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North Platte Stockyards

Name: North Platte Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-09-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-22

Feeder Cattle · North Platte, Nebraska · Tue, Sep 22

● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3653

← Jun 9Sep 22Oct 6 →

Receipts

674 head

▲ 149 vs last sale 525▲ 674 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison. Demand was good to moderate on a short run of calves and feeders.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 400–500 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

400–500 lb heifers averaged $467.95/cwt on 19 head, down $41.37 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 9 comparable sales and sits −15.84 against this barn's trailing median of $483.79.

Average price

$467.95

▼ 41.37 vs prior sale

19 head · 430 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,012

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+9.46

vs NE average

+67.08 vs national

What quality paid 400–500 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	430	467.95	2,012	19thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 400–500 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale19 hd

467.95

—

NE average4 barns · 874 hd

458.49

+9.46

National average177 barns · 10,755 hd

400.87

+67.08

This barn, trailing median9 sales

483.79

−15.84

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 400–500 lb

9 sales

Heifers 400–500 lb: high $521.31, low $435.77, median $483.79 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

23 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	310	635.00/cwt	635.00–635.00	1,969	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	412	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,019	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	457	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	2,022	20
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	486.33/cwt	473.00–495.00	2,286	13
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,414	13
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	645	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,580	12
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	681	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	2,704	10
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	766	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,773	14
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	809	354.50/cwt	354.50–354.50	2,868	28
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	881	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,837	8
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	898	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	3,053	7
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	925	331.85/cwt	323.00–335.00	3,070	74
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,054	290.50/cwt	290.50–290.50	3,062	16
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	309	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,854	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	401	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,945	13
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	493	431.00/cwt	431.00–431.00	2,125	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	742	353.60/cwt	347.00–354.50	2,624	87
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	809	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,637	6
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	870	320.80/cwt	316.00–323.00	2,791	72
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	921	304.22/cwt	296.50–314.00	2,802	73
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	964	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,940	8
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,012	291.89/cwt	290.00–292.50	2,954	34
Heifers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,071	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	3,074	9

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 Sep 22, 2026

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

Receipts 674Last week 525Year ago 0

No comparison. Demand was good to moderate on a short run of calves and feeders.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	310	635.00	635.00
5	400–450	412	490.00	490.00
13	450–500	470	473.00–495.00	486.33
13	550–600	568	425.00	425.00
12	600–650	645	400.00	400.00
10	650–700	681	397.00	397.00
14	750–800	766	362.00	362.00
28	800–850	809	354.50	354.50
7	850–900	898	340.00	340.00
74	900–950	925	323.00–335.00	331.85
16	1050–1100	1,054	290.50	290.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	450–500	457	442.50	442.50
8	850–900	881	322.00	322.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	309	600.00	600.00
13	400–450	401	485.00	485.00
6	450–500	493	431.00	431.00
87	700–750	742	347.00–354.50	353.60
6	800–850	809	326.00	326.00
72	850–900	870	316.00–323.00	320.80
73	900–950	921	296.50–314.00	304.22
8	950–1000	964	305.00	305.00
34	1000–1050	1,012	290.00–292.50	291.89
9	1050–1100	1,071	287.00	287.00

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.