Name: North Platte Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-01-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago steers and heifers suited for summer grass turnout sold 6.00 to 8.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers sold 7.00 to 10.00 lower. Demand was good for light weight cattle with moderate to good demand for feeders. Overall, the market is still active with quite a few buyers looking for cattle. The artic cold front didn't slow down the buyer participation at the auction on Tuesday. Near normal temperatures are on the horizon for January weather.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $366.66/cwt on 277 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −125.67 against this barn's trailing median of $492.33.

Average price

$366.66

277 head · 529 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,940

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$11

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

$22.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.45

vs NE average

+25.72 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	526	368.50	1,940	254
Medium and Large 1-2	557	346.39	1,929	23

One grade step is worth $22.11/cwt here — about $11 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

12 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $527.35, low $475.77, median $492.33 across 12 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale277 hd

366.66

—

NE average10 barns · 7,150 hd

364.21

+2.45

National average147 barns · 15,667 hd

340.94

+25.72

This barn, trailing median12 sales

492.33

−125.67

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

34 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	716	251.50/cwt	251.50–251.50	1,801	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	1,444	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	761	254.69/cwt	253.50–255.50	1,938	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	281.75/cwt	277.50–287.00	1,905	111
Heifers	Medium 1	600–650	644	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,823	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	294.92/cwt	280.00–302.00	1,837	203
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	380.28/cwt	377.50–387.50	1,825	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,932	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	402.54/cwt	391.00–417.00	1,570	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	277.28/cwt	275.50–278.00	2,143	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	626	323.50/cwt	323.50–323.50	2,025	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	552	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,048	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	541	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,866	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	746	285.50/cwt	285.50–285.50	2,130	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	385.63/cwt	377.00–392.50	1,650	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	744	275.50/cwt	275.50–275.50	2,050	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	334.97/cwt	326.00–342.00	2,057	204
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	372.30/cwt	359.00–380.50	1,943	208
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	313.26/cwt	310.00–314.00	1,626	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	604	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,915	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	739	288.75/cwt	285.00–290.50	2,134	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	1,922	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	687	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,999	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	551	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,879	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	363.05/cwt	340.00–379.00	1,735	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,921	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	633	316.21/cwt	316.00–317.00	2,002	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	305.76/cwt	299.00–317.50	2,082	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,696	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	354.32/cwt	351.00–356.00	1,516	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	334.99/cwt	324.00–340.00	1,705	140
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	454	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,544	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	368.56/cwt	362.50–374.00	1,559	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	314.55/cwt	306.00–322.50	1,802	217

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.

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