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North Platte Stockyards

Name: North Platte Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-10-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-13

Feeder Cattle · North Platte, Nebraska · Tue, Oct 13

● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3653

← Oct 6Oct 13Oct 20 →

Receipts

951 head

▼ 181 vs last sale 1,132▲ 101 vs year ago 850 · +11.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves sold with a lower undertone. Demand was mostly moderate, instances good from in house buyers with an active internet. Bulk of the trade sold in packages throughout the day. Majority of the calves had fall precondition shots. For the few lots that only had spring vaccination protocol a steep discount was applied by the buyers. Some nice packages of preg checked open heifers off area ranchers replacements in the run.

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 $441.15/cwt on 212 head, down $32.49 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 11 comparable sales and sits −37.00 against this barn's trailing median of $478.14.

Average price

$441.15

▼ 32.49 vs prior sale

212 head · 567 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,503

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$123

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

$12.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−19.21

vs NE average

+8.86 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	569	442.69	2,519	185
Medium and Large 1-2	556	430.56	2,395	27

One grade step is worth $12.14/cwt here — about $123 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale212 hd

441.15

—

NE average9 barns · 4,769 hd

460.36

−19.21

National average190 barns · 30,929 hd

432.29

+8.86

This barn, trailing median11 sales

478.14

−37.00

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

26 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,052	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	483.44/cwt	483.00–485.00	2,311	62
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	532	446.08/cwt	440.00–458.00	2,373	24
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	539	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,345	15
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	443.35/cwt	430.00–454.00	2,545	153
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	578	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,457	12
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	583	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,449	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	622	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,333	11
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	407.89/cwt	400.00–418.00	2,570	58
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	667	385.77/cwt	380.00–391.00	2,573	57
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	715	364.64/cwt	355.00–371.00	2,607	30
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	327	552.50/cwt	552.50–552.50	1,807	16
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	494.50/cwt	475.00–522.50	1,854	14
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	451.36/cwt	440.00–457.50	1,927	77
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	486	410.77/cwt	410.00–411.00	1,996	48
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	388.57/cwt	377.00–396.00	2,024	40
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	559	382.63/cwt	376.00–391.00	2,139	50
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	604	359.09/cwt	355.00–364.00	2,169	15
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	634	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,143	21
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	641	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,224	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	666	336.59/cwt	336.00–338.00	2,242	17
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	822	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,425	6
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	914	292.37/cwt	285.00–297.00	2,672	21
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	953	299.50/cwt	299.50–299.50	2,854	42
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,016	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,926	17
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	259	1,560.00/head	1,560.00–1,560.00	1,560	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 Oct 13, 2026

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

Receipts 951Last week 1,132Year ago 850

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
5	250–300	259	1,560.00	1,560.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	500–550	539	435.00	435.00
12	550–600	578	425.00	425.00
11	600–650	622	375.00	375.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	380	540.00	540.00
62	450–500	478	483.00–485.00	483.44
24	500–550	532	440.00–458.00	446.08
153	550–600	574	430.00–454.00	443.35
58	600–650	630	400.00–418.00	407.89
57	650–700	667	380.00–391.00	385.77
30	700–750	715	355.00–371.00	364.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	583	420.00	420.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	327	552.50	552.50
14	350–400	375	475.00–522.50	494.50
77	400–450	427	440.00–457.50	451.36
48	450–500	486	410.00–411.00	410.77
40	500–550	521	377.00–396.00	388.57
50	550–600	559	376.00–391.00	382.63
15	600–650	604	355.00–364.00	359.09
17	650–700	666	336.00–338.00	336.59
21	900–950	914	285.00–297.00	292.37
42	950–1000	953	299.50	299.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	600–650	634	338.00	338.00
6	800–850	822	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	1000–1050	1,016	288.00	288.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	641	347.00	347.00

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.