876	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,926	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	386	537.50/cwt	537.50–537.50	2,075	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	506	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	2,064	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	545	455.46/cwt	455.00–456.50	2,482	64
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,520	11
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	634	407.43/cwt	403.00–411.00	2,583	42
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	646	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,300	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	661	390.71/cwt	387.00–393.00	2,583	21
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	693	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,543	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	709	373.14/cwt	372.00–375.00	2,646	81

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 31, 2026

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

Receipts 593Last week 802Year ago 841

No comparison to last week. Demand was moderate to good on a short run today.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	386	537.50	537.50
64	500–550	545	455.00–456.50	455.46
11	550–600	560	450.00	450.00
42	600–650	634	403.00–411.00	407.43
21	650–700	661	387.00–393.00	390.71
81	700–750	709	372.00–375.00	373.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	506	408.00	408.00
7	600–650	646	356.00	356.00
5	650–700	693	367.00	367.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	447	490.00–492.00	491.21
15	500–550	527	510.00–521.00	514.45
5	550–600	592	448.00	448.00
17	600–650	628	451.00	451.00
39	650–700	693	411.50	411.50
80	700–750	724	399.50	399.50
10	750–800	777	384.00	384.00
23	800–850	816	367.00–376.00	369.69
33	850–900	863	345.00–350.00	346.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	439	455.00	455.00
6	550–600	588	412.50	412.50
5	850–900	876	334.00	334.00

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.