Name: North Platte Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-04-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison. Demand was good to moderate on a short run today.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $395.16/cwt on 80 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −97.17 against this barn's trailing median of $492.33.

Average price

$395.16

80 head · 528 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,087

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+10.73

vs NE average

+26.15 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	528	395.16	2,087	80

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 sale80 hd

395.16

—

NE average6 barns · 1,578 hd

384.43

+10.73

National average168 barns · 11,835 hd

369.01

+26.15

This barn, trailing median12 sales

492.33

−97.17

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

20 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	500–550	516	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,920	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	392	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,676	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	327.82/cwt	321.00–333.00	1,852	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	398.50/cwt	398.00–399.00	1,722	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	491	345.78/cwt	341.00–352.00	1,698	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	503	338.46/cwt	335.00–344.00	1,702	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	310.50/cwt	310.50–310.50	2,378	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	398.01/cwt	392.50–402.50	2,082	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	429.91/cwt	425.00–435.00	1,844	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	803	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,289	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,570	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	344	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,531	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	592	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,131	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	348	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,688	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,870	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	354.75/cwt	343.00–362.50	2,217	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	293.37/cwt	291.00–294.50	2,083	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,252	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,277	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	319.78/cwt	313.00–325.50	1,954	49

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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