Name: North Platte Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-03-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week. Demand was good to moderate on a nice selection offered.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $351.83/cwt on 27 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −140.50 against this barn's trailing median of $492.33.

Average price

$351.83

27 head · 573 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,016

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−13.35

vs NE average

+2.55 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	573	351.83	2,016	27

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

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 sale27 hd

351.83

—

NE average8 barns · 1,710 hd

365.18

−13.35

National average172 barns · 12,998 hd

349.28

+2.55

This barn, trailing median12 sales

492.33

−140.50

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

28 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 1Fancy	550–600	552	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,871	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	620	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,021	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	618	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,120	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	332	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,311	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,171	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	444	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,541	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	728	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,118	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	695	283.50/cwt	283.50–283.50	1,970	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	325.91/cwt	313.50–329.50	2,180	161
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	599	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,815	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	904	256.05/cwt	254.00–257.50	2,315	294
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	499	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,801	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	282.48/cwt	278.00–288.50	1,927	148
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	294.47/cwt	287.00–302.00	2,270	146
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	997	245.50/cwt	245.50–245.50	2,448	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,650	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	819	275.34/cwt	271.00–276.50	2,255	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	306.17/cwt	301.00–311.00	2,250	201
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	317.77/cwt	315.00–331.00	2,024	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	853	275.50/cwt	275.50–275.50	2,350	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,513	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	721	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,163	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	351.83/cwt	350.00–355.00	2,016	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	454	341.50/cwt	341.50–341.50	1,550	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	275.50/cwt	275.50–275.50	2,008	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	300.54/cwt	298.50–308.50	1,911	135
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,156	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	546	333.43/cwt	325.00–334.00	1,821	73

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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