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North Platte Stockyards

Name: North Platte Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-06-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-09

Feeder Cattle · North Platte, Nebraska · Tue, Jun 9

● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3653

← May 12Jun 9Sep 22 →

Receipts

525 head

▼ 265 vs last sale 790▲ 525 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported feeder cattle sale in a month a market trend is not applicable. Demand was moderate from a light crowd of buyers on Tuesday. Light run of weaned fall calves, yearling feeders with some cow/calf pairs being split and good run of slaughter cows and bulls. Few, baby calves weighing from 95 to 190 lbs sold from 1500.00 to 1600.00 and a package at 75 lbs sold at 1325.00 per head.

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 $434.91/cwt on 102 head, down $22.85 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 9 comparable sales and sits −0.90 against this barn's trailing median of $435.80.

Average price

$434.91

▼ 22.85 vs prior sale

102 head · 582 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,531

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$239

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

$13.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−22.85

vs NE average

+34.39 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	516	447.13	2,307	7thin
Medium and Large 1	587	434.01	2,546	95

One grade step is worth $13.12/cwt here — about −$239 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 sale102 hd

434.91

—

NE average3 barns · 497 hd

457.76

−22.85

National average163 barns · 8,321 hd

400.52

+34.39

This barn, trailing median9 sales

435.80

−0.90

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

14 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	449	557.50/cwt	557.50–557.50	2,503	24
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	532	499.00/cwt	499.00–499.00	2,655	14
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	441.81/cwt	432.50–445.00	2,761	12
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,801	19
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	842	353.70/cwt	350.00–354.50	2,978	72
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	518.26/cwt	505.00–520.00	2,229	41
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	476.00/cwt	476.00–476.00	2,275	11
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	516	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	2,516	11
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	516	447.13/cwt	445.00–450.00	2,307	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	596	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	2,545	84
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	425.18/cwt	405.00–430.00	2,636	41
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	666	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	2,691	40
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	824	335.50/cwt	335.50–335.50	2,765	35
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	870	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,741	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 Jun 9, 2026

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

Receipts 525Last week 790Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
41	400–450	430	505.00–520.00	518.26
11	450–500	478	476.00	476.00
11	500–550	516	487.50	487.50
84	550–600	596	427.00	427.00
41	600–650	620	405.00–430.00	425.18
40	650–700	666	404.00	404.00
35	800–850	824	335.50	335.50
8	850–900	870	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	516	445.00–450.00	447.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	400–450	449	557.50	557.50
14	500–550	532	499.00	499.00
12	600–650	625	432.50–445.00	441.81
19	650–700	675	415.00	415.00
72	800–850	842	350.00–354.50	353.70

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.